The topic/section on Health, safety, and
wellbeing are relevant my professional development. As a teacher in a learning
center, I am stepping the professional line. This means to me that the
wellbeing of young children is my goal to advocate children development. Children who are raised in a rich environment/abounding
resource are higher evolved in the wellbeing situation. However, the
professionals in Australia
consider the healthy lifestyle including nutrition and physical fitness is
integral to wellbeing. Wellbeing connects to children's sense of belonging,
being and becoming. this tell me wellbeing refers to the healthy lifestyle
which still can practice in some poor environment/short of resource place if children
are approached holistically from physical, social, emotional, spiritual, and
cognitive aspects (National Quality Standard Professional Learning Program (NQS
PLP),
2012).
The
early years learning framework is established to advocate children wellbeing that
refers "belonging, being and becoming" in 2009. The research from the
field of neuroscience highly impacts the idea of establishing the framework.
"There is powerful evidence from neuroscience that the early years of
development from conception to age six, particularly the first three years, set
the base for competence and coping skills that will affect learning, behavior
and health throughout life"(Early Childhood Australia, 2011).
The new
insights about issues and trends in the early childhood field I have learned so
far is the issues and trends emerge everywhere no matter what country and
region there are. It is international, global issue. When we look the issue
from other country, from the other viewpoint, we gain better understand the
issue that relates to our place. For example, the concept of that how important
the early childhood education is; from the view of USA scientist, "if you
do not get everything you need by the time your are three or five, they you are
dooms. " from the Chinese saying, "San Sui Kan Dao Lao", which
means the character and personality formed by three years of age is going be
that of the adult. From the view of Australia
neuroscience, "development from conception to age six, particularly the
first three years, set the base for competence and coping skills that will
affect learning, behaviors and health throughout life".
References
National
Quality Standard Professional Learning Program (NQS PLP).
(2012). NQS PLP
e-Newsletter No. 29 2012 - Health, safety & wellbeing, Retrieved from
http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/nqsplp/e-newsletters/
Early
Childhood Australia. 2011.
Australian curriculum assessment and reporting authority. Retrieved from http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/pdf/ECA_ACARA_Foundations_Paper/ECA_ACARA_Foundations_Paper_FINAL.pdf
Sara,
ReplyDeleteThank you for saying that your priority is the well-being of the child. I have worked with teachers in the past that view this position as just a paycheck. As we all know in order to last in Early Childhood you must love your job. It is not an easy one and we all know you won't get rich teaching little children. However, our priority is to the well-being and healthy development of those children in our programs. It still surprises me how far these basic issues reach. No country is safe from poverty. Great post.
Megan
I love that you point out that the well-being of a child over all is important. So even if a child comes from a rich environment that has resources does not mean that they have all of their developmental needs met. For example, a child could have all the material resources and lack the nurturing love from their parents. Great post!
ReplyDeleteLiping I enjoyed reading your post. I believe that the earlier we provide children with early intervention . The better the chances are for a child to do successful in academics and adulthood. Yes I read that if children do not receive the services that they need that they are doomed. I think that it is truly important for teachers to assess children, screen them and intentionally plan along with individualizing to meet the children's needs.
ReplyDeleteHi Liping,
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing with me. I also enjoyed reading your post. You made some very insightful comments on the well-being of children. It is very important that we concentrate on the entire child. Giving a child all the material wants and needs does not guarantee good and productive early childhood development but we must engage the entire child as early childhood professionals. Great Post!
Judy