Around the world the field of early childhood education is
booming with research about supporting the physical, emotional, and social
development of young children. This week I spent time reading some of the
research projects that were done by graduate students at the Early Childhood Development
Virtual College in Sub- Saharan Africa. Many of these research studies were
about parent education, engagement, and collaboration. These studies were
conducted in different African countries, but all researchers understood the
importance of the family in early childhood development.
As I explored the research papers and the ecdvu.org website
I found that the trend was community building and working with the families, this
is not only important internationally or in developing nations, but something
that we need to spend more time researching how to support children and
families in our own communities.
On the ecdvu.org website there are country profiles for the
students who were part of the first Master’s program. I strongly recommend that
when there is extra time in your day that you read some of the research as well
as the country profiles.
ReplyDeleteHello Tamera,
The information you shared was very informative. I too choose the Sub- Saharan Africa region research and in one particular research from Kenya there are no clear polices on how to care for children under the age of three and very few of the inspectors who inspect schools are trained in the policies of early childhood education.
Phyllis
Tamera
ReplyDeleteI agree with you about this website. It shows that many of the same issues we have here with families they too are facing. I found it interesting that the different areas and that you could search out their research initiatives.