Week 8

Final Blog Assignment

What I learned these past eight week from this course is how so many people across this world want to improve the learning styles of our young children. Children health and well-being are determines on what take place in the early years of a child’s life.  It will certain play a role in their future health, development and wellbeing. Studies suggested that children that have been deprived in their life time are more certain to develop a learning disability or even emotional problems. In which this may cost them to have many problems throughout their lives, and even in the lives of their children. Children health and development can affect their social and emotional factors as well. For example, when children are being exposure to air and water pollution that is poor in quality may also affect child health and development. Childcare providers/teachers across our world will play important role in our younger children life. I believe that everyone wants the best for their children, but if you don’t understand how important early childhood education is to their development, you might be unknowingly denying them future successes.  My goal as an early childhood education is the following; to believe that all children are capable of learning. .  It is my mission to provide all children the opportunities to   grow and develop as rising learners within a complex society. I will promote a learning environment that will be encouraging for learning and allows personal development to take place. I personnel will do my best to reassure that all children will have what they need to build a solid foundation to receive a good education to last them a life time.

Week 7

Getting to know Your International Contact

Part 3

I came across a article from Malaysia, "Early Childhood Care & Education (ECCE) in Malaysia at a Glance (for newborns to 6-year-olds)".  In  Malaysia Early childhood care and education (ECCE)  is divided into two age groups, which is 0-4 years and 4-6 years old. 

The first group (0-4 years), comes under the Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development (MWFCD) which coordinates national programmes on the growth and development of children. Through its Department of Social Welfare, MWFCD keeps a register of all childcare centres (also known as taska) in the country.

 Pre-school education for the second group (4-6 years) comes under three ministries/agencies, i.e. the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Rural and Regional Development, and the National Unity Department.

The article stated that  Malaysian government places a strong emphasis on ECCE and has formulated the National Policy for Early Childhood Education. Under this policy, programmes have been introduced to meet the diverse needs of the crucial early years of newborns till the age of six. These programmes provide a solid foundation for healthy growth and development which expose them to activities in nation building and enhance their readiness for primary school education. The government's involvement in ECCE is evident from its numerous initiatives to make early childhood programmes more accessible especially for less fortunate children and those in rural areas. A significant amount of funds is also allocated for ECCE every year.

In Malaysia, a legislative-approved childcare centre is defined as a premise at which four or more children under the age of four years from more than one household are received to be looked after for reward.
Childcare centres in Malaysia fall into four categories:

• Government-owned childcare centres (Taska dalam komuniti since 2006)
• Workplace childcare centres
• Institution-based childcare centres with 10 children or more
• Home-based childcare centres with fewer than 10 children.

Also  under the law, all childcare centres need to be registered with the Department of Social Welfare (DSW) or more popularly known as Jabatan Kebajikan Masyarakat Malaysia (JKM) under the Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development (MWFCD). MWFCD is responsible for the approval and establishment of childcare centres in the country whilst JKM serves as the main regulator and coordinator of ECCE programmes.

www.schoolmalaysia.com.

Week 6

Website Sharing

I choose to expand on the National Association for Early Childhood Teachers and how this program is helping immigrant families with receiving quality education. With globalization and increased participation in a global economy, international migration reached unprecedented levels during the last two decades. Families with young children are leaving their countries of origin, immigrating to countries with different cultures, languages, and economic infrastructures. They immigrate for a variety of reasons, ranging from enhanced and educational opportunities to freedom from war and oppression. I can’t even imagine how difficulty is for these families to transitions into new countries and cultures can be a positive and a negative experience.  They may mean relief from dangerous or economically challenging situations in immigrants’ countries of origin but they may also mean struggles in the new host culture related to learning a new language, finding employment, living without the physical and immediate support of kin networks, and generally integrating into a new society.  Family researchers in the United States and abroad note that early childhood education (ECE) programs should be considered a crucial aspect of immigrant families’ integration into and inclusion within new societies. Given this, it is necessary to think in a systematic way about how early childhood centers in the United States and abroad through working with immigrant parents and families can develop programs that effectively support immigrant children’s development and families’ integration into new societies. Thus, there is a need to develop an accurate picture of early childhood education service delivery around the world as it relates to immigrant families. Not only does the National Association for early childhood is a good quality program. It is important that programs serving

immigrant families not only understand the diverse and changing needs of the population being

 served but also reflect this diversity at every level of program administration. This includes  having teachers and program directors who are from racial-ethnic backgrounds and speak the languages of the families being served; having pre-service and in-service trainings available to their staff for understanding how to work with diverse children and families; developing curriculum that  is reflective of all students’ needs, values, and beliefs; and incorporating administrative  changes to include cultural competence as an aspect of all staff members’ performance  evaluations.

www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc-org/files/naeyc/vesely_Immigrant.pdf.

Week 5

 

Getting to Know Your International Contacts—Part 2

 

 

 

 

 

One topic that was interest to me was the Global Development of Children's.  Global Children Development (GCD) aka Global Children Charity (GCC) is a nongovernmental Christian charitable development organization registered in England and Wales. GCC provides direct support to underprivileged and disadvantaged children and widows. It works towards elevating poverty caused by nature and manmade disaster in Africa.

 

GCC primarily supports financially the education of orphans and vulnerable children and the welfare of widows through income generation such as but not limited to Poultry, Goat Rearing, Pig Rearing and Bee-Keeping.

The organization work together with faith based organizations, individuals and grassroots community based organizations, government and corporate sectors to meet the needs of the most vulnerable. It endeavours to restore hope in order to create a future and a fulfilled destiny for the orphans, vulnerable children and widows of Africa.

 

 

It was established in 1995, GCC directly supports orphans, vulnerable children and widows in Africa. Most of the orphans and vulnerable children lost their parents to HIV/AIDS, poverty, civil and political conflicts.

GCC now supports 143 orphans and 56 widows in Uganda. GCC does not support running an orphanage hence the orphans in Uganda stay with the widows who are parental guardians to them.
GCC is among the first African founded organization in the United Kingdom supporting orphans, vulnerable children and widows in Africa. It is one of the few African founded charitable organizations in England and Wales channelling financial resources to finance the education of orphans and vulnerable children and support grassroots community based organizations.

GCC expands the scope of care for AIDS orphans in Africa. It supports projects that strengthen the capacity of families and communities and work hand in hand with Community Based Organizations (CBOs) and Faith Based Organizations (FBOs) to provide care for AIDS affected and vulnerable children. It partners with African community based partners serving at the frontline of the AIDS epidemic to provide safe, compassionate and productive alternatives through community based programmes.

   It also manages a Widows Revolving Fund (a Micro Finance Scheme) that has helped to sustain the widows and provide continual supports for the education of the orphans and vulnerable children as well as the economic welfare of the widows

www.globalchildrendevelopment.org/‎

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Week 4

 

 

Sharing Webs Resources

 

 

 The web resources I choose to share and discuss is Children living in poverty

In 2013, the poverty line in United States was considered $20,444 for family of four. Poverty is relative. If everyone around us have similar circumstances, the notion of poverty or wealth only exists in relationship to known quantities or expectations. As we are aware of poverty can occur in all races and in all countries. Regardless of race or ethnicity, poor children are much more likely than non-poor children to suffer development delay and to drop out of high school, and to give birth during their teen years.  Most poverty-prone children who likely to be in single-parent homes.  Poverty is caused by interrelated factors such as, parental employment status and earnings, family structure, and parental education. Also children under the age of 5 remain particular vulnerable to poverty. In 2013 children under 5 living in families with a female householder and no husband present experienced a poverty rate of 50% than those children who have both parents in the home. The article "What is the Nature of Poverty and Economic Hardship in the United States, stated, that " Families and their children experience poverty when they are unable to achieve minimum, decent standard of living that allows them to participate in fully mainstream society. Also poverty inner-city youth are seven times more likely to be victims of child abuse or neglect than children of higher and economic status. This really is disturbing to me because as a future teacher I would like to change that statics. I would like to find out. What can I do to help my children and their families living in poverty to have a better life because after these children are our future,
  Article: Cauthen N. K., & Fass, S. (2009). 10 important questions about child poverty and family economic hardship. Retrieved from National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP) website: http://www.nccp.org/pages/pdf/page_131.pdf

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Week three assignment

Getting to Know Your International Contacts 

 

My connection to a professional in another country has not yet been established so I decided to investigate was childhood poverty in India is like; and what I found out was quite disturbing.  While India’s economy has certainly been growing lately and more wealth is going into and being generated by this country, children in India are still in much need of assistance. More than 50% of India’s total population lives below the poverty line, and more than 40% of this population are children. With the growth in the economy, child labor has become an increasing problem here as poverty-stricken homes are attempting to survive by sending their young children to work. It was reported by researchers that often times children as young as six years old are sent to work, a large percentage of Indian children in certain rural areas drop out of school before finishing the seventh grade. It’s believed that the main reasons for this stem from India’s social structure where children are taught to accept the conditions which tend to produce poverty which in turn tends to perpetuate those conditions and keep them in place for generations upon generations. When children are born into poverty they tend to remain there and become accustomed to the lifestyle that produces it before they are old enough to make a change for themselves.

In India, many children live in slums and on the streets and child laborers and construction workers are all too common. Over 50,000 children are abandoned by their families for various reasons in this country every year. Eleven million children live on the streets of India and there are more than 44 million child laborers in the country.

Indian families place a large amount of emphasis on their religious and cultural tradition and children are taught to accept the cultural values of their ancestors. As a side effect of this type of acceptance to tradition, children living in poverty stricken families are less likely to make attempts to change their traditions, even ones of poverty, as they age is

believed that certain types of discrimination in India are another origin of poverty amongst children. There is a very clear distinction between the traditional socialization of Indian boys and Indian girls as parents teach their daughters to be passive, dependent, and subservient so that they will grow up to be obedient wives. Indian parents prepare their young boys to be independent caretakers and providers for their future family. Because of this, young women born into impoverished homes are unlikely to be willing to take steps necessary through education or work to break this cycle.

Indian children are also victims of discrimination based on their caste. Their caste is a community and socio-economic status that they are born into and are taught to accept. Indian children, especially those in minority groups, are taught to not value their own aspirations and goals, but rather to accept their social status and fate. The suppression of women, children, and members of the lower class in India limits the amount of Indians who may contribute to the growth of the nation and thus perpetuates cycles of poverty that so many children are victims of.

While there have been some advances in poverty levels amongst children and some take steps to protect this vulnerable class, child poverty in India is still a serious problem that must be addressed.

www.childpovertyinindia.buyerprice.com

 

Week 2 Assignment

 

 

 

Sharing Web Resources

 

 

 



 

 I chose the National Black Child Development Institute because I never heard of this organization.  The National Black Child Development Institute (NBCDI) is a nonprofit organization that provides and supports programs, workshops, and resources for African American children, their parents and communities in: early health and education; child welfare; parenting; health and elementary and secondary education. The National Black Child Development was founded in 1978 by Greensboro native, Sarah Walden Herbin, the Black Child Development Institute of Greensboro, Inc. is one of 33 affiliates of the National Black Child Development Institute.  Since their inception they have been steadfast in their mission of improving and protecting the quality of life of children, youth and families in their communities. They are a trusted partner in delivering culturally relevant resources that respond to the unique strengths and needs of Black children around issues including early childhood education, health, child welfare, literacy, and family engagement. Their mission is “to improve and advance the quality of life for Black children and their families through education and advocacy.” By organizing NBCDI as a national advocacy group, they created a unified movement to develop strategies to improve the life circumstances of the Black child through policy change. The NBCDI is one the only national organizations dedicated exclusively to the success and well-being of Black children, the National Black Child Development Institute and their network of Affiliates have been a strong and successful voice on issues related to the education, care, and health of Black children and their families. The reason why this organization interested me because I never heard of this organization, and I am from a small rural town in the state of South Carolina in which I believe would benefit from this organization. I would like to know more about it because I believe every child should have the same experience in receiving a good education regardless of what their ethnic background may be. Also this organization help and works with mostly  black children birth through age eight and their families, through coalition building with community-based organizations, foundations, corporations, school systems, elected officials, government, child care, Head Start and many other public and private partnerships. I am also joining this organization to learn how I can help make a difference in the child’s life I teach.

 

 

 

National Black Child Development Institute
http://nbcdi.org/
(Newsletter: http://nbcdi.org/support/sign-up-for-nbcdi-newsletters