My exploration of the provided website in this assignment opened me up to seeing what professionals, or should I say, people with children's interest at heart, are doing around the world.
I see that most areas of interest that we all may be looking at to study have either already undergone or is undergoing studies and investigations by people.
The sub saharan Early Childhood Development University Virtual (ECDUV) website opened me up to knowing that some people are thinking about how to improve the development of the African child with support of a collaborative efforts of people like me who went in search of a master's degree program with the Victorian University and that such project always include the effort of a chosen indigenous professor. I think this is great to know that such work have been done.
Some of the current research that caught my attention are as listed:
First, a few from ECDUV
Agorsah, F,K. (1982). The development of an integrated Early Childhood Development Urban Model Training Program for Informall minders and community volunteers in Ghana
Abeba, H.(1974). Improving the Quality of Childcare Through Parenting Enrichment and Training of Trainers: The Eritrean Model.
My discovery is that most works that interest me in this ECDUV website are quite old and may be termed outdated such as these listed above.
My genuine interests are in the Early Childhood Australia website. I found a lot of topics that are in line with my research simulations and even will love to have them. Here are some:
Goodfellow, J. (2009). The Early Years Learning Framework: Getting Started
Fleet, A., & Patterson,C. (2011). Seeing Assessment as a Stepping Stone
Authur, L, McArdle, F & Papic, M. (2010). Stars are made of glass, Children as capable and creative communicators.
My observation is that this website provides me with better enrichment of materials that can be applied to what I am currently doing. They are easy and fascinating to read, unlike the ones I found in ECDUV. They are also less voluminous.
