Final Blog Assignment
Over the last eight weeks It has truly been a learning experience. It has been great getting to know some one outside of the U.S., but there have been some challenges that have come along with it. The first consequence I will have to say was not making contact at first with someone, but then about a week later I was able to make contact with someone. The next issue I had was that the contact that I had made with the Early education in Britain was going very great at first, but in the last two weeks I have been emailing my contact Chris and I have yet till this day heard anything back from him again. From the time that we did make contact I learned a lot about the early childhood system in Britain. It is very similar to ours. There Early education systems focus on the ages of 2 to 8 years old.
It was interesting to learn that in Britain they are facing almost the exact same issue/trends that we are being faced with in America. They are facing issues with funding and adequate
provision of both places and high quality teaching and learning. Another issue that they are facing n Britain is the issue of poverty. Some differences that I found with this is the fact the the government really does not care to much for their poor; they continue to what every the need to do to help keep the entire country up and running they never take into considerations the effect that they are having on less privileged people in their country. Another thing that we have have in common with Britain is that they are still debating the issue of having highly qualified staff working in their nurseries and schools. They are also debating the issue of have set quality standards. It is so interesting to see how much the EC field has common factors that they are facing across the world.
One goal that i have would be to connect my classroom with a classroom in another country so that my students are able to see chow children learn in other countries. It would also give them the experiences of seeing children outside of their norm. I think that it would be a great global experience for my students and the students in the other country. It would be a great way to fins out different teaching strategies and methods that are used in a classroom across the world.
This semester has been a great semester I wish all of my colleagues very well as they continue on their path through the program.
3 comments:
That is interesting about Great Britain and their education system and not caring for the poor. You are always so informative in your post. Good luck in the future.
Thanks for sharing. I really enjoyed reading your post. i love learning about the education systems from other countries
Chawanda,
Glad to hear you were able to make contact with someone in another country. I would also like to explore further how students in other countries learn. I think the new found knowledge to want to expand our goals for students through learning about other countries styles of education is one of the greatest things that can be taken away from this course.
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