I chose to browse the Early Childhood Australia, which can be accessed at http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/. The following topics have been researched:
-Aggression and young children
-Engaging families (Communication)
-Using digital photographs in ECE settings
-Emotional literacy (feelings/emotions in young children)
I was honestly surprised to find out that the topic of bullying is being research in Australia. I viewed bullying as a major problem in the U.S. because of our culture and the emphasized placed on fitting into the "norm".
I discovered that Australia is in process of changing the child-staff ratio of children under 24 months to 1:4. The changes will take place in 2014. I believe that lowering the child staff ratio will be beneficial to young children. As a former infant room Lead Teacher, I found it some what difficult to give 5 infants or toddlers the individual time that they need.
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