I was unable to make contact with an international early childhood professional, so I chose to focus on issues related to international early childhood education on UNESCO's Early Childhood Care and Education web page.
When reviewing the “Access” section on the web page, I was amazed to see how UNESCO showed an effective effort to ensure that children from poor families had access to early childhood care. “Governments were particularly urged to expand equitable access to quality early childhood services underscoring the importance of instituting policy in favour of the poor” (Unesco, 2011). Providing better opportunities to the poor is always a positive measure as children and families can have access to inaccessible resources. “Countries often promote alternative services for poor children with limited or no access to mainstream early childhood services which can be cost-effective and pedagogically innovative, but often raise concerns about sustainability and quality” (Unesco, 2011).
Another important aspect that grasps my attention was how UNESCO promotes Indigenous Education. It is important that we provide good educational learning experiences from those children and families that come from diverse backgrounds. “Organization presented UNESCO’s work on languages and contributed to the thematic debates on languages at the Expert Group meeting on Indigenous Languages organized by the Forum” (Unesco, 2011). As I gain experience as an educator, it is my goal to provide children and families from diverse backgrounds with quality learning experiences as if they are in their native environment. Providing an environment that supports culturally and linguistic children allows children and families to feel comfortable in the classroom as they transition from another region.
Overall I have gained a wealth of information that will help me as I grow professionally. Unesco supportive effort to working with those children with HIV/Aids can help them get the support, treatment, and guidance that they need. “UNESCO supports responses to HIV and AIDS that are inclusive and sensitive to the needs and issues of all of the population, but with particular attention to key populations especially vulnerable to HIV and young people in school settings” (Unesco, 2011). Children are at risk to airborne diseases on a daily basis due to germs that are passed from other children. Just knowing that children can come to school and receive adequate education despite of their health makes me smile. I hope that all school across the State provides HIV/Aids education so that children can come to school and fit in with the general population. It can also bring awareness to those children who are not affected by HIV/Aids.
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ReplyDeleteI really appreciate the great information that you put into your blog.I found this information to be very helpful and I feel that I can share this information with my families and coworkers in hopes of informing them of resources in their community. I think that families and children should understand and find out more about the disease and be aware of the side effects of HIV/AIDs. I feel that educating people about the disease will help to reduce the spread.