What specific section(s) or information seemed particularly relevant to your current professional development?
As I continue to visit the National Black Child Development Institute web site I have found many of the sections to be interesting and bring to light many subjects I have not thought about. The section title News Is relevant to my current professional development because it share current events happening in the Early childhood Field today. I find the web site to be encouraging my thinking in regards to my care and education of children. It shares a common societal concern.
Which ideas/statements/resources, either on the website or in an e-newsletter, did you find controversial or made you think about an issue in new ways?
The site is a source for helping children of color. As a teacher I work hard not to have bias. That doesn’t mean there not there. The site reminds me that there are many theories about the nature of children. To be a good teacher I will need to remember the current needs of young children are changing in many ways.
What information does the website or the e-newsletter contain that adds to your understanding of how economists, neuroscientists, or politicians support the early childhood field?
The Initiatives Early Childhood Education section provides recent events taking place that can help or and hinder the education of our children. This month share information on what took place at the Head Start’s Eleventh National Research Conference. The initiatives section gives up dated information on local and national events that are having an effect on the early childhood field.
What other new insights about issues and trends in the early childhood field did you gain from exploring the website or e-newsletter?
I found an article posted about the study of asthma increasing among African-American children. Asthma is not disease I would have labeled race inherited.
Lilliane,
ReplyDeleteI will def have to check out the National Black Child Development Institute web site. Im sure I would gain a lot of useful information and insights. I think no matter what we do we will always have a small amount of bias towards people because we are only human and not perfect. As early childhood educators we have to remain abreast in out field. Thanks for your post.
Thank you for sharing information about the National Black Child Development Institute. I agree it is important to use educating ourselves to reduce our own biases. This is extremely important when working with children.
ReplyDeleteLilliane,
ReplyDeleteI thought it was interesting that you also learned about asthma. While I was exploring the Harlem Children's Zone, I came across a program they offer called the Asthma Intiative to train children and their families how to treat the disease. I didn't know that one in three children have asthma! Here's the link to Harlem's Children Zone's Asthma Intiative:
http://hcz.org/images/stories/pdfs/HCZnewsl605.pdf