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When I Think of Research

  My simulation research focuses on the research question What is the difference between social-emotional skills in children with teachers’ facilitation to the growth of social-emotional skills in children without teacher’s collaboration in inclusive early childhood classrooms?  Social-emotional development in the early years sets the foundation for the children’s lives. Practicing self-regulation, sharing their feelings, and effectively communicating with others will promote growth in children’s self-esteem, school readiness skills, and developmental domains.   Examining the methods teachers use to foster social-emotional skills and the ways children practice them will contribute to the field of early childhood education as it will provide educators and other professionals with essential insights and tools to support children. As I am passionate about inclusion, I chose to focus my study in inclusive settings to reinforce both typically developing children and children ...

Blog: Research around the world

  I visited the Child Research Net website: https://www.childresearch.net/projects/ecec/reports-ecec/asia/ . The site is a non-profit internet-based child research institute in Japan (Child Research Net, (CRN, n.d.). The site is user friendly, well organized, and inviting. Under the project tab, I focused on Early Childhood Education and Care around the world (ECEC), which offers articles on these topics and are varied based on the individual differences in culture and beliefs (CRN, n.d.). In this section, I found research-based articles on Play and about brain and education, for instance, language learning and literacy in infants (CRN, n.d.). Also, Since my passion is children with special needs, I found under the same research Tab, a variety of articles on this topic worldwide. One of the pieces caught my attention, written by Harini Sampath (2010), Autism in India . The article described the personal author experience in visiting an inclusive children camp, where typically devel...