When I Think of Research...

When I Think of Research...

I think of the children that can be helped by research findings.  In this course, I have learned how to work with qualitative, quantiative, and mixed research methods.  This has helped me to become a better student and a better educator.  I realize that research can be used to solve problems in education. 

I have learned that research has to be designed.  I understand the need for a hypothesis, a research method, and informed consent for participants. Research is beneficial for eduation and it helps to find solutions to problems or to improve learning.  Therefore, I will use what I have learned to become a better educator.

I would like to thank everyone for their contribution to my blog and this learning experience.

Research Around the World

After evaluating the European Early Childhood Education Research Association, I found an article titled “‘Looking and listening-in’: a methodological approach to generating insights into infants' experiences of early childhood education and care settings”.  This article focused on how infants can benefit from early childhood education.   It was interesting that the research focused on “looking and listening-in having dual utility: as a methodological approach for helping us to edge closer to understanding the infant's experience, and as a way of describing how the infant made meaning of his experience” (EECERA, 2010). This research is important to early childhood education because our agency started an early start program last year for infants and toddlers. 

 

The site also provides a back catalogue that provides access to older research articles.  Early childhood educators can use this site to find valuable information about research projects. 

 

Reference

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