When I Think of Research..........

I have gained about research during this course is adopted to help me understand the concepts and terminology widely used in educational research and a range of methodological issues.  Research is to provide me with guidance on initiating and implementing research studies.  The book for this course consider the perspectives, concepts and techniques in common usage in the field of research, and the variety of approaches that may be taken in researching different subjects.
My ideas about the nature of doing research has changed so much.  After reading different chapters from the book.  I have realized that research is more than attempts to solve a problem.  However, it involves gathering new data from primary or first-hand sources or using existing data for a new purpose.  Along with based upon observable experience or empirical evidence and search demand accurate observation and description.  Some challenges that I encountered was being able to express myself with my words. As a result of this course, some of my ideas have changed of early childhood are employs carefully designed procedures and rigorous analysis and the development of generalizations, principles or theories that will help in understanding prediction.  I learned that research requires expertise familiairty with the field, competence in methodology and technical skill in collecting and analyzing the data.

Week 5: Research Around the World

What are some of the current international research topics?
Some topics that I observes for international research are childhood development and early childhood education across various social and cultural contexts and highly contributes to the international debate on early education.  The childhood a range of topics such as multicultural issues, children's learning and sustainable development, recent issues in early childhood education and care curriculum questions.  

What surprising facts/insights/new ideas about early childhood did you gain from exploring this international early childhood website?
Early Childhood Australia is being funded by the Australian Government to run a new project looking at flexible practices and patterns across the early childhood sector.  To improve access to early childhood education, ECA has proposed a target that 90 per cent of children three to five years old should be accessing ECEC by 2020. This will require additional investment in the early childhood system to improve the quality of existing services, improvements to the availability of services where they are needed, developing the workforce required and making ECEC more affordable for families.




What other noteworthy information did you find on this website?
Print awareness is an important part of learning to read. Reading aloud to children is an important strategy for developing print awareness and there are specific strategies that can be used do before, during, and after a read aloud activity to help kids develop print awareness.United States