Beneficial Research

In college I had the opportunity to participate in a Harvard research project. The research was about the way bilingual students transition from one language to another in a daily basis. They asked me questions about how I managed to use both languages in school and in my social experiences. I had a good time talking to the researcher and shared my learning experiences in school and my social.  To be honest I don’t know how the research concluded. But I’m sure it offered much to consider about the bigger minority group.  I believe that research is a very beneficial work because with every piece of research a new piece of the puzzle is found and offers a clearer view about what’s need to be done and take into consideration. It is true that research is not always constructive, but what is? Everything that is worth trying has a risk. I believe that the researcher should always have in mind that children are the primary beneficiaries.

Research Simulation Process: Beginning

For the research simulation topic I chose to focus on the power of parents in building a healthy social-emotional development for their child. This is interesting to me because as a direct source of information of the child; parents sometimes aren’t aware of the extent that their behavior and attitudes helps or hinders their child’s development. Researching more about this topic will give me the tools to better work with parents, as well as working with the child in the classroom.  

I must say that things that are challenging are the ones that stick to your head. I had to read the article “Shyness and emotion-processing skills in preschoolers” several times to understand it. Did any of you have trouble understanding the outcome of the research? I understood the method, but not so sure if I hit the conclusion part.

Revisiting the article this week made me aware of some details that I missed last week. So my overall experience has been beneficial, though, it took me some time to get used to it. Constructing my research chart has helped me greatly because I use it as a reference and helps me to navigate more confidently into the research world.

As always I offer the best of my capabilities to help you all, and I’m sure you’ll do the same for me.

Elisa

International Collegiality Learning Experience

Throughout this course I’ve learned about the importance of learning from exterior resources. Exploring new ways of doing things provides a better idea on how to approach a certain situation where one is having trouble with or simply add strategies to your teaching. Thanks to my fellow classmates and their research; I’ve learned about organizations, what they do and how they work, as well as different websites. There are 3 consequences of learning that I want to highlight about this experience:

First, I learned that the Zero to Three organization is a wealth of information in child development and advocacy. This organization showed me about the importance for supporting child trauma and the traumatic effects in a child’s life.

Second, searching in the international early childhood field made me aware of some initiatives around the world. Such is the case of Chile, the program Un Buen Comienzo strives to improve the early educational experiences of Chilean children (4-6 years old) through professional development for teachers for two years at municipal schools.

Third, I’ve learned that having collegiality it’s important to grow and learn in this field. In my case, I couldn’t establish contact with an international colleague, but reading some of my lucky classmate’s posts made me realize about the pleasurable experience it is to exchange ideas and learn from each other.

The one goal that I have was based on my third learning. Because collegiality is a very important step in professionalism, I compromise to help others in the best way I can when contacted and answer as soon as possible.