Saturday, May 26, 2012

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When it comes to equality to all children receiving an equal opportunity to learn, I am more willing to gain insight and knowledge to ensure this takes place. Alone I do my best for the children I have encountered in my field, however, on a higher level, I want to ensure all children receives an equal opportunity to learn and succeed.
   Accross the country there is not equal opportunities for all children especially for children in the poorest households and those less likely to attend early childhood education. " Evidence-based strategies that support high-quality early childhood development and learning for girls and boys include extending quality early childhood development opportunities and ensuring that girls and boys start school at an appropriate age.Financial incentives, such as cash transfers, should be offered to poor families to enroll children, especially girls, at the correct age. Developing and supporting multi-grade and multi-age teaching approaches" (Anderson, 2012).

In Argentina, research is conducted to improve and and understand the investment towards education for the growth of the economy. Corporate leaders, government and communities are doing their bbest to collaborate and improve the quality of education. "Working with provincial education authorities and a national research center, the project focused on linguistic and cognitive development and reached more than 20,000 kindergarten children and 1,300 teachers. Children participating in the project nearly doubled their vocabulary in one year and arrived in first grade more prepared to learn" (Fleet, 2012).



References:

Anderson, A. (2012). Unsustainable Development: The Missing Discussion about Education at 

         Rio+20

Fleet, J. (2012). Brookings: Good Corporate Social Responsibility Practices in Latin America

3 comments:

  1. All children are albe to learn just at different styles and speed.

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  2. Just curious, when they talk about "multi-grade" and "multi-age teaching approaches" are they talking about more than 1 grade in a classroom? Has the research proven that to be a successful/effective strategy?

    The Argentina research sounds impressive academically. Does the research mention anything about emotional and social growth?

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  3. This weeks discussion has left me upset. It's very upsetting to know that all children are not gaining the same level of education. I understand but do not want to accept it. Research shows the importance of high-quality education yet some children are still left behind.

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