Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Final Blog: Consequences and Goals

Communicating with my international contact over the past few weeks has been very informative. I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to learn about the early childhood field in France and compare it to America. Three consequences of learning about the international early childhood field for me are:

Intended Consequences

1. Understanding that I can gain knowledge about the field from other countries (Americans do not know everything)

2. Expanding my resources by establishing a relationship with an international contact

Unintended Consequence

1. Comparing other countries' early childhood education systems to America and making negative judgements based on those comparisons

My one goal for the field related to international awareness would be for EC professionals around the world to collaborate to improve the field by using the best methods, practices, and policies from each country. If we join forces and work together we can ensure that all children receive quality care and education.
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6 comments:

  1. Rhonda CrabbsApril 19, 2012 at 2:43 AM

    Krista,

    I think you brought up a great point about Americans do not know everything. I use to always want to push my EC believes on others. By communicating with my contacts and reading other's blog post, it has reminded me that I am not always right. Being culturally sensitive includes understanding that we might be different but all that matters is taking care of what the children need.

    Thanks for sharing!
    Rhonda

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  2. Amanda KlineApril 19, 2012 at 9:47 AM

    Krista,
    I agree that joining forces with others to provide the best of all areas of the field would be beneficial. There are so many different perspectives, considerations, and expectations within this field, not to mention the many different personalities and learning styles, so I can see why EC is so difficult to tackle and how high-quality programs are difficult to notice consistantly throughout the world. Thank you for sharing all of your international insights.
    Amanda

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  3. KelishaApril 20, 2012 at 8:19 PM

    As always I enjoyed reading your post. I do agree that we should join forces with other countries to benefit the early childhood field. We could all learn so much working together.

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  4. halbertearlychildhoodApril 22, 2012 at 7:28 AM

    Krista

    In agreement with your post we can learn from others and sometimes we do not know everything. During this course I learn so much from you posts and discussions. i look forward to learning with your again.

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  5. Mr. Terrance RileyApril 22, 2012 at 1:36 PM

    It has truly been a pleasure working with you in this class as well as reading your blogs. I wish you the best and look forward to working with you again.

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  6. ericamhinesApril 22, 2012 at 5:05 PM

    Hi Krista,
    Thanks for the blog. I really enjoyed reading your blogs and can't wait to read your blogs in the next course.

    Erica Hines

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