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Blog: My Family Culture Blog: My Family Culture A description of the three items I would choose In a case of a disaster, as stipulated, I would choose the following three things to leave with. These things are dear to my heart and represent my family culture        Jewelry Box      My family portrait (pocket size)      My Bible How I would explain to others what each of these items means to me       Our family cherished the Jewelry box because my great-great-grandmother who was from Ireland made the jewelry box by hand as a little girl. My family portrait is of all twelve siblings, my mother, father, and grandparents. The family portrait has a pictorial representation of each of my family members in one shot, the portrait has a graphic representation of some of my great-grandparents. The family portrait signifies and expresses my cultural heritage and family diversity. My Bible serves as a s...

New Horizons for Learning Making Access Happen About New Horizons Journals Education Technology Resources Neurosciences Teaching and Learning Strategies Future Exceptional Learners Lifelong Learning Student Voices Evidence-Based Education Professional Development  >  New Horizons  >  Strategies  >  Topics  >  learning-styles Diversity, Learning Style and Culture by Pat Burke Guild    Without an understanding of the unique meanings existing for the individual, the problems of helping him effectively are almost insurmountable.   --Arthur Combs Educators do not believe that all learners are the same. Yet visits to schools throughout the world might convince us otherwise. Too often, educators continue to treat all learners alike while paying lip service to the principle of diversity. Teachers know that students learn in different ways; the experience in the classroom c...

Doing early childhood research: International perspectives on theory and practice What insights have you gained about research from taking this course? I have gained significant insights about research by taking this course. I have been able to critically understand what the essence and foundation of research should be like, particularly, I was able to learn various aspects of research. However, choosing a viable research topic, establishing your research resources, ethical considerations to be considered, the study of variables, research design and methodologies, the sampling process and participants, research validation, and equity in research (Mac Naughton, Rolfe, & Siraj-Blatchford, 2010). These vital aspects of research have enabled me to reflect on how a proper research is to be conducted by any researcher. A researcher cannot afford to neglect or restrain these various aspects of the research process. In what ways have your ideas about the nature of doing research...

Research Around the World W ebsite: http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/ What are some of the current international research topics? Some of the current international research topics as stipulated in the website are;     Child development. . Technology in early childhood.         The importance of parenting/parental support for infant/  Toddlers   Health in the early years   The policies and politics governing early childhood    Inclusion and cultural diversity in early childhood.     Practices to be embraced in early childhood.   Quality in early childhood settings. . How to advocate as an early childhood professional. . Children’s health and nutrition    Early Childhood Education for Sustainability    Managing behavior and emotions in early childhood education and setting.    The inclusion of children with a disability in early childho...

Positive experiments, and great outcomes,  we wanted to get parents participation at my daycare.  First, at the beginning of the year we asked if parents would donate 2 hours a week at the daycare. We received no response out of 42 children no one responded. Secondly, I had a Health facilitator come out to do a Golden Nugget. A Golden Nugget is a new vegetable that has been offered to the children, that went over great, so we would like for our infants that are eating to have Avocados at home because they liked the avocado too, we wanted all children to be served Avocados at home.  Plus, we hyped it up by giving away free boxes of Crispy Creme Donuts for all parent that participated.  I told them “Come Early While Supplies last”, but we really had enough donuts for all the families.  We actually had 97 percent of the parents participate and those that did not had to work. Now. we do not have to ask, they just come sometimes we have to many and it has been go...