Friday, October 24, 2014

When I Think of Research…

This course was incredible detailed and the research methods will continue to help me in the future. Research in itself is a process, but the problem with research is that there are definite times where people don't believe the in depth process that comes with the research.

Research can find definite answers to questions with new methods and new breakdowns. Some challenges that I encountered were understanding the complexities of all the research involved. With several different types of research methods, it can be difficult to find the one most relevant to your research to go with.

Being able to understand all the research ultimately means being able to understand the studies and their details.

Saturday, October 4, 2014

International Early Childhood

The ECDVU had a link directed towards early childhood events in other countries.

Particularly, Ghana was what struck my interest.

The ECDVU hyperlink connected to Ghana said "Originally known as “porter girls” or “street girls”, called “Kayayo” (singular) or “Kayayei” (plural) in Ga, these adolescent girls migrate in their later childhood or prime ages but, when they become too old or too weak to work, they “retire” and take up jobs as babysitters or caregivers of the children of younger, still-active porter girls," (ECDVU). 

This part was what intrigued me the most, considering the effect that the early childhood field can have on this type of incident. 

I feel like internationally, the early childhood field can have a strong influence on this issue from a political standpoint. 

ECDVU. http://www.ecdvu.org/ssa/documents/major_projects/Agorsah%20-%20MP%20Final%20-%20Uvic%20LP.pdf

My Connections to Play

  • "Play gives children a chance to practice what they are learning." By Fred Rogers
  • “The activities that are the easiest, cheapest, and most fun to do – such as singing, playing games, reading, storytelling, and just talking and listening – are also the best for child development.” ~ Jerome Singer (professor, Yale University)
  • “As astronauts and space travelers children puzzle over the future; as dinosaurs and princesses they unearth the past. As weather reporters and restaurant workers they make sense of reality; as monsters and gremlins they make sense of the unreal.” ~ Gretchen Owocki (childhood educator)