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.
I agree, and with individuals who think like you do...change can definitely happen! In this field we just have to continue to fight and be the voice for our children of the future.
ReplyDeleteBefore i started Walden University i must honestly say that i was not much aware of advocacy and that it actually serves within the educational feild and the great benefits that children and their families can actually use to assist them in various situations that they may need help in. I definately agree with you on the not ethat as professional educators it is our duty to properly educate our students and provide as much helpful resources that we can.There are multiple resources and tools that is available to explore nation wide and globally that can help us improve, change and help to make a difference with children lives all over the world. I was able to explore a few resources that i found pretty interesting. take a look and let me know if any of these resources caught an interest to you are is valuable to you.
ReplyDeletehttp://developingchild.harvard.edu/about/what-we-do/global-work/
https://www.naeyc.org/files/yc/file/201001/OstroskyWeb0110.pdf
respectfully,
Michelle Millwood
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