RESEARCH AROUND THE WORLD

For this week's Blog Assignment I chose the link to the Early Childhood Development Virtual University (ECDVC) Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).

 http://www.cyc.uvic.ca/index.php#

Once on the website I chose to view the link for the School of Child and Youth Care from the University of Victoria, Human and Social Development.

http://www.cyc.uvic.ca/

 

Making a difference in the lives of children, youth, families and communities

Once on the website, I was very impressed with the many Early Childhood programs that they had for students and faculty from all different kinds of diverse backgrounds, with one common interest, to make a difference in the lives of children, youth, families, and community.  And this was very apparent from the minute I began to read the Organization's  Mission statement and values.


Mission statement and values:

The School of Child and Youth Care provides education, training, professional development and research for the care and support of children, youth, families and their communities. The work of the School of Child and Youth Care is grounded in the principles of inclusion, social justice and ethical practice.
In order to achieve this mission the school has 3 major goals:

• To provide university level education in child and youth care through the delivery of an inclusi

  Values

• Focus on strengths – build on assets and resources to form positive professional identities and skills for ethical, collaborative practice.
• Self awareness – promote reflection and articulation of self location to ensure respectful, accountable practice across cultures and social groups.
• Inclusion – foster respect for and encouragement of diversity.
• Collaborative practice – promote family-centred practice, community capacity building, and partnerships across sectors to achieve developmental goals for children and youth.
• Social justice – advocate for de-colonizing policies, practices, and relationships that recognize historical injustices and promote equitable opportunities for holistic development.
• Accountability – draw upon established evidence of effective practices and innovate promising practices that are accountable to the children and families served.
• Knowledge construction – contribute to understandings about development across cultures and contexts and ways to improve opportunities for well-being.
• Pluralistic and social justice perspectives - critically attend to diversity, inclusion, cultural attunement and advocacy within practice.
• Ecological perspective - draw upon ecological perspectives to inform practice.

In conclusion I would have to say that I found this website to be very impressive, as well as filled with vital and important information and research for people in the Early childhood field.  I feel that I gained a lot both professionally and personally, and I also feel that this website provided some valuable and resourceful facts and information.  But even more importantly I really feel that by exploring this particular website I was really able to gain some valuable tools and insights into the new and exciting world of the international early childhood field.





References:  Retrieved from:

 http://www.cyc.uvic.ca/index.php#