The World Forum Foundation Podcast Radio
The
World Forum Foundation connects with early childhood professionals all across
the globe. As advocates for this field, they utilize this medium as means to
communicate information, ideas, policies that best meet the needs and interests
of children, families, and communities. I have taken the opportunities to
listen to the podcast presented through this site and I have been greatly
enlightened. There are a total of 10 episodes so far. I have enjoyed listening
to them all.
Episode 1: Guest speaker Barnabas Ocala discusses the health
epidemic HIV among children in the villages in Africa and the crucial
partnerships/relationships between parents, doctors, and educators. He speaks
about how these individuals influence the health and well-being of children
through conversations and advice to the parents from which they are more likely
to adhere to.
Episode 2: Guest speaker Professor Dee via Hana canvasses
childhood sexuality. In her upcoming book, calls attention to gender issues on
the early childhood level as a means of aiding early childhood educators with
techniques and strategies on how to talk with young children about sex and
HIV/AIDs.
Episode 3: Guest speaker Deafen Mitchell confers the
unfortunate issue of child abuse, either physically or sexually among children.
She talks about the devastating effects of abuse to young boy that stopped
speaking for over a year resulting from his traumatic experiences.
Episode 4: Guest Speaker Mason Chenab, Early Childhood
Program Coordinator, raises the awareness of early childhood care and development,
child rights, training caregivers on best practices, and providing resources to
parents and educators regarding issues in the early childhood field. Her
organization established a psychosocial support project for children and families
after the war offering emotional, social, and post conflict support.
Episode 5: Guest speaker Irma Allen explains the challenges
of teaching individuals how to be early childhood educators with the available
resources in their immediate environment.
Episode 6: Guest speaker Meridas Eka Yora utilized his organization
to open up early childhood facilities after the devastating earthquake and
tsunami in his country and the roles and responsibilities that children took on
for siblings as a means of survival.
Episode 7: Guest speaker TJ Skalski, Principal of the Mother
Earth Charter School in Canada, which has an indigenous focus. She reflected on
her professional journey in becoming an educator and principal. She believes in
revitalizing the essential prominence of cultural and linguistic importance and
becoming a positive force in the lives of children facing adversities.
Episode 8: Guest speaker George Foreman, Professor at the
University of Massechuettes, contends the work of Piagets’ Learning Theory. He
discusses the realization of learning through play his pedagogy of assisting
children in ‘making thinking visible’. He also talks about Reggio’s ‘power of
discourse’ and reflective thinking.
Episode 9: Guest speaker Barbara Jones tells about her
journey in the early childhood field and her interest in the practices of
Montessori.
Episode 10: Guest speaker Susan Lyon talks about her passion
for children and her ambition in understanding how children think and see the
world.
In
summary, the podcasts has given me the opportunity to take and in depth look at
other early childhood professionals who share the same passion that I have for
children. Their stories and experiences were inspiring and relative to this
field. I have a deeper insight to my own personal and professional endeavors in
this field as well. My mission is now to touch the lives of children in an
unforgettable way like all of the guest speakers in these podcasts. I look
forward to hearing and learning more from The World Foundation Forum Radio
Podcast.
Reference:
http://worldforumfoundation.org/wf/wp/current-work/world-forum-radio/
