Research around the World
This week I decided to research Early
Childhood Australia website. Early Childhood Australia advocates for the best
interests of young children from birth to eight years. While going
through their website, I found some current topics from their website that of
interest like child health and child obesity. These two related topics
attracted a lot of attention as they directly influence child’s health and
well- being. There are many risk factors that lead to obesity, including unhealthy
eating style, lack of fitness and exercise, and lack of access to nutrition information;
thus, encouraging healthy style is the effective way to prevent obesity
in young children. Early childhood Australia promotes children’s social,
spiritual, and moral as well as their physical and mental health. The website
offers quality resources that deal with childhood obesity and Child health.
Some of the surprising insights that I
gained from exploring the website was from Australian Journal of Early Childhood: Young school-aged children’s behavior and their
participation in extra-curricular activities. Extra-curricular activities
afford children opportunities for development and can influence their behavior.
Children’s behavior is an important predictor of their future successes or
failures. This study investigated the relationship between behavior and
participation in extra-curricular activities in children aged between five and
eight years. Children who participated in extra-curricular activities had lower
behavior scores than those who did not. The results suggest that children
benefit from participating in two or more activities for 80–90 minutes per
week.
One last noteworthy information
piece that I found on their website was Australia’s code of ethics for the
early childhood field. I noted that Australia’s code of ethics seems to be
comparable to United State code. This
Code of Ethics provides a framework for reflection about the ethical
responsibilities of early childhood professionals.
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