Research Around the World

Here is the link to the ECA- http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/

 

This week we have a task of looking into an international research link for early childhood education. I chose to look at the ECA (Early Childhood Australia). This is an organization that is a voice for young children. They are now celebrating 75 years of service. There are many current international research topics that are demonstrated on their website.

Here is a list of the topics that I found:

Quality improvement in the classroom

How to make children feel secure, confident and included

National Quality Standards in the programs

Working together in the early childhood settings

Learning and teaching through play

Young children as active learners

Healthy children- Now and Later

Curriculum and standards in the classroom

Young gifted children

And many more are included in the index of the website.

 

I am surprised by how Australia has many of the same issues and trends that the United States has. The mission of ECA is to research and advocate to ensure quality and social justice in all the issues related to education and their care. I am surprised to see all the links one can go to all around the world to show how ECA is supporting the best practice possible. I see that there are many members and students to show how they understand the material and how it is used. The website also provides online services for researchers to explore and discover for the best practice in Australia. I feel that this organization is a major contribution to the excellence and equity in early childhood education. Without sites like these the knowledge of these topics will be very minimal. This type of resource should be used by researchers to gain the knowledge of what is expected in Australia and all over the world.