Qemuge mentions Urad Front Banner is a small, remote, poverty-stricken town in Inner Mongolia in North Central China with a population of 574, 000. It provides an insigth into difficult situations as fast as sustainable development is a concern. This includes a series of problems that the rapid desertification of grasslands has caused, such as sandstorms and natural disasters. Economic development is increasingly challenging lives due to higher energy consumption, the pollution of water and the threat to the most important water source, the Yellow River. The scary part, only a small portion of the citizens worry about it.
So where does this leave the educational system? How does this effect the children? Sustainable development on the part of individuals is both a prerequisite for enabling people to live harmoniously together in the world and a constitutional right. Early childhood education should play an important part in building a sustainable society because it can be seen as the first stage in building a sustainable lifestyle. In Urad, the rapid economic progress had not only helped the citizens overcome poverty, but has made people realize the importance of knowledge. We need knowledge to understand the connection between quality of life and social development. The attitude of ECE has rapidly changed in recent years. In the 1980's, because of poverty and low levels of adult literacy, there were misunderstandings of ECE. Now, they believe that ECE is very important phase for children's long-term development. This changed occurred because of the development, assistance, and community. In the 1980's there were only two programs. Now, there are two public and 11 private. Overall the programs in Urad, have improved over the years. The children are provided the opportunity to learn in a private or public school. Like the article mentions, knowledge is power. To learn, is to teach.
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"To learn, is to teach." and "Knowledge is power." are two short saying I like. They are quick, to the point and yet so powerful. It is our job, as preschool teachers, to teach the children the importance of our aina and ways to take care of it. There have been often at times where the children will go home and teach their parents something and the follwing day the parents will ask for more information from us. It's wonderful to know that some families began to recycle due to what their child taught them from what they learned from school.
ReplyDeleteknowledge is very powerful tool that young children need. Young children are sponges and absorb everything at this age. They not only learn, they teach their family members, us teachers and their peers. The more they know, the better off they will be in the future.
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