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Friday, October 5, 2012

International Website



For this blog assignment, I visited the Early Childhood Development Virtual University (ECDVU) Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) website.  This website gave general information regarding early childhood programs in Sub-Sahara Africa.  The goal is to create strong leadership in the Early Childhood Education (ECE) field by aiding those in the field with support. 

I found that a vast amount of research has been conducted.  On the ECDVUSSA website, there is a link to publications.  I found that research topics from several African countries are listed.  I saw topics ranging from the role of fathers in ECE in Nigeria, to the importance and ways of strengthening the role of grandparents as parents in Uganda. 

In looking at the topics that have been researched, I see that the concerns of children in other areas of the world are similar to those of other countries.  It seems that a desire to aid families in empowering through education is alive.  I also found in skimming a couple of the research articles that there was a sense that researchers were not trying to implement new practices, but strengthen existing ones, but at the same time tried to provide education to empower. 

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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousOctober 6, 2012 at 6:11 AM

    Hi Kristi

    It is interesting to hear that they are studying the role that the father can play within the family unit. Traditionally the mothers are responsible for child rearing. Hopefully, this information is built into the education that they are presenting to families on child rearing practices. It is also understandable that they are focused on education and perfecting current practices, as compared to conducting novel research. Empowering the children in these countries should be the focus of the early childhood education system.

    Carolyn

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  2. k.g.October 6, 2012 at 11:01 AM

    Hi Kristi. Grandparent research sounds interesting. Now I did not read the research so I'm kinda making this up. I wonder if grandparents are raising the children for whatever reason. I know here in Richmond there is a pattern of grandparents raising the kids because the moms are young.

    I picked my title because of Australia. ;)

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  3. Josie ZbaerenOctober 6, 2012 at 8:59 PM

    It is nice to see that early childhood is alive around the world. It was also nice to see that we do have things in common. I love that early childhood people everywhere are looking at serving children and their families. :)

    Josie

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