The Website I decided to look at was Early Childhood Australia.
Some current international research topics in EAC are:
- Malaysia solution must not extend to children under any circumstance. The ECA provides recommendations for the Malaysian children seeking asylum.
- Opposition Leader Tony Abbott is missing the point on early childhood education and care reforms. Pam Cahir ECA chief executive speaks out about the issue.
- EAC also released a position statement on the Children of Asylum Seekers.
In their latest newsletter they addressed:
- One Day at a Time’ resource for parents of children with a disability.
- The importance of play in children’s lives.
It was very insightful to see what other countries do for children in early childhood. I liked how the website brakes Australia's states up into sections so you can see what each state is doing.
I found the website to be a great resource. The EAC is making a lot of progress and doing a lot of things for early childhood and having the EAC website lets others see the progress they have made. I can see the resemblance to NAEYC, I do not think their organization has come as far as the NAETC has however they are on their way.
Resource:
Early Childhood Australia: This is the Australian equivalent to the U.S. based NAEYC. You can access several links to early childhood research from the menu on the left side of the home page. http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/
Amy
ReplyDeleteThis course allows us to explore early childhood issues in many different contexts. In the U.S., it is tempting to see early childhood issues within a narrow perspective and assume the issues are universal. I have not seen articles or research specifically on the children of parents seeking asylum. I have only seen articles on immigrants in general. I wonder if the NAEYC has recommendations for these children.
Amy,
ReplyDeleteI was shocked at the large amount of issues that Australia is having with immigrant and asylum seeking children in the area. I was never really clear as to why but was glad that the ECA has such a strong voice to ensuring that these children still have rights and appropriate care vs. incarceration.