My Personal Research Journey

 

There are many topics in the field of early childhood education that stimulates my interest. My chosen topic of interest is school improvement. I believe that all young learners need and deserve high quality childcare both locally and globally. Although there are many obstacles that we must first overcome, I believe that it is possible to achieve by addressing such attributes as the achievement gap, school readiness, culture and diversity, and investments and policies.

                I have been in the field of early childhood care and education for over 12 years. I have experienced three different early childhood care and education organizations that varied in the quality of care and services that were offered to their children and families. Each one of these experience has given me different perspectives on how programs operate on different levels. I have gained a wealth of insight in this field throughout my professional and educational journey but I have yet to conduct research in the field of early childhood care and education. I am open to learning about this process, becoming a competent researcher, and ready to see what the end result will be in my first research project.

                The text book for this course has been extremely interesting and pertinent to my comprehension of doing early childhood research. Constructing the research chart this week has given me a solid foundation for starting this research in the right way. I believe that starting this research properly will yield positive and correct results and advance evidence for other researchers to build upon. Thus far, this course has provided insight in the research process as a methodical one that takes time and patience. I am enthusiastic about learning about the research process because it is crucial in my professional and educational journey.

                I believe that course will equip each of us with the necessary tools to conduct research that will benefit the field of early childhood care and education.  If you have any research, opinions, insights, advice, or suggestions that will assist me please feel free to let me know.  As colleagues in this online learning community, please do hesitate to let me know if I can be of any assistance to any of you. I look forward to becoming a part of your resource portfolio. 

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