Saturday, December 22, 2012

When I Think Of Research

When I first started this course it was very difficult to understand about what to do in the class. I was limited of knowing how to do research. In this course I gain knowledge of how to start a research and use the different methods to get a valid result of the research. This was a difficult course for me through my sickness I was able to do the assignment thinking that I know what I was doing. With the feedback from the instructor I started to understand better than I did at the beginning of the course. I gain knowledge that you cannot do research unless the participants agree with the consent to participate in the research. I also gain knowledge that if there is issues in doing the research how to address the issues by having concern for the participant wishes in not pressuring them to do a research if not willing to do so. In the course of reading I was able to gain knowledge about the time the research should be, do not pressure the participant by asking question that he or she is not willing to answer. I am sure that I would be able to conduct a research if I had to do one with the information that I have learn in this course. I have already did observation in the school where I work with the children that comes into the school that are not formular with different culture.

Saturday, December 1, 2012

Research Around the World

I visit the website of Early Childhood Australia http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au that had very interested topics the early years learning framework-Getting started, learning and teaching through play,and the Updated issues that was happening in the organization. The surprising facts that I read was very interesting to me how the childcare was getting paid less than what the cleaners was making at the facility. I thought this was very cruel to the professional because the workers take care of the children and this is a great responsibility in dealing with early childhood children. It is a lot of work and someone should be a concern about this situation in  the organization. The workers have to live, eat, pay bills and take care of their families. The situation was discuss among the workers that the childcare workers should be paid more than the cleaners. It was good that someone step advocate for the childcare workers to find a way to pay the workers more than what was given for working with children. Other information I found on the website was the media release on prioritise education and outcome for children in childcare inquiry, quality early childhood services must remain the priority as sector examines accessibility, and child care funding must focus on those most in need. This website had a lot of information to let researcher know what is going around the country just not in their area of researching.