Research

What I have gained from this research course is a whole new respect for the individuals who put in  the time and effort to do research on young children. This class has given me many insights on early childhood research, I have gained the knowledge on the many different issues that can arise when doing early childhood research. I have gained insight on the different methods that can be used in early childhood research, power relations, equity, and variables just to name a few. To my colleagues it has truly been a pleasure reading your posts and seeing how each of us has brown since the first week of  class. Good luck to each of you and thank you for your positive feedback!!

Week 5 Blog

This week's blog assignment was about research around the world. The website that I chose to explore was Early Childhood in Australia. This website has a lot of information on early childhood, and some of the topics are the same things that we face here in the United States. Research in Practice Series(RIPS) is a section that I explored. RIPS is an easy to read resource that helps individuals who are in the early childhood field. RIPS has an array of publications that you can read, for instance Play and quality in early childhood: Educating superheroes and fairy princesses. This publication talks about the importance of play and quality in an early childhood setting. Another publication talks about transitions helping the child feel secure when parents leave. I really enjoyed exploring this website there where many interesting things, I learned that early childhood is really the same around the world.