The first consequence of learning about the international early childhood field is it makes you knowledgeable about the issues in the community as a whole. Exploring the World Forum Foundation website made me feel very lucky in regard to services in the United States. Many places around the world are striving to meet the communities basic needs.
The second consequence is it has opened my mind up to other options in this career for an early childhood professional. One podcast really resonated with my dreams of opening my own preschool and focusing on organic exploratory learning. The Pine Grove School sounds amazing. I love the idea of finding an old school house an having a preschool setting in the country.
The third consequence related to the awareness of issues is I plan on continuing to listen to the pod casts and check in on many of the websites I have found during this course. I really enjoyed exploring the resources and looking around the world at what was happening in early childhood education.
One goal I have is to find an international contact in early childhood education. I would love to find another colleague in another part of the world to collaborate with. I would love to compare and contrast our experiences. I will keep looking around on websites for contacts and try to make connections.
Alissa,
ReplyDeleteI was inspired by the podcast about the Pine Grove School as well. I would love to be able to impact the lives of children in the way that the school has for so many children.
Good luck to you in all of your education related endeavors!
Jamie