Research Around the World

   I chose to look into the website of Early Childhood Australia. Upon entering the site I looked into their own work to see what projects are going on. One project I saw was the Australian Early Development Census resources (AEDC) Project. This project is to promote and demonstrate the data found to inform programming, planning and development to Kindergartens and day cares. Another resource that I stumbled upon was the Research in Practice series. This provides an index for practical and effective approaches to the early childhood field. It has valuable resources that have been made possible by research to assist in the care and education of young children.

   Some insightful information that I found was their Code of Ethics. It was interesting to see another country's code of ethics for early childhood. I was able to read some of it and can see many connections with our own Code of Ethics in early childhood. I was also very interested to see that in their code of ethics, there is a specific part for allowing children to play as a process and context for learning. They also have a special section for research in the early childhood field.

   There were plenty of noteworthy information that was on the website. One section I found very informative was their publications section. In this section I feel that there are plenty of ways to find valuable resources and research in the early childhood field. From magazines, newsletter, journals, and books there are plenty of options to find out more about early childhood in Australia and from around the world. I enjoyed searching through the Early Childhood Australia website and found it a valuable source for international information on early childhood.

http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/