Interview Colleagues 450 VMeek
In my interview I choose to get the opinion of my
colleagues in regards to poverty in the early childhood field. I thought their input would be valuable in my
research. I plan on doing this for each
one of my modules. The outlook from
another perspective will enhance how others will see the importance of this
topic from all angles. The two teachers
that I interviewed together have been working in the childcare field for a
total of 18 years. Ms. Davis currently works
with toddlers from the age of 18 to 24 months.
Ms. Parker works with children from the age 24 to 36 months. They both have strong feelings about how
poverty affects children.
Insights gained from your interviews regarding current advocacy efforts and needs in your area of interest within the field of early childhood.
In my interview with Ms. Parker my colleague’s she wanted to advocate for poverty because she feels poverty affect people in different forms. Some related topics that affect children due to poverty is the quality of education, employment, and pay rates professionals receive. My colleague Ms. Davis wanted to advocate on poverty, she believes poverty is the reason why we are having useless killings in the city. She stated that if we educate our parents then they could enforce the importance of education starting at the infancy. This will help build a solid foundation for our children. An insight that I gained was that my colleagues are very passionate about their career as a professional, and they will do what is best for the child.
How these interviews may have influenced your decision about which area of interest and topics to choose for your research paper
The interviews only reinforce my decision to be an advocate on the subject of poverty. In many of the course books on child development it talks about the importance of relationships which is vital to the child. On the other end of building a strong relationship we need to find out why our children in the early education are struggling and what is preventing them from making the connections needed to succeed.
Which area of interest you are thinking of focusing on for your paper as well as the related three specific topics?
The area of interest I am thinking about is "Poverty in Early Childhood"
Related three topics
The impact of poverty on the development of young children
The affects of health and nutrition for poverty stricken children
Access to adequate health care for poverty stricken children
The effects of teaching children of poverty
How does poverty affect the quality of education
Questions you have for your colleagues related to your area of interest and/or three topics
I chose this topic because I am trying to figure out why are children killing children? The death toll of young people is tremendous. I understand that taxes have gone up, the cost of living has increased and our pay hasn’t. I am wondering if they lived in poverty or low income areas all their lives, did this have a negative outlook for them? If they had went to a quality early childhood education would they had a different outcome?
Insights gained from your interviews regarding current advocacy efforts and needs in your area of interest within the field of early childhood.
In my interview with Ms. Parker my colleague’s she wanted to advocate for poverty because she feels poverty affect people in different forms. Some related topics that affect children due to poverty is the quality of education, employment, and pay rates professionals receive. My colleague Ms. Davis wanted to advocate on poverty, she believes poverty is the reason why we are having useless killings in the city. She stated that if we educate our parents then they could enforce the importance of education starting at the infancy. This will help build a solid foundation for our children. An insight that I gained was that my colleagues are very passionate about their career as a professional, and they will do what is best for the child.
How these interviews may have influenced your decision about which area of interest and topics to choose for your research paper
The interviews only reinforce my decision to be an advocate on the subject of poverty. In many of the course books on child development it talks about the importance of relationships which is vital to the child. On the other end of building a strong relationship we need to find out why our children in the early education are struggling and what is preventing them from making the connections needed to succeed.
Which area of interest you are thinking of focusing on for your paper as well as the related three specific topics?
The area of interest I am thinking about is "Poverty in Early Childhood"
Related three topics
The impact of poverty on the development of young children
The affects of health and nutrition for poverty stricken children
Access to adequate health care for poverty stricken children
The effects of teaching children of poverty
How does poverty affect the quality of education
Questions you have for your colleagues related to your area of interest and/or three topics
I chose this topic because I am trying to figure out why are children killing children? The death toll of young people is tremendous. I understand that taxes have gone up, the cost of living has increased and our pay hasn’t. I am wondering if they lived in poverty or low income areas all their lives, did this have a negative outlook for them? If they had went to a quality early childhood education would they had a different outcome?
This advocacy topic you have decided on appears to be challenging yet vitally important. When we review matters of what a child needs we are reminded that food, water and shelter are the foundation of what Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs suggests. When those basic needs are not met, education becomes unnecessary. However, to overcome the repeated pattern, education is imperative to stop the repeated pattern of low income situations. I applaud you for your desire and look forward to following your continued research.
ReplyDeleteHi Kelly yes this is a challenging topic but I believe that is what advocacy is about. Willing to make a change even if the out come only affect one person. It's really sad to see children come to school or a center hungry. Poverty isn't just being homeless cause some of them have more that the ones who have empty cabinets at home and their parent have to make a decision to pay bills to keep that roof or eat. Many time the only food some children receive is at school.
ReplyDeleteHi Velma, well I think the topic you chose to advocate is a difficult topic because there are a lot of factors that involves poverty. Although I really believe that all children must have the right to high quality education. As we all know the first years of life are vital for the future academical success of the child. Unfortunatelly the economic status influences the kind of education a child gets and this is not fair for our children. Every child deserves the right to quality education, to attend to thier neighborhood school for it and not to travels miles away from their home to have acccess to it.
ReplyDeleteVelma,
ReplyDeleteI think you have chosen some great subtopics that you can certainly incorporate in the classroom setting. Good luck to you.