Final Blog Assignment

Throughout this course I have learned a great deal through my research and the research of my colleagues about the early childhood field internationally. Unfortunately I was not about to make any contacts with professionals internationally, however I was able to review several podcast and review my colleagues findings. Although there were several consequences of learning about international early childhood field there were three that stood out to me. I have a new respect for American’s that go oversea to help educate, the effect poverty has on young children, and also develop a deeper understanding of the importance of equity in early childhood education.

Some of my colleagues were able to connect with educators from around the world and shared with us their experiences teaching abroad. These teacher are dedicated to providing children with the quality education they deserve, despite their working conditions and lack of resources. Educators must meet the requirement for the area in which they are teaching in. These educators must deal with the daily challenges of living and working in an unfamiliar environment, while trying to improve the lives of young children.

For many years poverty has been a growing issue, I have only recently studied the effect poverty has on young children. The first eight years of the child’s life is vital to their overall mental and physical wellbeing.  Children growing up in poverty experience, staving, malnutrition, and often lack of medical care. Poverty is the leading cause of death in most countries. With poverty being the leading cause of death, I often wonder how countries will ever get out of poverty. We must educate our youth by providing young children with quality education to insure their future is brighter than that which they live in today. Children living in poverty often display poor cognitive skill, social skills, and have behavioral problems, it is our duty has advocate of education to provide quality service to our youth.

Lastly, equity in early childhood education is not so equal, children living in lower class community, minorities, and children with disabilities of lack the necessary needed in order to be successful. In many countries woman and young girls are not allow to go to school. Law makers believe that only man and young boys should seek proper education. I have found organizations around the world that are seeking to make education available to all.

My goal is to go oversea and change lives, give children whom would have never been available to have quality education a chance to be successful in life. I want to world with improvised families break through poverty. My goal is to use all that I have learnt and share it with those less fortunate