I chose to look at the Early Childhood Australia
website. “Early Childhood Australia
advocates to ensure quality, social justice and equity in all issues relating
to the education and care of children from birth to eight years” (Early
Childhood Australia, 2014). This website
contained a lot of information about early childhood education for both parents
and educators. This website also
contained many publications. One publication called Research in Practice Series
provides practical, easy to read resources for those involved in the early
childhood field. This is a publication
that you do have to subscribe to for $70.00 a year. The topics for the 2014 issues are the
following:
·
Ways of thinking, acting and relating about sustainability
·
Pedagogy:
Programs and relationships in practice
·
Professional partnerships in children’s
services: Working together for children.
This website also had a lot of great information for
parents. Under parent resources there
were three headlines: Children’s health
and nutrition, Separation anxiety and Transitions to school. Each of these headlines contained information
concerning these topics. I did notice
that when I found something I was interested in learning more about many times
it took you to an article you had to subscribe to or a book you had to
buy.
Reference
Early Childhood Australia. (2014). Retrieved from http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/
Hi Courtney,
ReplyDeleteI also visited the Early Childhood Australia website. It reminded me of the NAEYC website that we have in the U.S. Even though you have to pay to see all the information, what you can access for free is awesome. On the Early Childhood Australia website I found under "Our Publications" a couple of useful things. A newsletter called, "ECA Voice Newsletter." It is free and allows you to read about what is going on in the early childhood field in Australia. The "WebWatch" is also free and links you to up to date information on the web. Hopefully you can check those out. -Mary Malepsy