If I had the ability to conduct any research I wanted, I would look into a research study that would study the long-term effects of Early Childhood Education. Are there any? What are they? Are they positive or negative? Does it make a difference the type of program a child went to or different aspects of the program?
I have always known that there are skeptics in our world about the benefits of Early Childhood Education but, I have always seen the positive effects on every child I work with. I gave a tour one time to a single mom who was worried about convincing her ex-husband to send their daughter to preschool. She informed me that he did not believe in early childhood education. This tour made me think about the lack of knowledge or understanding on all of the benefits early childhood programs bring for children. I know there have been studies that have looked into this but, I feel like there are not that many due to the challenges that come up with completing long-term research like this.
I believe there would be so many positive things that come from research like this. I believe we would see increased enrollment in early childhood programs as the research would be available to educate families on the importance of early childhood programs. This would hopefully lead to positive impacts on funding for programs and increased benefits and salaries for early childhood educators. As an early childhood educator, I believe that early childhood programs make a great impact on children and families that continue to positively affect lives. If a program includes parent involvement, parents and families are learning early on to be involved in their child's schooling. For children, I think there would be positives for children that are life long as early childhood programs set children up for success in their later years of school which will ultimately help them be successful later on in life.
I have always known that there are skeptics in our world about the benefits of Early Childhood Education but, I have always seen the positive effects on every child I work with. I gave a tour one time to a single mom who was worried about convincing her ex-husband to send their daughter to preschool. She informed me that he did not believe in early childhood education. This tour made me think about the lack of knowledge or understanding on all of the benefits early childhood programs bring for children. I know there have been studies that have looked into this but, I feel like there are not that many due to the challenges that come up with completing long-term research like this.
I believe there would be so many positive things that come from research like this. I believe we would see increased enrollment in early childhood programs as the research would be available to educate families on the importance of early childhood programs. This would hopefully lead to positive impacts on funding for programs and increased benefits and salaries for early childhood educators. As an early childhood educator, I believe that early childhood programs make a great impact on children and families that continue to positively affect lives. If a program includes parent involvement, parents and families are learning early on to be involved in their child's schooling. For children, I think there would be positives for children that are life long as early childhood programs set children up for success in their later years of school which will ultimately help them be successful later on in life.
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ReplyDeleteI think the research findings for your study would be amazing. You are right that so many positive things can come out of doing this study. There can be actual proof where individuals can see how a child can benefit from attending an early childhood program. The results would be beneficial for parents and also for grants so that we can finally begin to invest in children now so that we can have productive members of society in the future. The results would benefit educators so that they can prove that they are not babysitters, but educators. I would read and most certainly use your findings if you were to conduct this study.
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ReplyDeleteyes, I agree with you, there are many benefits to sending a child to preschool.. I myself have worked in a preschool for the past couple of years and notice that there is not a high enrollment in it. I also have family members that do not send their children to preschool. Many of them say that it is too expensive and they cannot afford to send their child. In NYC, preschool has become free for all and I think its great. I wish it was free everywhere so that children could experience the benefits of it.
Great blog, and great idea for some research. I think that lack of knowledge is one big factor that weighs in on using early childhood education programs. When my children were that age, I received a lot of criticism for using Head Start with them. Many parents would tell me that I just wanted a free babysitter and criticize me for letting the children attend Head Start. I feel that this was due to lack of knowledge. Helping others to understand the importance of preschool through research is a wonderful idea and might prove to be helpful in getting more parents to not feel bad about sending their kids to preschool. Preschool is an important essential time in children’s lives that they each need to build the solid foundation that they need for the future.
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