To contact professionals around the world, I used the the Global Alliance of NAEYC website. I focused on English speaking countries because I do not know any other languages well enough for corespondence!
The four people I contacted were:
NetherlandsInternational Step by Step Association
Sarah Klaus
Email: sklaus@issa.nl
Canada
Canadian Child Care Federation
Yvonne Dionne
Email: ydionne@cccf-fcsge.ca
Ireland
OMEP Irish National Committee
Nippa - the Early Childhood Organization
Siobhan Fitzpatrick
Email: siobhanf@nippa.org
China – Hong Kong
OMEP National Committee for Hong Kong
Pacific Early Childhood Education Research Association
Dr. Betty Chan Po-king
20 Somerset Rd. Kowloon Tong, Kowloon
Hong Kong
Tel: 852-23396005
Email: sannas@ycef.com
I started this project on Wednesday, and so far I have recieved a return mail saying that Yvonne's (from Canada) e-mail was closed. I am still hopeful that I will recieve an e-mail back from one of these professionals to further my understand international customs regardig early childhood education.
Hi Jennifer. I too concentrated my search efforts on English speaking countries. I didn't want a language barrier to cause any confusion. I understand that many educators outside of the United States are fluent in English, but I didn't want to chance either being confused or causing confusion. I hope you hear back from someone soon. It will be exciting to hear from other professionals outside of the United States.
ReplyDeleteJennifer,
ReplyDeleteGreat choices for your contacts. I hope you get responses because I look forward to hearing about what you learn.
Thanks for sharing.