This could be You.
Share with your
colleagues the area of the world you chose and why.
I chose to look at West and Central Africa because this is a
place I wanted to visit and teach. I have been telling myself that I am going
to Africa. Africa appears to be one of the Regions that have the most problems
with children getting an education. There are few teachers and much child abuse
I want to help end the hunger, I want to educate the children, and I want to
experience the African lifestyle.
Describe in detail
some of the challenges that children in this region of the world are
confronting.
According to the reading not enough teachers is one of the
challenges faced in Africa. Two out of ten children dies before age five
because of hunger. Forty percent of the children are out of school and when
they go to school it could be a tragedy.
Explain how these
experiences might have an effect on children’s emotional wellbeing and
development.
Children that suffer from abuse at a young age grow up to
become rebellious. “Children aged five and younger are at an ever greater risk
for neglect than older children: almost 80 percent of all maltreatment victims
in the younger age group experienced neglect in FFY2009, compared with
two-thirds of children aged six and older.” (DeVooght, McCoy-Roth, &
Freundlich, 2011)
Include a personal
and professional reflection. Explain the insights you gained and the influences
they may have on you as a person and as an early childhood professional.
I want to visit Africa to experience their lifestyle, their
teaching techniques, and to adopt a child and possibly more than one. I want to
take at least one child from the pain and misery. As an early childhood
professional I want to give those children (all of them) a chance to be
educated.
DeVooght, K., McCoy-Roth, M., & Freundlich, M. (2011)
Young and vulnerable: Children five and under experience high maltreatment
rates. Early Childhood Highlights 2 2, (April
29, 2011) Retrieved February 23, 2013 from
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