International Focus

I am waiting responses from my educators. The one in England is on holiday, of course, but will probably reply this weekend. The lady from Peru is looking after her grand-children while the parents are away so she is a bit 'at wit's end' but I expect contact with her soon also.

I returned to the Association for Childhood Education International web site (www.acei.org) and read more about the Decade for Childhood - 2012-2022. This will be started off in March 28-30, 2012 in Washington, D.C. They are calling on papers from educators, researchers, health professionals, environmentalists, psychologist, sociologists, social workers and advocates for early childhood.

They are looking for responses from different sectors: universities, non-government organizations, research institutes from around the world. They want to address practice, policy and research as it pertains to the health and welfare of early childhood.

The intention of this summit and the decade is to facilitate an interdisciplinary dialogue, to explore the state of education worldwide and the mental and physical well being of the child. The approach is international, cross cultural and cross disciplinary. They are looking for best policies and best practices

This summit will be the start but the entire decade will be dedicated to making the world a safer and more nurturing place for a child. Seems to me this is an opportunity for collaboration cooperation and lasting aid to the children of the world.

Another item that was of interest is a delegation of educators that will travel to Cuba in an information exchange and to research the Cuban model of education.