Week 4 Blog Assignment - 6161 - 7

 

Sharing Web Resources

 

Joanne Erina Lynch

 

Date: Saturday 30th March, 2013.

       

          The international website I am conducting research on is Early Childhood Australia: The Australian Early Childhood Advocacy Organization. The link is: http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/early_childhood_

          Early childhood professionals' ethical behavior must navigate decision making all the time, since ethics is the science which affords us to appreciate humanity as it is, and as it could be. It further commands us about how to move from truth to the unsurpassable, hence, the reason why the specific section that is of distinct relevance to my current professional development is the Code of Ethics. This necessitates a set of affirmation about relevant and expected behavior of members in the early childhood profession, and mirrors its value.

             Furthermore, the Early Australia Code of Ethics was first developed in 1990 by a national working party with significant input from the early childhood field. This contributes an outline for demonstration about the moral responsibilities of early childhood professionals. The aim of the Code is for use by all early childhood professionals who work with or on behalf of children and families in the early childhood setting.

         The ideas of purchasing Early Childhood Australia product via the internet, where you have to give personal information in a variety of situations, and the idea of being dissatisfied with the response from Early Childhood Australia, and under the Federal Privacy Act (1988) Contract the Office of the Federal Privacy Commissioner, made me think about the issues in new ways. For these reasons: Paying for purchased products to a secured Commonwealth Bank website where you have to enter your credit card details, does not guarantee you that all credit card information will be held safely and secured. Too many credit card scams are prevalent in different parts of the world today. Concerning the other issues:  How efficient and effective will be the response from the office of the Federal Privacy Commissioner, when dissatisfied customers are seeking redress for a burning issue? This, no one can give a definite answer to.

          The evidence the website contains, that adds to my understanding of how politicians support the early childhood field, is from a joint media release on Monday 7th May, 2012, between two government ministers: - The Honorable Peter Garreth MP - Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth, and Honorable Kate Ellis MP - Minister for Employment Participation, Early Childhood and Child Care. The release has posited that the Gillard Government will invest a further $55.7 million to make sure that Australia's most defenseless children are better prepared to start school by expanding the Home Interaction Program for Parents and Youngsters (HIPPY) to one hundred (100) communities across Australia. The program make available to parents and caregivers the skills and confidence they need to take an active role in their children's education.

          Other insights about issues and trends I have obtained from exploring the early childhood field website are:  The site is the voice of young children since 1938, as well as the apex early childhood advocacy organization, acting in the interest of young children, their families, and those in the early childhood field. It takes a holistic approach to working with young children and their families, and is proactive about sharing information worldwide, since information is the key. Also, it permits everyone to keep abreast of early childhood news and happenings.

Reference

Early Childhood Australia: The Australian early childhood advocacy organization Retrieved from http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/.