Unfortunately I was not ever able to hear a response back from the international contacts that I had reached out to, but I did explore several websites that were very informative and have deepened my professional development.
Three consequences of learning about the international early childhood field for my professional and personal development are:
v Whether you live in the United States, Italy, or China, the focus on providing high quality early childhood education for all children is worldwide. Issues such as poverty, language barriers, access and availability stretch across the world. With the knowledge of these similarities it would be my hopes that we could pull together and share resources to make the goal of providing early childhood care and education to all.
v I continued to build a list of resources that provides me information that is useful both personally and professionally.
v I was introduced to several new ways in which I can involve myself as an advocate for the ECF.
A goal that I would like to make would be to continue to reach out and try contact international professionals. I feel that as professionals in the field we have so much to offer each other and can learn so much from our similarities and differences. I would also like to share my international findings with my teaching staff and allow them to incorporate ideas into their daily teachings to the children.
Great post Emily. It sounds like this class has brought about new understnading on issues and trends for you.
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