Getting to Know Your International Contacts—Part 3

UNESCO’s, “Early Childhood Care and Education" website:

I went to UNESCO’s “Early Childhood Care and Education” webpage.   I have learned new insights about issues related to international early childhood education that relates to my professional goals.  I work with children of all ages and I have chosen Early Childhood as my major because I would like to understand them more and be able to educate adults on childhood developments.  I feel that parents need to be educated more and understand their children, especially in the early childhood field.

Quantifying the quality of the early childhood program has always been a major factor to me.  I always thought the children do not have equal opportunities to attend early childhood programs.  Inequality is a factor and will remain a factor as long as there are certain criteria that make a child eligible for the program.  

UNESCO’s is an organization that focuses of the importance of children’s education and their development across the world.  Child advocates from across the world work with each other to implement ideas and come up with ways to improve areas in the early childhood program. 

I have gained knowledge throughout these courses because it has made me think about my professional goals.  One that stands out the most to me is educating parents on the developmental stages in early childhood.   I was more focused on educating the adults and being able to provide services to them.  I guess my mind frame was more less thinking about my current procession as a social worker.  I wanted to be able to have knowledge and provide them with resources and other options to help them with their children.  Half way through the course my mind has changed and I would like to help and educate children in the early childhood field.   

http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php