The Early
Childhood Education field is a field that will never lose importance. Research
in the field brings light to some of the best parenting ideas and styles as
well as significance to other key issues in the field of children. It gives us
an indication of how children see the world around them and how to put this new
information to use for the well-being of children, families and society as a
whole. If
I could research anything in the early childhood field without restriction or
budget I would research the effects of educated early childhood teachers
(minimum of a bachelor degree) in the classroom from infant through pre-k. vs.
early childhood educators with the basic 40 hours of training Florida requires. I believe that this would contribute to the
field as a whole because I believe the findings would direct us to demanding
and expecting educators who are educated to teach in the field of early
childhood education.
Your idea behind the research you would do is very interesting. That is crazy to me that Florida only requires 40 hours of training. I do not see how in that short amount of time they would have anywhere near the skills and resources needed to teach children.
ReplyDeleteThe topic that you chose sounds very interesting. I find it interesting because I know teachers from both realms. I find that the teachers with the bachelor degrees are more knowledgeable then the 40 hour or CDA teachers because they have more experience, training, and must attend tons of workshops every year.
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