Sunday, April 20, 2014

UNESCO

Over the past week I have had the chance to reflect on my own personal goals in education and how through my course work I have been influenced to change or reaffirm whats I have set out as my goals.

My goals:

- to always be an advocate for positive change within the field of early childhood education for the benefit of children and families.

-to always seek the education and knowledge needed in order to be the change I wish to see in education.

-to always seek to develop partnerships with families, building trusting relationships in order to ensure that their child will receive the highest quality in education.


UNESCO 

"Early childhood care and education programmes should emphasise the child’s holistic development and extend beyond assisting the child’s transition to formal schooling. High quality childcare, particularly for children from disadvantaged backgrounds, promotes motivation, confidence, good cognitive and linguistic development and school readiness"( UNESCO, 2014) . 

Through my exploration of the site, I have been able to find that the goals of the educators internationally are the same as my own. In seeking to emphasis the holistic development of children with focuses on quality and equity in education. Whether in the United States or abroad in other countries the goals of all educators should be to advocate for positive reaffirming change in the lives of children and families through education. 

"There are no universally agreed criteria for quantifying ECCE quality but useful factors to consider include pedagogy materials, personnel training, service setting and parental education and involvement"( UNESCO, 2014) 

In this one statement I am reaffirmed in my assessment of myself and my personal goals within education. 


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