Saturday, February 7, 2015

Research around the World


Research around the World

·         Some of the articles today are still current research topics that deserve attention like;

·         The Development of an Integrated Early Childhood Development Urban Model Training Program for Informal Minders and Community Volunteers in Ghana

·         Involving Fathers in Early Childhood Care and Development -Nigeria -

·         Coordinating the Development and Implementation of the 2003 – 2013 National Action Plan (NAP) for Children in Malawi

·         Parents’ and Other Caregivers’ Perception of Early Childhood Development Needs and Quality: A Study of the PLAN-Assisted Programmes in Bawjiase, Ghana

A lot of the articles are out date YET timeless, it still speaks to the stagnant or progression we have made in ECD.   

 I have gained

Just from exploring the  http://www.ecdvu.org/ssa/major.report.php   I have come across an idea to  contribute to my center .  The article “Involving Fathers in Early Childhood Care and Development “   written by ; Rosemary Hua  of Nigeria,  inspirited me to take a closer look at father participation  in child care.   We have fathers from one extreme, to the other meaning ; helicopter fathers who make it impossible or uncomfortable for educators to do their jobs or from the other end of the spectrum  fathers that  are missing in action. This particulate article is about getting fathers involved more, they are even asked how they view children , an  interesting reply from a father  from Nigeria was “Mr. Swem, who is about 65 years old, said: “A man without children is like a farmer who eats all his corn without keeping some seeds. He will have nothing to plant next year.” http://www.ecdvu.org/ssa/major.report.php
Interesting comparison,  just from this website alone I find this to be  noteworthy,  it seems that most men have allowed mothers to take the lead in child care and I’m sure that the mothers convey information about their child’s development growth from the educators stand-point,  however I can see and indicator (from what  moms share, or how lost fathers  look at drop off or pick up) that  educators need to support the moms and focus in on giving the fathers  their own club to receive  information

Reference;
Involving Fathers in Early Childhood Care and Development http://www.ecdvu.org/ssa/major.report.php



6 comments:

  1. I wonder how can we get our father involved in their child education. It crazy how fathers are MIA even in other countries.

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  2. Thank you for this information. I see that mothers around the world take the lead with their children as we do here in the states.

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  3. Thank you for this information. I see that mothers around the world take the lead with their children as we do here in the states.

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  4. I agree with the point you made about many articles being out of date. I found that as well on the Australia site but it is true that it goes to show we are still dealing with many of the same issues and trends. We have come along way yet still have a ways to go.

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  5. Most men think it is the women's job to be involved in their children's education. I think this is happening because of the lack of men role models. They have to be taught.To me this a generational curse that needs to be broken all over.
    Deborah

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  6. Men in today's society believe that it is the women duty to care about the child's development. It is very rare that we find men concern about a child's development

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