After exploring the links that were provided for this week's blog assignment I found several international research topics, some topics favored the current status of children, families and women's issues in the particular country. Some of these topics include:
"The Status of Coordination and Supervision of Early Childhood Education in Ghana"
"A Community-driven Rural Early Childhood Development (ECD) Project, with Emphasis on Culturally and Developmentally Appropriate Exploratory Learning Concepts"
"Involving Fathers in Early Childhood Care and Development"
"Improving the Quality of Childcare Through Parenting Enrichment and Training of Trainers: The Eritrean Model"
Exploring this international early childhood website gave me insight on some of the concerns and ideas other Early Childhood Professionals have pertaining to either current issues that prey their program or helpful avenues on how to improve their program. When children are raised with both of their parents they tend to be better off, receiving the type of care and support needed to grow and develop. In Nigeria it has been discovered that only and small amount of fathers participate in their child's early childcare program. The Nigerian cultural is somewhat similar to the ideas and customes of the US, women in Nigeria are mostly responsible for the care of the children; men are the providers. I also learned that is polygamy is legal in most African countries that this has left far too many baring the weight alone of raising their children.
Other noteworthy information I found on this website was about the African Learners SSA-1, which consists of 27 ECD professionals across Sub-Saharan Africa. These leaders have and those who are still living are working hard to improve the quality of education children receive in their area. They are very much concerend with each participating country and advancing the ECD community. The ECDVU works deligently to engage all ECD leaders in building initiatives supporting child, family and community well-being and broader social and economic development (ECDVU, 2005).
Reference:
Early Childhood Development Virtual University (ECDVU), 2005. Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) Retrieved December 1, 2011 from
http://www.ecdvu.org/ssa/index.php
http://www.ecdvu.org/ssa/major_reports.php
It seems like your the website you explored was quite interesting.Nigeria seem some what like rural Mississippi fathers have just stepped up to being active in their children early childhood education. You provided some interesting facts thanks for sharing.
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