The website I chose to look at was European Early Childhood Education Research Journal.
Many of the issues they are researching are similar to early childhood issues here in the US. Some of their articles include, Introducing children's perspectives and participation in research, Early education for diversity: starting from birth, The influence of play context and adult attitudes on young children's physical risk‐taking during outdoor play, The dynamics of early childhood spaces: opportunities for outdoor play? What's so interesting outside? A study of child‐initiated interaction with teachers in the natural outdoor environment, Togetherness and play under the same roof: children's perceptions about families and The social and cultural contexts of second language acquisition in young children. This journal covers many issues. There are studies on topics ranging from diversity to professional development. I noticed that some of the more recent issues focused on a specific topic. One focused on children between ages zero to three and another covered different aspects of children’s learning outdoors. The other thing I noticed about this journal is that it’s very diverse. There are studies done in many countries and not just the European ones.
Since I’ve already taken the Trends in Early Childhood course, I was not surprised by the things I found on this website. I had already learned that many issues in the field are similar in most parts of the world. One thing that I have noticed after talking to my international contacts from the last class and by looking at this website is that they are much more concerned with children having outdoor time. Here in the US, many school age children don’t have recess. Since the journals were mainly talking about younger children, I wonder if there is a push to get school age children outdoors as well. The other thing I have gained from this assignment is another useful resource for articles and information. Here is a link to their most popular articles as well.
Tiffany,
ReplyDeleteThank you for providing us with some great information from the European Early Childhood Journal. The website seems to have valuable information for educators and administrators.
Hi Tiffany-
ReplyDeleteIn my work in early childhood, I have been exposed to a lot of research from Europe and the United States. They have many excellent universities over there that are conducting relevant and important research on early childhood education.
I chose to review research on early childhood topics from Sub-Saharan Africa. There was a lot of interesting research from many different countries. What I found interesting was that a lot of the research was focused on how to establish or develop early childhood programs or teacher training models. It is clear from this research that the concept of early childhood education is a relatively new one in that part of the world.
Hi Tiffany, it is amazing how we find that in many different countries, they are experiencing the same issues we are. Young children must have the same needs and wants everywhere and this journal proves that children need and must have continuity in their childhood educational needs.
ReplyDeleteHi Tiffany,
ReplyDeleteGreat post, The issues related to recess seem to be a major concern in the US. Instead of embracing the fact that this is a major part of development for young children, we are putting more emphasis on curriculum.
Hello Tiffany,
ReplyDeleteI agree, the issues and trends course was a great course that introduced you to looking at early childhood in other parts of the world and exploring differences as well as viewing similarities. I personally, also value outdoor time I think it is very important that children are engage in the outdoor environment!