Learning about child development from an international perspective throughout this course has helped me to become more culturally responsive. In order to be culturally responsive, I must keep an open mind to differences and by learning about other cultures it reinforces this behavior. It is important to learn about cultural diversity in order to understand the issues that children face today. In order to truly be a child advocate, one must understand more about children from around the world. I found it very interesting that many parts of the world are working towards similar goals in the field of early childhood. We face different obstacles, but with having similar values and by using current research about the importance of the early years in regard to brain development and the impact of toxic stress we work together to support and protect children everywhere.
One personal goal that I have from this course is to continue to learn more about the issues that children and families face around the world today. By paying attention to the news or visiting some of the websites I learned about in this course, I can stay more up to date on current events related to the global field of early childhood.
Mary, your first sentence, I think is true in all of us. I too think that I am much more culturally aware and responsive after being able to explore such diverse international websites in this course. I think that because some of the countries we looked at are working toward the same goals, how awesome would it be for them to exchange strategies and ideas, or even work together to even better education all over the place.
ReplyDeleteI agree that through my experience of exploring the websites I have become much more aware of what is going on in the international early childhood field. I also agree that I found that many parts of the world are working towards similar goals in the field of early childhood. It was reassuring to see some of the similar goals that are trying to be accomplished.
ReplyDeleteI like your quote by Frederick Douglas. So long ago, and they already knew that.
ReplyDeleteGood luck in your future!