The topic I choose for the research simulation is the effects of poverty on early childhood education. I choose this topic because I see poverty in my classroom every day. One day a student comes to school hungry. The next day I had a student evicted from his house. The students I teach all have autism; nearly all of them are nonverbal. The upheaval in their lives would affect a typical child negatively. I can only imagine the turmoil that my students are going through.
I have only just begun researching this topic for my chart. One resource I have found is the Harvard University (2011) Global Children’s Initiative: http://developingchild.harvard.edu/initiatives/global_initiative
This site has many interesting articles on the effects of stressful situations such as poverty on young children. I would love to have any input that you my colleagues could share with me!
Jennifer,
ReplyDeleteMy heart melted as I read your blog....its sad to see how poverty affects children. Have you had a lot of negative affects since the children?
Poverty is such a big subject in today's society, I see it in my center all the time as well. Its sad to see a child come in with not enough food for the day, or dirty clothes. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteIt is heartbreaking to see the young children go through hard times, especially poverty. With poverty levels rising every day, it will be interesting to see how it affects the current generation of children when they are older. What behavior characteristics will result because of it, what philosophies will they have etc.
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