Since the 1945’s, UNESCO has been
supporting and advocating for the world’s young children and early childhood
education. Over 193 countries work with
UNESCO for recognition of the importance of early childhood education for
children birth to age 8.
I found it ironic that all countries,
even those wealthy countries, have trouble allocating monies to fund early
childhood programs and standards. I also
saw the term “holistic development” once again.
This term is fascinating to me and is something I want to study and
learn more about. Holistic development
is dealing with the positive development of the “whole” child: health,
nutrition, education, parent support, equity and social protection, and
alleviation of poverty.
Most importantly, this site works
diligently to advocate for “high-quality” early childhood education. Countries are beginning to commit and have
committed to expand and improve comprehensive early care and education for vulnerable
and disadvantaged children. High-quality
early childhood education promotes cognition and language, school readiness,
motivation to continue and perform well, and confidence in young students,
especially those with disadvantaged backgrounds. Because there are so many different
government sectors concerned with young children, the ability to coordinate an
effective program is still very difficult.
Thank you sharing your insights with us this week. I wanted to point out that I find it odd how it is still difficult to establish a functioning and effective program; with so many concerned with the development of children and with everyone with a common goal, why would it be so problematic?
ReplyDeleteMoney is always a problem..I wish there was an easy answer. I think school districts want to spend money on early childhood programs, but they can barely handle funding their current programs. Ugg, what are we to do??
DeleteHi Kimberly -
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your post this week. I haven't personally really looked a lot into this website, but just from the information you have given, it is one that I will research more on and add into my resources. You have given me a whole new area to really dive into and research with the holistic development you discuss. To me this is how we should be looking at early childhood - looking at the "whole" child which not only includes the child personally, but the child's family and life outside of our care.
Thanks again for sharing!
Gena
Hi Kimberly I have enjoyed all you have shared and it gives me more places for resources as I continue on this journey in ECE. Thank you
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