My Family Culture

Considering the catastrophic event, the three things I would take to represent my culture would be:

• Guam flag
• Latte stone piece
• Picture of Guam 

I think the flag is a large representation of any culture and anyone's society. The flag represents the uniformity of the area and I believe that it is something easily recognized by other countries/cultures. It's a defining piece that people use to represent their culture or background. 

The Latte stone is specific to Guam and its heritage. It represents the foundation of society and the pieces come together to build from the base up. 

Lastly, a picture of Guam simply to remember what it looks like and to never forget the sight. 

If I was told I had to give something up, it would be a difficult toss-up between the picture and the flag. Both are dominant pieces that can be considered incredibly useful in explaining my culture to someone else. 

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.

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

Early Childhood Research

I believe the most effective research that has been conducted in the early childhood field has been the interpersonal relationships between providers and parents. I believe that this research is and has proven to be the most important, especially when this seems to be a reoccurring problem throughout early childhood organizations.

Working at a school-age center, the most important relationship we have to maintain is with the children and their families. We need to ensure open communication is clear for all parties involved, considering the amount of time that is spent with the child.

There are so many extremities to consider and the complexities of each relationship could go on and on.

Emotional Development in Children

The concept of emotional development in children is interestingly vague. There are several points of emotional development and it's such a widespread topic, it's difficult to limit it to a specific variety.

I chose this topic because I feel as though it would be extremely beneficial to learn about the ins and outs of the emotional complexities that vary with children and their age groups. I feel as though all early childhood members should have a justified idea of the emotional attachment children share and the emotional development they encounter while they grow up.

It's an interesting topic to think about and study about. Having children, you know about their development and you can see their growth as they grow older, but it's different with the children that are in daycares or childcare centers or even school because there's a specific side that providers see and we don't have enough time to see their growth in depth.