Saturday, March 26, 2016

Sharing Web Resources

The Association for Childhood Education International    http://acei.org/

The section of the website that is most impactful to my professional development is advocacy. This segment, respectfully, goes into detail about the aspects of education that need to be uniform globally, and seek to increase the awareness of differences that appear in education. As an instructor the ultimate goal is to eduacate and strive to have students to reach the same academic platform of success.  A subject on the website that heightened my attention and made me seek to explore more was the recent development of the International Code of Ethics for Educators. This was a very important implement to me being that children around the world tend to be at different levels academically, even thought they may be in the same age bracket.

"The ICOEE will be designed as a universal instrument that reflects internationally accepted humanitarian values, United Nations treaties, and other international agreements. It may be adapted and applied by educators around the world as a tool for critical reflection and professional aspirations. As it is meant to be a living document, the code will be reviewed and adapted to respond to changing global circumstances (ACEI, 2014)."

This leads me to know that politicians and ecomonist are looking at the education sector around the world and not just in America. They are pushing to invest in the futures of all children and not just here in the United States.

Saturday, March 19, 2016

Getting to Know Your International Contacts

I have had one response from each of the countries that I chose to communicate with. I was able to formally introduce myself as well as they did the same. They both spoke on the same issues and what they wanted to address in their countries, improving education. They want the children in their countries to have the opportunity to learn without being in fear or without limiting themselves due to race. In my initial email, I spoke on how in America, children are still faced with adversities despite being in a country where education is embraced. The children here are faced with economic issues in the home that carry over into their academic achievements. I have not received a response to my latest email, but I am excited to get into a depth conversation about the educational aspects that are prevalent in other countries. From the discussion and application this week, I see that poverty is prevalent among other countries and is not a just an epidemic that is here in the United States.  Children as a whole are entitled to educational gain and long-term successes. We, globally, must band together and make it possible for our children to thrive.

Saturday, March 12, 2016

Sharing Web Resources

ACEI    http://www.acei.org/

The Association for Childhood Education International is an organization that is geared towards implementing works globally for students and educators. This program is geared towards promoting the best optimal education to children across the world. All children are deserving of a quality education, even if resources are limited. This group seeks to provide educators with the necessary materials needed to make an educational leap with their students. "ACEI's tagline is "Bright futures for every child, every nation," which highlights ACEI's commitment to support and advocate for access to education, equity in educational settings, quality educational content, and the child's right to education. (- See more at: http://acei.org/about-acei#sthash.cmAsdGfN.dpuf) Despite living conditions, economical downfalls, or even cultural variations, this program fights to ensure that education is top priority along with social change.

A recent issue that has been discussed by this organization is gender disparity in education. The countries that display the highest prevalence of these disparities are in the Arab States, South and West Asia, and sub-Saharan Africa. It is said that twice as many girls as boys will never attend primary school. Due to cultural norms and fear of violence or retaliation, most girls often shy away from education for safety. If girls would be afforded the same educational opportunities, the impact and socio-economical changes would drastically move in a positive direction.

Saturday, March 5, 2016

Establishing Professional Contacts and Expanding Resources

http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/index.html
http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/nigeria.html
ABUJA
Country Office
Mail address
United Nations Children's Fund
UN House, Plot 617/618
Central Area District, Diplomatic Zone
PMB 2851, Garki, Abuja
FCT, Nigeria
Visitors' address
See Mail Address
Telephone
Country code
234
City code
9
461.8600
461.8505
Facsimile
461.8578
Email
abuja@unicef.org
http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/rwanda.html
KIGALI
Country Office
Mail address
UNICEF
B.P. 381
Kigali, Rwanda
Visitors' address
UNICEF
Immeuble EBENIZER
Boulevard de l'Umuganda, Kacyiru
Kigali, Rwanda
Telephone
Country code
250
City code
-
78816 2700 - Switchboard
Facsimile
+250788162810
Email
kigali@unicef.org

I have decided to make my two international contacts in Nigeria and Rwanda. I am excited to see how these two countries embrace early childhood education and what methods they use to progress in the field. I am excited to establish a relationship with the individuals in these regions of the world and make connections to open them up to our methods of teaching. I plan to correspond with these countries via email and learn as much as possible.

http://acei.org/

Association for Childhood Education International is the site that I am going to explore through the duration of this course. I have joined their email list to be able to receive the most current updates about what they have going on in their organization.