A few of the current
international research topics listed on the Early Childhood Australia website
are as follows: Child’s Health & Childhood Obesity, Baby &Toddler
Sleeping, and School Readiness and Children Transitions.
I found that the
Eat Right Don’t Fight Practical Guide to Helping Children Eat Right from birth
to preschool very insightful. Although I understand that childhood obesity is a
very well know issue within the USA, I didn’t realize that it was a prevalent
an early childhood issue in Australia.
Similarly I find it very interesting how the Australian field of early
childhood education has developed a nutrition and child friendly dietary
curriculum for the age group mentioned above.
References
Early Childhood Australia. This is the Australian equivalent
to the U.S. based NAEYC. You can access several links to early childhood
research from the menu on the left side of the home page.
http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/
What a venture to commit to. Australian field of early childhood education has developed a nutrition and child friendly dietary curriculum for the age group mentioned above. I think that this is just awesome, to care for children to the point of including a guide to what children should eat from birth to preschool.
ReplyDeleteReally, commitment is what will bring about excellence in EC field.
Insightful Indeed!
I looked that the Early Childhood Australia website as well. I think that is great that you chose to explore the information about childhood obesity and nutrition in Australia. I think that a curriculum that is dedicated to instructing educators and children about the importance of good nutrition is extremely important and I am glad that this issue is being explored at an international level.
ReplyDeleteRachel,
ReplyDeleteI found the Early Childhood Australia website very interesting. I can certainly see why Australia is rated six in the world in education. I found that they place a lot of emphasis on excellence in education. The Early Learning Framework, and The National Quality Framework are given top priority in their country. I also discovered some articles of interest that I can incorporate in my research simulation.
Rachel,
ReplyDeleteThat is interesting that childhood obesity is an issue in Australia too. It would be interesting to see a wide range of data on this subject in developed countries to see a trend, or learn from other countries that don't have this issue.