When I Think of Research…

     Research! Wow, I have a new view on it. I can honestly say after taking ” Building Research Competencies”  class I have a good idea how to conduct a research study by planning and designing it.This course has made me aware of what goes into a research study, and how important it is to think about what you want your study to focus on. I have learned many lessons about planning, designing, and conducting research in early childhood, one being  how important the families, legal guardians, and children understand what they are giving consent to, so making sure all paperwork, and conversations are in the home language of the children, families, and legal guardians. Most importantly everyone must be respected, and treated equally when conducting the research. I did face some challenges, those challenges were learning what Qualitative Approaches, Quantitative Approaches, and Triangulation were all about when it came to research. I found it challenging to learn about how to choose which one of these would be apart of research.

 

 

 

 

Research Around The World

Early Childhood Education in Africa is still an ongoing challenge for educators and policymakers in Africa.  One of Africa’s current international research topics is Africa thriving to implement early childhood development programs throughout  the region to help children who live in poverty, and suffer from poverty by getting too little mental stimulation in their early years of life. After exploring websites from Africa on this issue I found it interesting that if Africa can implement more early childhood programs, then the rate will go up in children enrolling in primary schools. A lot of children do not attend primary schools, because of poverty, and having to help their families. What I found promising to resolve this issue is Africa is launching platform to enhance collaboration with other countries for delivery of quality Early Childhood Development programs in order to help the country offer a good start in life for children who live in Africa.

References

http://www.ecdvu.org/ssa/index.php