For the past weeks, we have been learning about issues and
trends in early childhood field internationally. Personally, I chose to know
more about the issues and trends in the British world because we run a British
curriculum in school, even though we are not there. So that prompted to learn
more about the issues and trends that exists in the field of early childhood.
Though I could not get a reply from most of my international contacts, but all
thanks to Ms. Daminne Black who was a former colleague, but is back to Scotland
for her degree in Early Childhood studies. She helped me to identify some of
the issues over there in U.K and Scotland respectively.
Learning about the international early childhood field was
an eye opener for me to learn about early childhood practices in other parts of
the world. One major thing I noticed is that the same issues and trends in
early childhood field exists almost in every country all over the world. For
example, poverty is a worldwide issue but may be more in some countries that
their counterparts. Going through other blogs posted by my colleagues, the
passion I had for early childhood education was rekindled. For example, after
reading about Ariana and all she goes through on daily basis to meet the needs
of children in her child care center at Sierra Leone, I practically said to
myself that I have no excuse not to affect children’s lives positively as an early
childhood educator. I had an understanding that no matter the challenge I am
facing as an early childhood educator, someone somewhere has faced a tougher
one and still overcame.
One goal I have set for myself as long as I remain in this field
is to continue building a network with other early childhood professionals, so
as to share ideas, resources, and also encourage one another to become better. While
doing that, I will also engage in research and continuous learning about the
current issues and trends in the field both locally and internationally, and at
the same build stronger relationship and partnership with parents in order to
understand their respective issues and how to be of help to them.
Finally, I want to say a big thank you to Courtney,
Tequilla and Ruthanne for their wonderful and educative blogs. They were really
inspiring and motivating. Have a wonderful learning experience in your future
courses.
