Welcoming Families From Around the World

                     

The name of my family’s country of origin is Nigeria. According to, the history Nigeria is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Nigeria in the north. Its coast in the south lies on the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean.” en.wikipedia.org

The five ways in which I will prepare myself to be culturally responsive towards this family is listed below:

·         To establish a kind and respectful relationship and partnership in serving the children and families with diverse and cultural contexts within their community. Furthermore, having an open line of communication, listening and learning about their perspectives, experiences and knowledge. Therefore, I can be positively responsive,sensitive and honest  about any concerns, ideas, and beliefs they may like to share about their cultural uniqueness. In other words, I will welcome them to share their opinions when I accommodate children and families with or without a disability or ability from diverse cultures to met their individual needs and goals in cognitive, physical and emotional learning and development.

        For instance, I will offer diversity educational activities consisting of math, science, health, language and literacy, art and music that provides diversity books, dolls, farm animals, a barn, family portraits, table toys such as Lego’s, diverse play clothes, hats and play food pictures posted within my classroom setting.

·         To explore and interact with the children and their families by providing a positive understanding of their differences and similarities by valuing their languages, cultures and life experiences. For example, encourage collaboration by having an open group discussion consisting of them sharing ideas, creativity using open end questions. For example, Jill, what do you like to play with today?  What do you like to eat? What song do you like to sing? What did you draw or paint?
              To be honest in providing positive feedback when offering information and resources that don’t discriminate against their race, ethnic, cultural, gender or religion but be sensitive towards their culture values and morals within their environment. For example, what would you like to play today?  What do you like to play with at home?

·         To be supportive towards a safe, healthy, nurturing, comfortable, inviting diversity environment that offer solutions to participate and have access to equal equality education and opportunities to excel  in their lives throughout society. For example, encourage “Betty” carrots are good for your skin, eyes and teeth they help you to be strong like mommy and daddy.

·         To be committed to children and families by providing a caring multicultural learning environment of parents, staff, children and peers engagement. That way they could experience freedom of self-expression, creativity to be able to participate in the early childhood program broad membership consisting of collaboration about their concerns or ideas and opinions about the criteria, curriculum, code standards, school readiness program, interest and desires for their child goals in educational field.

For example, invite children and families to interact and eat dinner together that will encourage collaboration in parent meetings, school events and field trips to volunteer in the classroom. By bringing something from home they would like to shared verbally or show that welcome their cultural identities within their community.   

·         A brief statement describing in what ways I hope that these preparations will benefit both the family and myself. These preparations will benefit the family and myself to establish a healthy, safe, positive, honest and friendly interesting relationship and partnership. By understanding and learning from each other how to appreciate our differences and similarities of different but equine lifestyles.

Reference:

en.wikipedia.org

http://www.unicef.org/nigeria/children_

Blog wk 6: The Personal Side of Bias, Prejudice, and Oppression

The memory I have of an incident that I experienced bias, prejudice, and/or oppression, or witnessed someone else as the target of bias, prejudice, and/or oppression encounter such incidents in real contexts, including online environments, as well as fictional ones, such as movies,books, television shows happen on the south side of town where I live in San Antonio, Texas between the year of 1979-1984. I was in my early twenties when I first unravel my privileges and oppressions when enter into a beauty Salon in my neighborhood. However, I thought that cosmetologists provided services that include caring for cosmetic condition of all types of hair, skin and nails. Therefore, I wanted to get my hair permed, so I walked into the beauty salon and I asked the hair stylist if she could put a perm on my hair and she said to me “take off your hair scarf”. So I did, and she said to me, “we don’t do that type of hair at this salon”.I remember looking around the room at the majority of client’s were Hispanic .Everyone was staring at me and I felt so uncomfortable and embarrass to be aware of the fact that I was a target of racism identity.

 I was mistreated as a person based on my self-confidence of being an African American woman. I felt at the time that I had no limitations based on categorization of my personal choice and personal growth.The hair stylist discriminated against me because of my physical appearance. I was viewed as a member of a non-dominant person or group of people of color in which she felt she doesn't want to participate in serving within her institution. Furthermore, keep in mind the one time I encounter such incident in real context, including online environments, as well as fictional ones, such as movies, books, television shows. I realized this wasn’t the first incident about hair stylist that I had witnessed within my life who chooses what type person hair they chose to work on based on social identity, this type of personal side of bias, stereotyping, prejudice and oppression have existed and still exist within today’s society.

For example, I watched a movie on television name “Beauty Shop” The African American women had open a beauty salon and she hired a Caucasian woman and an African American man to work in her salon. The other African American women hair stylist was happy to get extra help and said it’s about time you hire someone to help out in the salon. However, when the owner introduces the new hair stylist who was a Caucasian they became very upset with her after they found out the lady was Caucasian women and said “Oh, no” we are not working with her and we see what you are trying to do by hiring a white girl, you trying to turn this shop in a white beauty salon.  She doesn’t know anything about black people hair.” The owner begged them to give her a chance and said she was a very creative hair stylist. However, two of the

African American women quit and walked out refusing to work with the Caucasian woman.

Later that night the owner had a celebration and invited all her hair stylist and they were at a club when a very handsome black man came over at the table and asked the Caucasian woman to dance instead of the black women. However, after she left the table some of the black women said “Did you see that all of us beautiful black woman sitting at this table and he pick the white girl to dance with him?”

The ways the specific bias, prejudice and /or oppression in these two incidents diminish equity consisted of institutional prejudice and discrimination of unfair treatment based on social identity of a Caucasian woman who was a target of an injustice act upon another person or group of people of a different race.        

However, these two incident bring up feelings of self-hate consisting of internalized oppression about another individual belief can engage in behavior of self-reflection essential to be anti-bias when stereotyping someone’s social identity. According to, “Internalized oppression or inferiority based on social, psychological consequences for people or a person belonging to more than one society, identity groups who experience any of the many faces of institutionalized prejudice and discrimination, such as limited access to opportunities or resources and constant negative messages about their groups.”Derman-Sparks & Edwards, 2010, p. 26 par 4).In addition, “Internalized oppression is a feeling or belief that the negative messages are true. It is learned behavior that is a response to institutionalized racism, sexism, classism, and the other isms. Which have undermined the sense of self.” Derman-Sparks & Edwards, 2010, p. 26 par 4).

In other words it means when a person or a group of people stereotypes about one’s own group, or identifying with a different (usually the dominant) culture’s standards of beauty regarding hair color, eye shape, body size, or skin tone as being “better” than their own group’s standards.” Derman-Sparks & Edwards, 2010, p. 26 par 7) According to, “How we feel personally about social identities may stand in opposition to the social realities of advantage and disadvantage.” Derman-Sparks & Edwards, 2010, p. 27 par 5). “For example,social discrimination and negative messages about being working class do not necessarily stop people from being personally proud of their working- classfamily background.” Derman-Sparks & Edwards, 2010, p. 27 par 5). 

Reference:

Derman-Sparks, L., & Edwards, J. O. (2010). Anti-bias education for young children and ourselves. Washington, DC: National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC).

Blog: Practicing Awareness of Microaggressions

                 

Describe at least one example of a microaggressions which you detected this week or remember from another time. 

When describing one example in which I detected microaggressions this week was an incident that occurred at my place of employment with a nutrition aid worker and myself. I am an African American woman and I work with a Hispanic woman together we are early childhood development teachers. In our early child development center we are required to work with eight children who ages are two years old in the classroom. In which, we are required to have a family style setting during meal time. It was lunch time and we began preparation for lunch. Once we sat down at the table to eat the food I tested the chicken and realized that the nutrition aid worker at our site must be unaware she had prepared spoiled chicken.Therefore, I immediately told the other teacher and children that the chicken was bad and it will make them sick if they ate the chicken. I quickly removed the spoiled chicken from the children’s plates and took the bowl of chicken and informed the director to smell the chicken, because it smelled bad and maybe it was spoiled. I understand that I didn’t report to the nutrition aid worker what had occurred, because she and I had a disagreement before between us, therefore I didn’t want a confrontation with the nutrition aid again. So I reported to the director my concern regarding the incident about the chicken and the safety of the children health.

The director addresses the problem to the nutrition aid worker after she witnesses for herself by smelling the chicken and detecting it was bad and informed staff about the incident. The director and other staff agreed with me and disposed the chicken immediately.

Next, the nutrition aid returned to my classroom and confronted me and said, “I cook this chicken this way all the time”. Which I said,” it’s nothing wrong with the way you cook it’s that the chicken smell bad” and she looked directly at me while the other teacher was present in the classroom and said to me “maybe you are just tried of chicken”.

For instance, there is another teacher working in the classroom with me who is Hispanic like herself and had also detected that it was something wrong with the chicken. Therefore, I thought to myself why would the nutrition aid worker approaches me and directly made the remark that created a racial microaggressions remark about the chicken. 

According to, Dr. Sue “There are times when verbal behaviors create feelings of uncertainty, inferiority or marginalization even though no offense was consciously intended. Such behaviors are called microaggressions.” (Laureate Education, Inc., 2011). I am a black woman and I admit I love to eat chicken and I love to eat other meat as well, such as seafood, beef, and occasionally pork. However, her remark consisted of a brief everyday indignities which are communicated intentionally or unintentionally to people of color.

In what context did the microaggressions happen? 

What did you think and feel when you observed the microaggressions or when you found yourself as the target of a microaggressions? 

The context of microaggressions happen was that the concept of racial microaggressions took place in this particular incident. I was offended when I found myself as the target of a microaggressions. My first thought was what did she meant by saying maybe you are tired of chicken.In addition, I felt insulted because I wasn't sure why she would say such a thing directly to me and not say anything to the other teacher who was present in the classroom who also, address her concern about the chicken smelling bad.

I thought why did she pick me and I thought immediately that the nutrition aid remark and behavior created feelings of stereotyping people of racial microaggressions. That consisted of unsettling emotions in others, even though it may or may not have been intended or unintended on a conscious or unconscious level. However, though out the day I felt very uncomfortable, because of the hidden message that I felt was being communicated to me. “And that hidden message that many Asians and Latinos experience is a message that you are a perpetual foreigner in your own land. Now these two minor examples are indicators of what I call racial microaggressions.” (Laureate Education, Inc., 2011). 

According to Dr. Sue “ Microaggressions are brief everyday indignities, May be verbal, behavioral, or environmental, Are communicated intentionally or unintentionally to women, to people of color, to gay/lesbians that have an insulting message behind them often time causes severe psychological distress and harm.” (Laureate Education, Inc., 2011).

“That’s what we mean by a racial, gender, sexual orientation microaggressions.” (Laureate Education, Inc., 2011). “They can be based upon any marginalized group in the United States.” (Laureate Education, Inc., 2011).

 In what ways did your observation experiences this week affect your perception of the effects of discrimination, prejudice, and/or stereotypes on people? 

The ways my observation experiences this week affect my perception of the effects of discrimination, prejudice, and/or stereotypes on people perceives my thought is no matter who, what, where and why you may be conscious or unconscious of racial, gender, sexual orientation microaggressions will always exist day in and day out. I learned microaggressions is a learned behavior that is intentionally or unintentionally portrayed by individual attitude towards a person, place or a thing. In which, they might have mixed emotions about how they feel about a person who are in situations that may have been exposed throughout life experiences within their environment at an early age of growth and development.

For example,a little girl in my classroom who is an Asian child was given three African American puppets a man, women, and child and her teacher who is a Hispanic said to me, “Herleen watch this” and she held up each puppet and showed them to the child. 

The first puppet was a man and the teacher said to the child who is this and the little girl said,” daddy”. 

Next, the teacher held up the women puppet and said who is this and she said, “Herleen”.

When the child was shown the child puppet the teacher asked her who is this and the little girl didn’t answer, but the little boy who was Hispanic age two years old stood next to her said, “that is me”. 

Therefore, children at an early age grow up to become an adult develop a learned behavior based on what they personally experience at an early age during grow and development. These behaviors can develop into behaviors called microaggressions. In which affect people by gender, race, age, height, Wight, disability, ability and even sexual orientation does excise day to day and day in and day out of people lives experiences learn within their environment will encounter a situation that will consist of microagressions.

Reference: 

(Laureate Education, Inc., 2011).

Blog Assignment: Perspectives on Diversity and Culture

 Which aspects of culture and diversity that I have studied in this course are included in the answers I received—and what are some examples? 

In reflection to the aspects of culture and diversity, along with hard and soft cultural diversity that I have studied in this course and how it relates to social identities based on their personal experience and characteristic’s inherent as a tradition involving the dominant cultures empowerment referring to the spiritual, political, social, or economic expectations and individuals participation involving their ethnic background and ethnicity. I learned each individual within their own life environment and familyculture where similar but different depending on their tradition of who, what, where, when, and how things are done within a group of people during special events pertaining to beliefs, values and morals involving their personal experience within their lives. Furthermore, I learned that the aspects of their lives in which their inherent consisted of race, religion, class, language, age and gender relating to their own personal experience to participate and adapt to the changes in which their inherent from their ancestors was different from other individuals characteristic’s and perspectives in which they live their lives base of traditions within their family cultures life style.
 Which aspects have been omitted—and what are some examples of such omission?

 For example, An Hispanic women age 61 years old shared her personal definition of cultural and diversity as things that going on in the world today in celebration of the Battle of Flowers Fiesta parade, the Alamo and African Americans participation Black History Month. Involving religion relating to freedom speeches, music, soul food, singing and dancing to music relating to their family culture and beliefs. Furthermore, the Hispanic celebrates in the fifth of May in which is called in Spanish and in English it is called May the fifth in the United States and in Mexico, primarily in the state of Puebla, where the holiday is called El Día de la Batalla de Puebla. Also, in English the holiday is called The Day of the Battle of Puebla. Cino de Mayo is a tradition to cook Mexican foods, colorful clothes, Mexican music, dancing and songs in celebration of their inherence from their culture ethnicity. For instance, her perspective of what diversity was the different things she do for instance swimming, reading books hunting. Another example; given by an African American male stated his definition of culture to share beliefs, heritage, and his perspective of diversity was to have different lifestyles consisting of different groups of people involved in Hip Hop culture. For instance, his perspective on relating to diversity consisted of different ethnic groups participating in the same events such as the workforce and holiday events. 

Furthermore, a young black male age 19 years old definition of culture was passing on a tradition relating to Hispanic culture, celebrating Cino de Mayo and African American people celebrating a black holiday that is in relationship to African vibe called Kwanza. For example; his definition of diversity consisted of a group of people participating in a Civil Right Movement were a group of people come together. For instance like the Freedom Riders.

In what ways were thinking about other people’s definitions of culture and diversity influenced my own thinking about these topics? 

The ways my thinking about other people’s definitions of culture just proves to me how the complex culture really is when relating to other individuals perspectives and definitions of what they think culture mean. However, I feel culture is about everything we do that involves our lifestyles and how we relate to traditions, beliefs and everyday environment pertaining to our lives with other ethnic cultures involving a diversity consisting groups of people values and morals and how that act upon what they believe.

Blog: My Family Culture

                                              My Family Culture

    The three items I’d decided to choose holds a sentimental value and each represent my family culture. It will consist of a family portrait, bible and a hand radio.To explain to others what each of these items means to me I will begin describing My family portrait because it is a sentimental value to me and provides positive memories of what I shared with my family. Also, I can reflect back on how strong our family culture was and having a positive relationship we share together. The bible was a family tradition that will help me to stay motivated and supported about what I believe. Which is consisting of values and morals as a person's standards of behavior or beliefs concerning what is and is not acceptable for me to do in life. Having the bible is something I inherited as a child from my ancestors who read the bible to me and help me to understand about what the values and morals of life was all about. For instance, my family and I had to have a bible to attend church for bible study, Vocational bible school, Sunday school, and morning and evening services. Furthermore, the radio will help me to remember our family tradition, such as, when we listen to music and dance together in celebration of holidays or birthdays. Spending time together and having fun with my family members and friends. These items as a whole provide some of the best memories money can’t buy. Also, the radio will help me to keep updated with the latest news and current events of what’s going on within the world. In other words, the radio is another form of an open line of communication and understanding which can have connection to all diversities within the world. For instance, the radio will provide me with information about current issues relating to public affairs or public assistance and entertainment from different cultural environments.

     

My feelings would be hurt upon arrival if I was told I could only keep one personal item and give up the other two items I brought with me, because as I mention before these three items hold a sentimental value. For instance, I would choose to keep my family portrait because I can always reflect back to the happy memories we shared by looking at the picture of my family. Why? It tells about a positive story of who, what, where, and why we shared this precious memory together as a family. However, I will feel lost without my bible because it helps me to stay focus on reality, my beliefs, values and morals. Why? Because reading the bible gives me support and respect to develop a strong sense of self concept about myself and others in society.

The insights I gained about myself is knowing the important role my family culture plays into my life. Also, the diversity and cultural differences in general are as much as a part of my life, because without being a part of a diversity within my society, I can’t learn to grow within self or learn from other individual’s culture differences.

Week 8- Blog Assignment: When I Think of Research...

What insights have you gained about research from taking this course?

When I think of research I think about how much I learned about insights of research taken from this course and how much I can share with others. Who are also interested in learning about all the multiples of theories, methods, principles, practices, statistics, data, contexts, strategies, plans, vital statistics, variables are measure collecting data by researcher’s and professionals. Also, individuals who want to expand or gain knowledge within social sciences, philosophy and perspectives of ideas, data, and opinions of participants and researcher’s. Therefore, I can other individuals understand about the independent or dependent variables by researchers who are combined within communication and collaboration from different points of views within experiments. In addition, observations or risks concerning most children and families within their communities.
I learned to focus on the main topic about what it is the truth and gain knowledge when evaluating or expressing a concern, interest, about an object or subject. Also, it is good to narrow the study down to obtain a clear valid point and be reflexive, so you can help researchers and participants to address concerns about what is written and presented. According to the text, "power relations thinking about data as a gift from participants is important in rethinking power relations between researchers and participants, and significant part of reflexive." Naughton,Rolfe,Sirai-Blatchford p.187 par.1(210) In addition, “there is a written presentation aspects of the study based on truth pertaining to equity, fairness and social justices. In other words, it’s how the ontologies and epistemologies affected the design and process outcomes you must have self-reflexive in analyzing research.” Naughton,Rolfe,Sirai-Blatchford p.187 par.1(210) Therefore, give consideration to the participants you have to interview and the data will be collected relating to the having freedom of choice when answering questions or a problem within an investigation to apply data and how it will be accomplished. For instance, the approach is about the philosophy of what counts as knowledge and truth. In what ways have your ideas about the nature of doing research changed? The ways my ideas about the nature of doing research changed because, I realize the importance of examining what is relevant. Providing a well-designed research is to develop and analyze what is relevant and what isn't relevant based on what is fair and how fairness is used to eliminate elite bias in the education field. In addition, it’s about building a relationship between the researcher and the participants. Along with equity and social justice should be always considered from the beginning of the research or observation to the end. Therefore, in relation to the children and their families who may or may not have access to resources and are eligible to receive the resources in the early childhood field. I learned as a professional you have to be passionate, knowledgeable and have a good understanding of early child development. Also, learn about cultural diversities and ethnic backgrounds within their daily lives and the environment when interacting and examining positive or negative outcomes. Furthermore, keep a positive open mind and have consideration for other individuals equal and civil rights upon to inform consist relating to ethical contexts. According to, it is defined as “the circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, opinions and in terms of which it can be fully understood and assessed without being biased to the questions or answers applied.” What lessons about planning, designing, and conducting research in early childhood did you learn? The lessons about planning, designing, and conducting research in early childhood, is I learned is to be objective when exploring the object or participants in an observation. That I should make them feel welcome and provide a comfortable environment that is interesting in conducting research to the young children and their families. For example, ensuring honesty, respect and supporting to the differences of cultural diversities, disabilities and dual learners of all ethnic backgrounds to met their individual needs. Therefore, when interviewing and demonstrating the short term longitudinal research design to examine the hypothesis of individual’s personal needs to be able to have access of gaining an equal opportunity. In the educational field observation or investigation within any research is consisting of children and their families by a researcher's point of view or subject. They should acknowledge other’s knowledge, ideas,and opinions. In addition, exploration of creativity or suggestions of their own personal experience within the environment of all aspects when interviewing or researching individual children and families. In addition, “research it includes an ontological and epistemological positions, initial decisions about the research design, formulation of planning of hypotheses or research questions, consideration of variables, selection of participants, analyses, interpretation and reporting of data, Naughton, Rolfe, Sirai-Blatchford p.187 parg..3 (2010) Also, it is another version of qualitative research when collecting accurate evidence during a study must be demonstrated that the analysis qualitative data from the field in a similar way. Naughton, Rolfe, Sirai-Blatchford p.187 parg3 (2010) According to, research It allows "valid interpretations of what study of the field consist of when analyzing them using integrity to ensure an accurate reflection is being discourse is a close correspondence between the facts stored provide evidence from the students that is in relation to triangulation to indicate that two methods are used in a study in order to check the results are accurate based on evidence provide with measurement of study conducted." Naughton, Rolfe, S.A. Blatchford, pg. 162, par. 1 (2010) What were some of the challenges you encountered—and in what ways did you meet them? The challenges, learning clearly about how to apply the many variables within the context by having to narrow the data presented in writing. Also, I didn't want to make anyone feel powerless when participating in reading or analyzing my experiment that will affect their emotions. For instance, to make ensure emotion perspective are taken into account when processing data about the study. In order not to cause any harm or violate upon their civil rights. For example, quantitative and qualitative research highlights the bias inherent based on criticism within the paradigms themselves. However, the choices of doing research paradigms reflect our beliefs and values about the world in which we live and the world in which we want to live. Therefore, providing an appropriate approach consisting of understanding of equity involves notions of justice and fairness in which set limitations. When interpreting what questions to ask or say to avoid being biased. Therefore, to avoid any aspects of being biased within my study of this course I had to learn how to be knowledge about how to apply accurate data, acknowledge and respect cultural diversity and ethnic backgrounds. Also, individual’s emotions will be taken into consideration of their perspectives.
furthermore, along, with their points of view would be taken into account when processing data about my study in order not to cause any harm or violation upon the participants civil rights. For example, quantitative and qualitative research highlights the bias inherent based on criticism within the paradigms themselves. According to, research “It is important to be vigilant about how cultural, socio-economic, racial and ethnic differences can be classed as deficits.”Naughton,Rolfe,Sirai-Blatchford p.185 par.1(210) For instance, when interpreting what questions to ask or say to avoid being bias to were the participants clearly understand what is taken place in the observation. What are some of the ways your perceptions of an early childhood professional have been modified as a result of this course?

The ways my perceptions of early childhood professional have been modified as a result of this course is to be more aware of what to present within an interview or experiment. Also, don’t believe every thing I read pertaining to individual researchers, or data within the context until I become knowledgeable of the object or subject aspect apply in full detail. Furthermore, to have an open line of communication, understanding and knowledge about the investigation or results of different ethical contexts about high quality educational so others and myself can benefit. Gain knowledge when being deductive and in deductive from independent or dependent variables on one another personal experiences in life in circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, opinions. In terms of which it can be fully understood and assessed without being bias to the questions or answers applied. For instance, to acknowledge individuals freedom to express their ideas, opinions, beliefs and values to ensure providing the importance of age appropriate curriculum, activities, guidelines, standards procedures materials, equipment, time, space and situation or concerns within the individual child environment. To make accurate decisions about accommodating education access of high quality education resources are to integrate among young children and their families and other professionals within their communities. According to, Analysis and design “Focusing on the individual child or family locates the problem with the individual, rather than structural factors in society.” Naughton,Rolfe,Sirai-Blatchford p.184 par.2(210)

Week 5- Blog Assignment: Research Around the World

What are some of the current international research topics?

·         Professional partnership in children’s services: Working together for children

·         Learning positive behavior through educator-child relationship

·         The Early Years Learning Framework: Essential reading for the National Quality Standard

·         Nurturing the spiritual child: Compassion, connection and a sense of self

What surprising facts/insights/new ideas about early childhood did you gain from exploring this international early childhood website?

The (ECA) Early Childhood Australia role is to strive for quality outcomes by working to build a strong foundation using effective updated educational resources materials and activities. Furthermore, the ECA will accommodate all culture and ethnic differences by supporting different meanings and actions for all individuals to have and share different roles in different places and situations in order to process of making meaning of their values.

According to, ECA values Statements “Leadership-We stand out as proactive champions for young children. We provide an independent focus and voice for advocacy, understanding, energy and change for ECA members, for others in the early childhood sector and for interested people in the wider community.

 Excellence-We strive for high standards in all that we do. In all aspects of our ECA work we are ethical, professional, well-informed, thorough, articulate and creative. We want to be outstanding in our work.

 Respect-We have regard for people and treat them well in all our interactions both within and outside ECA. We recognize the dignity and rights of all and we make time to listen, to be courteous, and to respond. Our respect for children, for the people who work with them and for ourselves requires this, and also requires that we work to high standards in all areas.

 Courage-We are brave in our work. We think carefully about infants and children in our society and the impacts of situations and events on them. We speak out and take actions about these without fear or favor. We support one another in this. ECA Value Statements – September 2010 (pages 1-2)

   

 Therefore, the ECA vision is to gain an solid relationship and partnerships in connection with the early childhood education and child care services for the young children by being an advocate and champion for quality outcomes endorse by the governance and the guidelines. In which they use discussion, interpretation and expansion and welcome feedback from all members and strategic directions daily work to gain the rights of the Infants and young children when focusing on their well-being.

According to, Early Childhood Australia (ECA) “The rights of Infants and young children are citizens with the same rights as everyone in our society and should have access to its protections and benefits to help them have the best possible start in life. The well-being of young children is Early Childhood Australia’s prime focus. “In addition, Early Childhood Australia has a particular focus on infants and young children in early childhood education and care services, but we also address other significant issues of children’s rights and well-being.”  According to, ECA “ They particularly recognize the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and their families acknowledging past and current injustices and realities around Australia, and we challenge ourselves to work for the true Reconciliation.” ECA Value Statements – September 2010 (pages 1-2)

What other noteworthy information did you find on this website?

The Research in Practice Series is a practical, easy to read resources that offer a wide variety of books including different topics and hands on activities in connection to building new ideas that will enrich young children cognitive skills and gain their interest in literacy. Used by workers consisting of new approaches for children and their families who are facing issues or challenges involving child care services and in the early childhood field. In addition, Educational professionals can become a member of “The Early Years Learning Framework: Essential reading for the National Quality Standard is new for educators to show evidence of their practice and philosophies.

 Reference:

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