Assignment:
Sharing Web Resources
The organization I chose to learn more about is Early Childhood Australia.
Here is their mission statement. “Early Childhood Australia will advocate to ensure quality, social justice and equity in all issues relating to the education and care of children from birth to eight years.”
Their values are The rights of children, leadership, excellence, respect, courage, honesty, openness, collaboration, diversity, justice and social inclusion of children.
Their newsletter is called ECA Web Watch. The first issue they discuss on their September issue is child protection week. More than 30000 children are neglected or abused every year in Australia. The newsletter discusses how communities, organizations, adults and children are doing their part to protect children from abuse and neglect. They have created programs for this purpose.
Play a part program Aimed at children aged 0–8, their families and communities, the Play a part program is a local community engagement strategy that aims to prevent child abuse and neglect through the creation of child-friendly communities.
All children being safe program aimed at preschool and early primary children aged 4–6, the All children being safe program uses non-threatening ways to help young children feel strong and stay safe in their communities, and to make people aware of support services available in their local communities.
Another issue that caught my attention was an article called, “For Full-time Fathers The Pressure is On.”
This article looks at how the lifestyles of Australian fathers have changed in recent decades.
Various research programs and studies reveal that on average, Australian fathers
are working more, spending more time with their children and helping with domestic
chores—and the pressure to ‘do it all’ is starting to show.
The newsletter offers a resource sheet which discusses Closing the gap in outcomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. This requires a focus on early intervention/education of Indigenous young children (from birth), their families and communities. I mentioned this because it relates to culture and diversity which is the topic this week.
Here is their mission statement. “Early Childhood Australia will advocate to ensure quality, social justice and equity in all issues relating to the education and care of children from birth to eight years.”
Their values are The rights of children, leadership, excellence, respect, courage, honesty, openness, collaboration, diversity, justice and social inclusion of children.
Their newsletter is called ECA Web Watch. The first issue they discuss on their September issue is child protection week. More than 30000 children are neglected or abused every year in Australia. The newsletter discusses how communities, organizations, adults and children are doing their part to protect children from abuse and neglect. They have created programs for this purpose.
Play a part program Aimed at children aged 0–8, their families and communities, the Play a part program is a local community engagement strategy that aims to prevent child abuse and neglect through the creation of child-friendly communities.
All children being safe program aimed at preschool and early primary children aged 4–6, the All children being safe program uses non-threatening ways to help young children feel strong and stay safe in their communities, and to make people aware of support services available in their local communities.
Another issue that caught my attention was an article called, “For Full-time Fathers The Pressure is On.”
This article looks at how the lifestyles of Australian fathers have changed in recent decades.
Various research programs and studies reveal that on average, Australian fathers
are working more, spending more time with their children and helping with domestic
chores—and the pressure to ‘do it all’ is starting to show.
The newsletter offers a resource sheet which discusses Closing the gap in outcomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. This requires a focus on early intervention/education of Indigenous young children (from birth), their families and communities. I mentioned this because it relates to culture and diversity which is the topic this week.
Tiffany-
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing information on the trends that have changed with fatherhood in Australia. I wonder how the roles of fatherhood have changed in the US? I see more dads being involved with their children and even spend time in our programs. It's reassuring to see the shift in roles.
Tiffany, this is very informative information about Austrial family life. I would love to travel to Austrial just see how their communities interact.
ReplyDeleteI would love so visit Australia as well.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading your post and many things happen in Australia. Many fathers want to raise their children that is good all the changes they want to make. In my class every year I have more single fathers that are raising their children on their own. More fathers come to our parent meetings and workshops. Now we see fathers too not just mothers. Thank you for your information!!
ReplyDeleteTiffany this website has so much information that is very useful to all educators and parents of early childhood education and it is very interesting to learn how others are developing and creating systems that ensure children are receiving the best in the beginning of their educational path. Thank you
ReplyDeleteHi, Tiffany.
ReplyDeleteI found this blog post very interesting. It is always good to learn new things in the field of early childhood education. It feels good to know that so many people are concerned about the our children recieving the best education so that the future will be that much brighter.
Hey Tiffany,
ReplyDeleteIt is always good to see fathers play a role in their child's education. I would like to know more about the programs they have for fathers and try to implement them at my school and in the US. Great post!
Tiffany,
ReplyDeleteIts always interesting to me how no matter where in the world we live, we have similar concerns and issues that we face and advocate on in behalf of wanting the best for our children. When I think of Australia, I never thought of them in terms of what happens day to day in the lives of children. I've always thought of the country from a tourist perspective. Your blog connected me and reminded me of our humanity. I enjoyed reading your blog! Thanks.
I found your web resources to be quite interesting. Issues that affect young children and families translate to all cultures, countries, and parts of society. As a whole, young children and their future potential affect all of us.
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