The websites that I was exploring were http://www.ecdvu.org/ssa/index.php and http://www.ecdvu.org/ssa/major_reports.php.
I am interested in those websites as I am really want to know what the situation of early childhood education in Africa, and I would like to know more about what we can do do help children in Africa, and what are some projects and programs are set up there too.
When I was exploring the websites, I found the current international topics are about the quality of early childhood education, the access to the early childhood education in developing countries, the awareness of the importance of early childhood education to parents, and the framework to help orphans and vulnerable children in their early years.
While I was exploring the websites, I was surprising to see so many programs and projects are planned and practiced in a worldwide way to help children and their families to have the knowledge of the importance of early childhood education, to help the families from the natural disasters and their children to move back to their normal lives, to support orphans and vulnerable children in the other part of the world to help them have the access to education in their early years, to strengthen the quality of early childhood education to help social and economic development in that area in a long term.
One more thing that I found very positive is that some programs and projects are complementing their early years programs with local community resources. There are programs talking about and planning on the curriculum for early childhood education, and people also realize they cannot just plant American or European curriculum into a third country. Each country has its own characteristics, and the best way to work out a curriculum is to make full use of local community resources to meet children and their families’ needs.
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Sissi,
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing in depth information about the African websites. It is great to know that there are so many programs advocating for children and families. What a great thing that Africa is working to compliment early childhood education with community resources to meet the needs of children and families.
WOW Xiyue (love your name!)! Thank you for sharing so much information on the African websites. From what you shared, I am interested in hearing more about the community resources that are working together with early childhood professionals. It seems like a huge step forward that these groups are working as one in the interest of young children. Perhaps, we can learn something from each other. You've given me a new perspective on early childhood education in Africa; thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteHi Sissi,
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your international research on Afica. It seems that all of the sources supports the well-being of the family and the child and help us to foucs on the importance of education for our young children.