Research Around The World

Research Around the World

The website that I chose was Early Childhood Education in Sub-Saharan Africa.  I learned much valuable information from this website as well as interesting information in regard to the links.  I found that in developing countries in Africa, there have been various policy and practical initiatives toward implementing and sustaining quality early childhood education.  The promotion of quality early childhood education in Africa, particularly for children who are vulnerable, faces many complex cultural, political, and economic challenges.  Negative experiences, such as the exposure to the violence of war, tribal and cultural attitudes, poor quality of teachers, and political instability are some of the  factors inhibiting the full realization of quality early childhood education on this continent.  Poor environmental conditions, low family income, and chronic corruption in some African states have added to the overwhelming burden of barriers to early childhood development and care.  

The biggest obstacle to children’s welfare and education is poverty.   I feel that in order to improve life for many children concerning education and to help them to become successful, governments must reduce poverty among households and eradicate other forms of violence against children if early childhood education is to make a meaningful impact in Africa.

Some of the current research topics that I had a chance glance over that I found to be very interesting included:

11)      Curriculum Development Using Community Resources in Tanzaniz

22)      Developing an ECD Teacher Training curriculum in Lesotho as Part of a   

   College Education Program

33)      Development of Model Framework for Orphans and Vulnerable Children  

    in their early years in Ghana

44)      Assessing the influence of Different Early Childhood Development Models 

   on Pre-School Children’s School Readiness in Kenya

55)       Leadership Skills Training for Administration and Parent Support Training

   for Caregivers in Malawi

Some insights that I gained about early childhood after exploring this international website was that many of issues that many developing countries have as close to the ones that we have here in the United States.  I found that many economic inequalities along with other forms of social deprivation in early childhood related to low income and social disadvantages during the adulthood years.  Early childhood education leads to social, emotional, cognitive, physical, and moral development.  In the quest for child well-being, the minority world can do much for the majority world.  Powers should not be used to show the way but used to support Africa’s efforts to hear its own voices, among others, and to seek its own way forward.  It is possible that it will find that way through children who understand and appre­ciate multiple worlds, through young scholars,  and through leaders that appreciate the riches of the past, as much as the possibilities of the future.