I enjoyed reading the Episode 10, Susan Lyon was intrigued by a small child’s conception of the word “city”, and began pondering how children think, eventually visiting Reggio Emilia and then bringing the “100 Languages of Children” exhibit to the San Francisco Bay area on two occasions. She initiated the Innovative Teacher Project, and began working with the Presidio Child Care Center and the San Francisco public schools. Currently she is working with an Italian architect to rehab a San Francisco structure into the first Italian immersion preschool.
UNESCO’s “Early Childhood Care and Education” webpage (http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/themes/strengthening-education-systems/early-childhood/), I learned that the 2000 Dakar Framework for Action reaffirmed the importance of early childhood by including the development of early childhood care and education as the first of its six main goals. secondly, I learned that the not only in the United States that money and finance is issue that the greatest difficulty faced by many countries in their efforts to expand and improve the quality of early childhood care and education is the mobilisation of resources. Thirdly, We have talked and discussed quality in early childhood and the article discussed the ECCE workforce is often made up of a diverse group of pre-school teachers, care workers, informal carers and other professionals. Adequate training and work conditions are essential so they can integrate the content and practice of early childhood care and education and address the transition to formal schooling. I have learned alot about quality, equity in early childhood that I can take back and use in my workplace.
Teacher training is essential for quality in the early childhood education field. Institutions should develop a set of standards to improve teacher training and ensure teachers receieve quality training no matter what college or university they attend. Hopefully, this issue will be addressed in the near future.
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Teacher training and education is one of the main ingredients in a quality school. Without well trained teachers and caregivers, children are not going to receive the high-quality interactions they need so badly. I am with Krista in hoping that one day soon our society will figure out how to require people working with young children to be required to have college degrees, to be more respected and to receive more compensation for their dedication.
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Nice work. I love all the detail that you put into your blogs. They are very refreshing and keep getting better and better. I also believe that teacher training is very important because these kids aren't the same as we were growing up. Childrenare changing and education is changing so we need to adapt on order to teah them as effective as possible.
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