My
web resource is the Society for Research in Child Development. There are several links to outside resources
and organizations located at http://www.srcd.org/about-us/links-other-organizations
. They include funding sources, policy
resources, related organizations (science and professional; child policy,
research and funding; additional policy-related organizations; and international),
and teaching resources. There are
several listings under each of the headings and the one I chose to explore was
Child Care and Early Education Research Connections located at http://www.childcareresearch.org/content/childcare/find/guide.html
.
When I typed in equity and excellence in early
care and education there were numerous links to access. Information was from countries all over the
world and the majority of the most recent were from countries other than the
United States. When clicking on some of
the resources it sends you to a link to Worldcat or Google Scholar for those
with text not available on their site.
Many of those links required purchase of the article or membership to
their site.
I
received a newsletter from SRCD in an email just last week. There was information concerning an upcoming
topic meeting, the 2013 Victoria S. Levin Grant for Early Career Success in
Young Children’s Mental Health Research, the SRCD Oral History Project, the
International Congress of Educational Sciences and Development and a call for
editors on New Directions for Child &
Adolescent Development. When I
searched the site for information pertaining to equity and excellence in early
care and education I did not find any articles or information but the outside
link to Child Care and Early Education Research Connections located at http://www.childcareresearch.org/content/childcare/find/guide.html
led me to several sources.
Of
particular interest was an article that looked at children within the child
welfare system and the services available and the impact of each by Ward, Yoon,
Atkins & Morris (2009). Within the
research we have covered so far, that aspect had not been raised specifically. I also found an article by Kinch &
Schweinhart (n.d.) that discussed the importance of high-quality childcare, the
cost and looked at how 10 programs achieved both. There were many others with relevant
information on the subject of equity and excellence covering the subjects of
common core standards, early education as a wise investment, and programs and
approaches from many other countries around the globe that are attempting to
bring their early care and education programs, services, professionals, and
standards to a level that will provide high-quality for all children. This is not necessarily a new insight, but
what I have gained perhaps a sharper insight and additional knowledge on is
that as different and varied the countries around the globe are, we all have
many more things in common than we might think—including the concerns for our
children and futures.
References
Kinch,
A. & Schweinhart, L. (n.d.). Achieving high-quality child care: How ten
programs can deliver excellence parents can afford. Retrieved from http://oldweb.naeyc.org/ece/pdf/kinch.pdf
Ward,
H., Yoon, S., Atkins, J., & Morris, P. (2009, April). Children at risk in
the child welfare system: Collaborations to promote school readiness. Retrieved
from http://www.chil;careresearch.org/childcare/resources/16159/pdf
.
Hi Cindy
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading you blog. There are so many valuable websites; it is difficult to evaluate all the resources. I appreciate that you include links to facilitate the process.
Hi Barb, Thank-you for your comment. It is difficult to read them all, so I print and save a lot of the one's that I find of interest but not really pertaining to the assignment at the time. Cindy Ferguson
ReplyDeleteHi Cindy, I was wondering if any of the 10 programs that found ways to achieve high quality and cost effectiveness had any interesting techniques that they used to do this? You had many great resources listed in your blog. Thank you so much for sharing.
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