I am
choosing teenage mothers as it relates to early childhood education for my
research stimulation. I chose this topic to research, because I work on a daily
basis with teenage parents and I personally know teenage parents. Some insights
that I have gained from came from my Professor, Dr. Todd in reference to
narrowing down my subtopics. I will be stimulating some research on child abuse
and neglect, is this indicative of teenage mothers? teenage parents
understanding of early childhood development as it relates to social,
cognitive, or physical development. (Focusing in on one of the stages of development)
and these mothers own continuing education. The course text is very informative
and explains the research process in terms that are easy to follow; I can appreciate
the glossary at the end of the text, because it offers further explanations and
definitions to key words. If any of my fellow classmates have any insights,
knowledge, or resources that will be useful in my research stimulation, I welcome
your thoughts and advice, I will be happy to offer the same to anyone if I can
be of help. Thank you and good luck guys!
Reference
Mac Naughton, G., Rolfe, S.A.,
& Siraj-Blatchford, I. (2010). Doing early childhood research:
International perspectives on theory and practice (2nd ed.). New York, NY:
McGraw-Hill
Tanya,
ReplyDeleteI do know some teenaged mothers as well. From my experience, I have seen that there is some misunderstanding on the mother's part of the developmental process of their child. I think that they are having a difficult time finishing their maturing while parenting and it makes it harder on both the mother and the child. I am curious to hear about your findings as you look more into this topic.
Tanya,
ReplyDeleteI think your topic is quite admirable. Often times teenage parents can simply be dismissed and thought to be unfit parents. While I'm sure that parenting can be more challenging for them, it is not impossible for them to become successful parents. It's nice to know that there is someone out there that believes in their potential. I do not work with teens in my line of work but prior to teaching I worked for two years in a correctional facility with teens ages 14-20.They often felt like people had just given up on them. I plan to follow some of your findings as it truly does interest me. Good Luck!!!!
Penny
This topic is very important and such a worth group of kiddos to work with. I had advocated for our high school to create a young mother's program in our district to address the high number of teen moms. I wanted to create a classroom in the high school for children of teen moms to be cared for while they attended and finish their education. We had it all lined out for the moms to spend time in the facility each day learning about child growth and development and earn elective credits for their diploma...unfortunately our then superintendent thought it would encourage teens to get pregnant! ARGH! Thanks for sharing and I wish you luck with your topic and how you choose to use it in your work with teen moms.
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