Week 7 Blog Assigment - EDUC - 6162 - 7

Getting to Know Your International Contacts-Part 3

Joanne Erina Lynch

Date: Saturday 20th April, 2013.

 

 

 

     I took the opportunity to peruse the webpage of the United Nation Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/themes/strengthening-education-systems/early-childhood, and obtained insights on issues related to international early childhood education that has connection with my professional goals, which are: (1) the completion of my Master's Degree in less than two days. (2) continue making constructive contributions to the teaching service, while adding value to the profession, making changes in the classroom instruction by promoting growth in students' learning, and (3) working towards being among the highest echelon of professionals in the early childhood education field in my country, as well as abroad. Issues that would be looked at on early childhood are: (1) Access and equity (2) children's rights are human rights, and (3) quality.

     In early childhood education, equity is alluded to fairness, which focuses on an equilibrium of two divergent sets of rights: (1) the right to be given the opportunity to present at an early childhood environment (2) the right to be involve and be enacted proportionately within that setting. Moreover, Jomtien Declaration for Education for All (1990) postulates that learning commences at confinement. However, ten years later, the Dakar Framework for Action (2000) redeclared the essential of early childhood, by encompassing the advancement of early childhood care and education, which is the predominant of its six principal objects. Attention is directed to children from various countries who are the most defenseless and drawback, by broadening and reforming extensive early childhood care and education. Moreover, governments were specifically compelled to develop fair approach to standard early childhood maintenance, by underlining the fundamental of establishing code of conducts in support of the destitute. Furthermore, territories that are mostly disadvantaged, should receive a fair and just distribution of resources among different population, from the central governments.

     Obviously, a child is a human being under the age of eighteen, and children's rights are the human rights of children with specific concern to the rights of exceptional safety and care, manage to give to subordinates. However, the most extensive recognized human rights agreement is the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which was validated by one hundred and ninety three (193) countries. In this convention, the child is being contemplated as an individual, a community and family member with age pertinent rights and trustworthiness. As a result, the right to education is one of the rights that enshrined in the Convention that makes the exercise of all the other human rights possible.

    Certainly, young children especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds will have their health improve, and their development and learning promoted through high-quality early education and child care. Beneficial elements to reflect on when quantifying early childhood care and education comprise pedagogy materials, personal training, service setting, and parental education and involvement. Learning materials should be quantitatively, culturally and developmentally adequate and focus on child centered interaction. All workers in the early childhood care and education field are from diverse backgrounds.

     The working situations and sufficient training are fundamental, so as to amalgamate the constituent and operation in the field, which will address the alteration to conventional schooling. The physical infrastructure and service setting in various countries may differ. However, appropriate play and learning materials, as well as vigorous participation from parents and communities, will guarantee that early childhood services persists significantly to the needs of the children and all other

Reference

UNESCO's "Early Childhood Care and Education" webpage

Retrieved from:

http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/themes/strengthening-education-systems/early-childhood/