Teresa Herbert

There are many outcomes that I gleaned from learning about the early childhood field from an international perspective.  For instance, according to Hale (2014), there are three consequences that early childhood practitioners learn about how the field is enduring overseas.  She writes, The first consequence of learning about the international early childhood field is that as early childhood educators, we live in a world that calls for continuous change, and therefore, information on best practices and best policies can be utilized throughout the world.  The second consequence of learning about the international childhood field is that having an awareness has to be developed.  When early childhood practitioners are unaware of their students, the students’ families, and of themselves, then the opportunity for discussion and growth cannot be established so that all parties understand the willingness to be invested in children’s development and children’s education....

One of the new insights that I gained in relation to international early childhood education that relate to my professional goals is to be a leader in my community, for I want to own a daycare center.  That way, all children would be able to receive an education.  According to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (2011), “The Education for All Global Monitoring Report 2011 noted that 7.3 million primary school-aged children in Pakistan were out-of-school in 2008 (UNESCO, 2011), the majority of whom were girls” (cited in Mahmud, 2014, p. 6).  Unfortunately, it can be implied that in Pakistan, many children are not obtaining the knowledge they need to move forward in their education.  If I had my own daycare center, I would make sure that every child in my community would receive some type of schooling so that they are not lacking the foundation necessary to aide in their development.  While I plan to take the initiative as a leade...

The Children’s Defense Fund leads people to learn about how funds are necessary to defend children.  After searching through the website, I found that the organization has plenty of resources on a variety of aspects regarding the early childhood education field.  For example, in the “Policy Priorities” section on the Children’s Defense Fund, the policies focus on the areas of ending children’s poverty, children’s health, early childhood development and learning, elementary and secondary education, child welfare, and juvenile justice (Children’s Defense Fund, 2017).  Also, in the CDF monthly newsletter, it does cover improving the quality of education in the early childhood profession.  For instance, the CDF has Freedom Schools which immerses children into reading programs as a way to improve children’s reading prowess as well as close achievement gaps so that they do not lose any knowledge during summer vacation.  This program assists all children, despite thei...

The country that I chose was Mexico.  One insight that I gained from the Center of the Developing Child (2016), is that Mexico along with other Latin American countries are able to share knowledge and information with each other.  The information that people share with each other stretches across the worlds of science and innovation.  According to Harvard University’s Center for the Developing Child (2016), the Frontiers of Innovation program is centered around three aspects, and they are : (1) science; intervention strategies;  (3) a learning community (p.  1). This means that information can be shared to ensure that scientific breakthroughs are groundbreaking.              Another insight that I gained from the Center of the Developing Child (2016) is that many Latin American countries within the Frontiers of Innovation clusters are implementing technology into early childhood education.  For ...