When I Think of Research

 My research simulation is all about positive redirection and the effect that it has on children's behaviors. This is important to the field of early childhood because many childcare providers are using positive redirection and suggesting parents to use redirection as well. I believe that many teachers and parents are not given enough information regarding positive redirection and the long term effects of it. Teachers, parents, and children would all benefit from this research proposal. It will help teachers and parents understand positive redirection and how to use it effectively. It will also help children while parents and teachers use positive redirections since the long term effect should have a positive outcome. My perception of early childhood professional have been modified from this course in the sense that we don't implement research as we should. In my experience teachers do not use information that we have gained from research, instead they use their own experiences. 

Research Around the World

The website that I looked more into is called Early Childhood Australia (http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/). The research topics that I found from this website are Inclusion and COVID-19. The website has a section dedicated to inclusion and is full of resources, including what inclusion means useful links, and more resources on inclusion. Regarding COVID-19, they are working with the government and being advocated for the early childcare field. They have almost daily updates on the issue and what the government is doing about it. I gained new insight from reading about one of their webinars that they offer called “Making Quality Visible” (https://learninghub.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/elearning/making-quality-visible/). I found this very insightful since I have learned a lot about quality childcare and how to create a quality environment. This made me think about the preschool I work and whether the quality of care is visible or not. I tried to think from the perspective of a parent and not a worker. I was surprised when I realized the quality of care could mean something different to parents, then it does for early educators. Parents probably consider the quality of care if their child is learning, safe, healthy, and happy.  I learned that much like this country, they are trying to be a voice and an advocate for children. It reminds me we all need to stick together and be advocates for children who cannot advocate for themselves.