During this class I've tried to make professional international contact countless times and haven't received any feedback back so I've been doing the alternative. I reviewed the website and some issues and other information I came across on the website are the following:
UNESCO (United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization) provides leadership to create learning societies with educational opportunities for all populations was established November 16, 1945. The organization was founded by 37 countries and they fostered partnerships to strengthen national educational leadership and the capacity of countries to offer quality education for all.
Other countries try to improve the quality of early childhood care and education but have a problem with resources. In some developing countries early childhood basically is pushed to the side because of other priorities, such as universal primary education in developing countries.
UNESCO and ADEA (The Association for the Development of Education in Africa) launched 'Childhood Cultures" it's an intergenerational Africa Series of books for children. The main characters are Bouba and Zaza, the series of books seek to develop life skills and socialization skills for children 3 to 8 years of age. The books also are aimed at teachers, parents and older children. The series covers topics that African parents may be reluctant to talk abut. Some topics the series discuss is war, conflict, water issues, and HIV/AIDS pandemic.
I am anxious to check out your resource and learn more about those books. We have had African families steadily moving in to the area that I live in and this could possibly be a good resource for those families. Sorry you couldn't ever connect with an international contact. I originally made connections with about 7, but then when it came time to actually getting any to respond to me come assignment times, I only had one that would reply back.
ReplyDeleteHi Monica,
ReplyDeleteIt have been a struggle for you and I getting feed back from international contacts. I bet those books are very exciting to read. I read that too about books that are geared to help families. How awesome is that1 Great post!