The web site I have chosen is the European Early Childhood Education Research Association. The site is a non-profit organization that focuses on multi-disciplinary research about childhood education in regards to policy and practice.
Some of the current International research topics are: "Teaching to Learn and Learning to Teach, Research With Children: Three Challenges for Participatory Research in Early Childhood, and Constructing Stories in Kindergarten: Children's Knowledge of Genre.
The instights that I have gained from exploring this website is that there are several articles that focus on early childhood education and the importance of education. It is great to see that other countries focus on the importance of early childhood education and realize that young children need to have a solid education. One article that interested me was "Constructing Stories in Kindergarten: Children's Knowledge of Genre". The thing that I had found interesting is that children tell stories based on their personal experiences and also from fairy tales that they have heard.
Noteworthy information that I found on this site is there are several articles that have some great information. The only thing is that there are abstracts on some of the research topics not all of them. I wish that there were abstracts on all the articles because it would be easier to decide if I want to buy the article.
Source:
European Early Childhood Education Research Association (EECERA). http://www.eecera.org/
copy righted 2010. Date Viewed: June 3, 2011
I like the idea that the children tell stories I like the idea that the children tell stories based on personal experiences from the fairy tales that they heard. To me, children are able to understand the context of the story by relating to personal experiences of their own. However, it is great to see other countries focusing on the importance of education and the contribution people make to reassure every child’s receives a high quality education.
ReplyDeleteMe too. I like it when kids are able to be creative.
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