Research that Benefits Children

When I read this assignment about sharing a positive example how research has benefited children all I could think about was Teaching Strategies GOLD.  I use to work for Teaching Strategies, LLC while living in Maryland and was part of the implementation team when GOLD was developed.   Through extensive research in the early childhood field, the authors of Teaching Strategies GOLD found that there needed to be an on-going observational based assessment for birth through Kindergarten.  I believe that this assessment has helped and continues to help many teachers in keeping track of children's development and learning all through the early childhood years.  Children benefit from GOLD because they are learning and developing the skills they need to become successful lifelong learners. 

I am now on the other side of GOLD and using it in the classroom & observe how successful it truly is.  The best part is when I see families excited about GOLD and want to learn more about the assessment. 

Here is the link to the Research of Teaching Strategies GOLD
 http://www.teachingstrategies.com/content/pageDocs/teaching-strategies-gold-assessment-research-foundation.pdf


Reference
Teaching Strategies, LLC (2013). Retrieved from http://www.teachingstrategies.com/

Personal Research Journey

Thinking about the 3 subtopics that I developed last week about inclusion in early childhood field, I have chose my stimulation to be advantages for children with development disabilities to be in an inclusive early childhood program. 

 I chose these stimulation because I have experience working in an inclusion early childhood setting and saw the positive impacts it brings to children and families.  Being in an inclusion setting we were a small community where we protected one another and saw each others abilities rather than disabilities.  I also came from a family of special education teachers that share a passion for working with individuals with disabilities. 

I look forward to gathering more information about my chosen stimulation.  The Research Chart is building my knowledge and assisting me in learning vocabulary that is needed during this course and a lifetime as an educator. 

To my colleagues:
      I wish you the best of luck in researching your stimulation.  If you have any insights or advice about the chosen stimulation please feel free to share!  I also look forward to all advice and insight about research.



 

• Many countries are struggling to find criteria for highly qualified educators.  I feel that many provide great recommendations but no policies are in place.
• Poverty is an issue all over especially for children.  There are many children all over the world under age 6 that is living in low income homes or poverty
• There are issues including Children Mental Health and Children in Crisis that we have to take into consideration when working with children.  

My professional goal is to continue to watch international podcast within education to keep up with issues and trends all around the world.  I feel that keeping up with issues and trends around the world will help me to develop more resources and knowledge in the early childhood field.