When I Think of Research.....

My simulation is important to the field of early childhood because I have seen many children lack education because of them not being able to handle how they were treated in the classroom. Most families don’t know how to be an advocate for themselves. Bias is a big problem in classrooms and it needs to stop so children can be able to earn a quality education. I have learned so much about Anti-bias and how to implement in the classroom and I feel that my simulation would also help caregivers to become more aware of the bias in their classroom. Having the proper materials in the classroom to make it anti-bias plays an important role in the social-emotional development of early childhood children.

If I were to conduct my simulation proposal it would benefit the early childhood children, families and the caregivers.

My perceptions of the ways of an early childhood professional have been modified in this course because at the beginning of this course I was thinking to myself about why is research important in the early childhood field. After taking the course I realize that research plays an important role in our daily lives in working with children because it helps to improve the way we teach children and stop talking about what we need to do and do it.

I would like to say this course has helped with the understanding of research and how important it is in the early childhood field and thanks to all who read my blog and I enjoyed reading yours. 

RESEARCH AROUND THE WORLD

Some of the current international research topics include : inclusion, children’s health and nutrition, sleeping and anxiety in children of preschool. The surprising facts I gained from exploring this international early childhood website was that they provide the families and caregivers with information on any subject listed above and resources from other organizations.

I find it interesting there was a information on Early Childhood’s Code of ethics. The code of ethics recognizes that childhood professionals hold a position that is unique of influence and trust in the relationships they have with children, families, colleagues and the community in which they serve so accountability is the key.   

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

Uplifting Story - How I researched about my child being deaf and the answers I found

I had a personal experience with research and don’t mind sharing it with others. When I had my youngest child was born deaf and this discouraged me so I began to do research on how this could happen when myself or her dad didn’t have a family history of hearing impairment. I viewed a website that I thought would help me understand the why and how of it- www.deafchildworldwide.info/. I found out that it could have been a problem in my pregnancy such as rubella, herpes or any other complications that could have existed. During the research the doctors were trying to figure out how and what they could do to help. I sat down and thought about there was no herpes, no rubella and later on found out from her dad’s family his grandfather was deaf. I didn’t find out she was deaf until she was 7 months. This research did help me to understand what could happen during a pregnancy if you don’t receive the proper care. My daughter did get healed from deaf because of prayers and my faith in God. I now am able to talk to families about what I went through but also talk to them about having faith and believing everything is possible with God.

References:

www.deafchildworldwide.info/

https://www.epainassist.com

I chose Anti-Bias Education as my research simulation project for this course. Ichose this subject because most families and educators deal with bias in their lives and I want to find out information to help them with being Anti-bias in their lives and how to communicate with others and know they are important people and have a right to a quality education.

My personal experience with this subject is I worked with a educator in the past and she was not able to grasp working with minorities because she came from a all white town. The families we provide service for are from low income status and she would try and fuss at them for being late or ifthey didn't have minutes on their phone. I was bothered by this and decided to talk to her about she has to remember what families we are working with but it didn't matter she said she was the Lead Teacher and it would go her way. Needless to say it didn't end well she end up getting fired because of how she treated me and the families.

I would like if any of my colleagues could provide me with resources on Anti-bias education but also how do you help a co-worker when this subject comes about? Listed below is one book I would like to order for my classroom.