Saturday, February 18, 2012

UNESCO - Week 7

This week I explored the UNESCO website.  UNESCO stands for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the link to their site is:
http://www.unesco.org
I learned many things from this website.  As I looked under Early Education, the tabs that are there are Access, Quality, Investment and Governance which are some of the issues we have been learning about in this course.  A few specific things this site taught me that I did not know:
1 - In the developing world, 10.5 million children under 5 die from preventable diseases every year. (UNESCO)
2 - UNESCO believes that everyone has the right to an education and that education should not be a privilege that is only for a few.
3 - 69 million children are out of school world-wide


One major insight I have gained this week is that the issues about the field of EC that baffle me, also seem to baffle other professionals, not only in the US, but worldwide.  I feel I have so much more to learn but I am grateful for the many things this class has taught me.

2 comments:

  1. Dear Cari,

    I have learned that no matter where we are in this world, education has become the most important thing in a child's life. Also, we as educators go through the same thing as educators across the world. Hopefully, one day we can come together, and make this world a better place for our children. This class has showed me that education is the key to survival in his world, no matter where you live.

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  2. I found this website so interesting. I learned 75 million children are EXCLUDED from education. How sad!!! Enjoyed your blog!!

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