Australia Early Childhood

My choice was to explore early childhood in Australia at http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/ I found that the ethics of early childhood stood out the most in what the expectations are for every part of the team.  The ethics were written has taking an oath of early childhood education. One has to believe in the ethics to be able to become a professional in early childhood. I think by taking this oath that it will bring out quality teachers and professionals to the field.  The following are topics that are included in the ethics:

• respect
• democracy
• honesty
• integrity
• justice
• courage
• inclusivity
• social and cultural responsiveness
• education

It was welcoming to see that the code of ethics was written in a way that as a profession knows what is expected and what the professional will do.

The ethics include what is expected from families and children. The children are taught that they are an important part of society and they have a say in what happens around them. I think that is very important. It’s not the view that children are seen and not heard. 

This website includes tips on teaching child their rights and every learning area, such as reading, math and language, so that every teacher are teaching the same topics and everyone is getting the same information.

Research that Benefits Children and Families

If I could possess the means and the knowledge to conduct research studies about a topic in early childhood field; I would research “how does absentee father play a role in child development: is every other weekend and one day a week enough. I can only imagine all the possible contribution would include here are just a few:

·       Is there a bond or type of relationship?

·       Is the child given the opportunities to do boy directed activities?

·       Is and where are there a stable male figure?

·       What can we do as a community to support the family?

·       What is the cause of the absentee father?

·       What is the relationship between the parents and how does this affect the child?

I think that the direction of this topic could have many possibilities and possibly many answers. It could give a big understanding of pressures on mother to provide for the family. Which in turn affects the outcome of the child’s education?

Research Topic

I have kind of already posted this question in the student lounge. But my simulation topic was  

“How does family diversity play a role in the classroom”; I wasn’t sure if I was using the correct terms of “diversity”. I have a child in my classroom where he has to constantly need’s to touch everything and everyone he passes. I mean it’s not just a tapping but at times full body contact.  When I addressed the issues with his family they stated it was a family thing and that his mother’s family was a very touchy family. So that got me to thinking; then who is to say that it’s right or wrong for this type of physical contact. Then when talking with a co-worker she stated as long he wasn’t harming himself or others then it would not be an issue. But the other children are getting tried of him body slamming them and are starting to fight back; then we have two children are crying. I have done several searches and have not really come up with the right topic or search words to get the right topic. Does anyone have any idea’s of how to search this topic I would greatly indebted?