Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Getting to Know International Contacts Part 3
The first insight that I learned from the site (http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/themes/strengthening-education-systems/early-childhood/), deals with the availability to early childhood education. Similiar to that of the United States, other countries give more opportunities for high quality programs to children who come fromnwealthy families. The low income families receive little attention from the government and assitance for their children to attend public schools and early childhood education programs.
The second insight that I gained from the site is that many want to lower the age for children to enter preschool. Others are fighting it stating that they only want to prepare children earlier for formal schooling.
My final insight is in terms of coordinatino. Both the national and local governments must work together to work out a plan for children and early childcare. It must also be worked out between public and private centers. Everyone must work together to ensure that the children are receiving the highest quality education possible and the money is being distributed evenly.
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Jackie, it appears that everyone wants to cut programs involving promoting early education. Every one dollar spent on early education investment in the United States turns into a 7 dollars in profit. That is an investment in the economy as well as an investment in the community. This is really too hard to understand to me.
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ReplyDeleteI think lowering the age for preschool is good, as long as the child is mature enough to understand. Some children mature quicker than others, so this may be a challenge. On the other hand children are smarter now than they used to be. Thanks for sharing.
Brenda
It is disappointing that other children around the world who come from low-income families are not receiving the same quality care that other children from wealthier families receive. Did the site provide any information on what those countries are doing to make it an equal playing field for all children?
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