My View of Early Childhood Research

My thoughts and reviews in regard to Early Childhood have surely shifted since the initiation of this course.

* I know that I feel less intimidated when reviewing research material. I now approach it with greater ease.

* My ideas have changed in regards to how I view research. I view it less from a theoretical perspective.

* When I think about planning and designing and conducting research I still see it as a process. It is a process that has to be conducted with a great deal of thought and organization.

* The challenges specifically for me throughout this course had to deal with my abilities to understand vocabulary and the terms that I was not familiar with. The weekly charts helped in respect to keeping up with and applying the new terminology.

* Initially the formation of the research simulation hypothesis was a bit of a challenge. But with the support and guidance from our varied professors, this barrier became less of a challenge.

* My perceptions of early childhood professionals have been slightly modified, since the inception of the course. I see a new role for the early childhood professional, that is as a researcher.

Early Childhood of Australia

I investigated the early childhood Australia website. I found two interesting research topics which caught my attention. The first; “Early Childhood Service Delivery for families living with disability; disabling families through problematic implicit ideology."This article took a look at service delivery options for families. I was surprised as they discussed in great detail the service delivery option which is provided at home, by the parents of the child.

The second article highlighted, "The challenges of implementing primary arts education. What our teachers say?"

This article focused on the teacher’s perspectives and thoughts on taking the role of the provider of arts education to the children within their classroom.

I was surprised to learn that teachers were responsible for teaching in the four subject art areas of visual arts, music, drama and dance. As I read the article I was not surprised that most teachers felt uncomfortable when it came to initiating music education and instruction.

What I found note worthy in regards to this site, was the fact that it reminded me in many ways of the NAEYC website. It provided links to position and policy statements, key articles on the latest trends as they relate to educators, young children and families living in Australia. It too had links to the Australian Journal of Early Childhood, as well as multiple resources on the topic of early childhood education.

 Resources:
http:www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/