When I Think of Research

This course has been very inspiring to me. I have gained many insights from choosing a topic to writing research papers. In order to get a real case study, we have to go through a research process. The research process is answering important questions about early childhood which includes selecting a topic, reviewing literature, formulating a research issue/question, designing research, collecting important data, sampling populations, exploring questions of validity, processing/analyzing data, drawing research conclusions and writing research reports. (Mac Naughton, Rolfe, and Siraj-Blatchford, 2010).

My ideas about the nature of doing research have changed because now I understand the legal and ethics codes of research. For example, young children have the right to say if they want to be a participant or not, but researchers have to get an informed consent from an adult that are in charge. I have also learned that planning, designing and conducting research in early childhood takes time. In order to have a productive research study and receive positive outcomes, researchers should always carefully plan and design research before conducting a case study?

The challenge I encounter was deciding whether or not too narrow down my research question, and I made a decision to focus on the main topic. My perception of an early childhood professional has been modified as a result of this course in many ways. I know now that researchers in the early childhood field are advocates; they are searching and looking for information to help improve the lives of young children and their families. Researchers are also striving in the early childhood field to make sure each and all participants that takes part in the research study is treated with the same respect.

At this time I will like to thank all my colleagues for your great responds on the discussion board. Reading different posts and responding to them helped me to better understand research to this point. Special thanks to Dr. Myers for introducing use to the research course. Because of your feedback over and over, I has to use my critical thinking skills. Again, thanks everybody and good luck!!

Reference

MacNaughton, G., Rolfe, S.A., & Siraj-Blatchford, I. (2010). Doing early childhood research: International perspectives on theory and practice (2nd ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.

Research Around The World

The website that I chose to explore is European Early Childhood Education Research organization (EECERA) from http://www.eecera.org/12. This international early childhood organization is one of the most important and respectful journal in the world. You can get information on the pass and current research topics from this website. Some of the topics include non-profit organization, policy and practice, the legacy of Piaget, Vygotsky and other pioneers, conferences, and encourage support nation-wide.

Some of the most surprising insights I gained from looking over this international early childhood website is that “EECERA provides relevant academic forum in Europe for the promotion, development and dissemination of high quality research into early childhood education; it help to build relationships between European researchers in this field and the wider early childhood community across the World; it encourage clear speech and communication of the links between research, practice and policy; it offer interaction, development and support to those interested in early childhood education; also it raise the visibility and status of European research in early childhood education throughout the World” (Early Childhood Education, 2013).

Also, there is other important information on this website as well. “EECERA is influent world-wide, and is a non-profit organization that is independent, self-governor, promotes and disseminates multi-disciplinary research on early childhood and is applications to policy and practice” (Early Childhood Education, 2013).

Reference

European Early Childhood Education Research Association (EECERA):
http://www.eecera.org/12.