The website I chose to explore is the European Early
Childhood Education Research Association
http://www.eecera.org/
Researching for information sort of came
to a halt as I’m not a current member and saw that to sign up is a yearly
subscription with the cost of the subscription to be of course in Euro exchange
My guess the amount is equivalent to $80 American dollars a year. I discovered some
of the current international research topics were difficult to find as some of
the current information was still “under construction” but I decided to look
for information elsewhere including past conferences. I found some of the issues
discussed within past conferences the 2011 theme discussed “Education from birth: research, practices and
educational policy” (.eecera2011.org) and the 2010 conference discussed
early childhood education and “voice of children” (.eecera2010.org) One new
insight I discovered within this website is the partnership with the Korea
Institute of Child Care and Education (kicce.re.kr) and their links to research
projects. Their projects include research on improving policies for young
children, standards and equipment for kindergarten programs as well as
parenting concerns and funding. The major concerns for research and finding
solutions for developing better futures for our children seem to be no
different across nations. I’m excited that other countries are conducting
research around the world to improve children and family’s way of life! I
believe this is the ultimate goal for early childhood research. I also find it
interesting the website is making efforts to connect with social web sites like
Twitter and Facebook I believe this is a great way to share information between
researchers across the world and informally discuss current events as well as
research topics of interests. I believe researchers are developing a wide range
of opportunities of building partnerships with other nations and with time I
think new and improved discoveries will be mentioned.
Reference Links
Conference
2011
Conference
2010
Korea
Institute of Child Care and Education
5 comments:
Ms. Jay,
During the last class, I loved searching through the NAEYC website, but also found that without a membership, my options were limited. I decided that due to the value of the information on the website and the importance of that information on my career and with my classes that I would go ahead and get a membership. I understand the reasons behind the memberships to these websites, but also think that important information regarding children should be made available to everyone! I also found that with researching Australia, that many of the childcare issues are the same across the world. I also like that they are using facebook and twitter as that is where everyone is going for information these days!!
Stacy
I also think it's great these organizations are involved with Twitter and Facebook. I think these are very powerful tools in educating others about important topics in society. Mainstreaming is very important - people just don't know where to look. Yes, the internet is amazing and we have everything at our fingertips, however, it can be overwhelming!
I also think it's great these organizations are involved with Twitter and Facebook. I think these are very powerful tools in educating others about important topics in society. Mainstreaming is very important - people just don't know where to look. Yes, the internet is amazing and we have everything at our fingertips, however, it can be overwhelming!
Ms. Jay,
It's too bad that there is a fee to be able to look more closely at what the website has to offer. And I agree that most early childhood professionals and organizations seem to have similar concerns and are doing similar research to further our understanding of child development. I hadn't thought about these organizations using facebook and twitter, but that does seem to be a great way to share information!
Ms. Jay,
It's too bad that there is a fee to be able to look more closely at what this website has to offer! I do agree that most early childhood professionals and organizations have similar themes and topics all around the world. I also hadn't thought about the power of using facebook and twitter to share the information!
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