I have not received any e-mails back from the three organizations that I contacted from Week One of this class, therefore I am completing the alternative assignment from this week.
One insight I learned from viewing the UNESCO's website is reading an article on events going on in education throughout this organization. UNESCO is an organization that: "works to create the conditions for dialogue among civilizations, cultures and peoples, based upon respect for commonly shared values." (UNESCO, 2010). This means that the UNESCO organization is trying to help the world with human rights, poverty and several other issues that are common throughout the world. The long term goal of this organization is to: "Contribute to the building of peace, the eradication of poverty, sustainable development and intercultural dialogue through education, the sciences, culture, communication and information." (UNESCO, 2010). This means that in the passing years, this organization is going to reach out to the community around the world and get the help that will be needed to eliminate or decrease the main issues in education. I believe that this is important because not only are they trying to help decrease the number of issues in education, but the community outside of the education field needs to be aware of what is going on and how the little things they can do can help. This relates to my professional goals because I want to do whatever I can to help make families around the world more appreciated, even if they have less than the typical average family. Just because a family has less than average, does not mean that they are not as smart or cannot handle going to school.
Another insight that I gathered from the UNESCO website is looking at the Global Reports in the Natural Science aspect of the UNESCO organization. This UNESCO organization mainly originates in Brazil, China and India. The natural science aspects is trying to reach out to the world and come up with ways to make the world and universe a more "greener" place to live. This is important because the more we pollute and do not take care of the environment around us, it will lead to other problems years and decades down the road.
The last insight I gained from researching this website is after reading about what UNESCO does for people and communities. This organization had a tab on their website dedicated to the media portion of the organization. I believe that it is important to have the media that they do on this website because it shows different meetings that have been held and what they have discussed with the world. This is important to have this type of documentation.
References:
UNESCO. (2010). Early Childhood Care and Education. http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/themes/strengthening-education-systems/early-childhood/
Great post Chelsea! Did you have difficulty applying what you learned on the website to your professional goals?
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More countries need to follow these examples of working together towards a greener environment. We have had such negative effects on the planet that stuff barely functions as it should any more. It is nice to see that three countries are trying to spread the word about protecting the resources that we have and how to improve them. That would be a great topic to share with the younger children, to inform them of everything now while their young enough to make a difference.
ReplyDeleteGreat post!!!
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ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this topic. I enjoyed reading it and taking care of our environment is very important.
Jasmyn
I think the work that the UNESCO does is important and inspiring. It is important that we bring different cultures togther especially when the demographics is constantly changing.
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