While searching the website I did not notice anything out of the ordinary as far as research topics. Australia seems to be pretty consist with the United States in their education.
What surprising facts/insights/new ideas about early childhood did you gain from exploring this international early childhood website?
This website offered some resources for parents, which I found to correlate with the current issues in my classroom. They offered resources for separation anxiety, sleeping, and transitioning to school. It is important for everyone to understand that the families are going through a transition along with the children who enter school - it is a change for everyone.
What other noteworthy information did you find on this website?
This website supports an early childhood magazine called Every Child. This magazine includes numerous articles for children, parents, grandparents, teachers, etc. I was actually thinking of subscribing to it, as well.
Christine,
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea to subscribe to Every Child. I love that in the digital world, resources as so much easier to share across borders and large masses of water. I think that Australia is so interesting - a nation so far away from the rest of the Western world, yet so connected in lifestyle, point of view, and culture. It is interesting that other colonies of Western nations yielded such drastically different results. I would love to visit Australia and see if what you observed from their website is true, that their approach to early childhood and early childhood research is very similar to our own. Even more, I would love to see the areas we differ in and why that is!
Amy
Yes, the topics of discussion do seem similar but didn't you find the topic of Reconciliation (working to support the culture and linking of the lifestyles of indigenous peoples) and conferences completely dedicated to the topic interesting? I haven't seen nor heard of anything on this level as it relates to indigenous peoples (Native American tribes) in the US done. Have you?
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