Sharing Web Resources Wk 6

5 Questions to Consider this week about my web resource: The Society for Research in Child Development  Link: http://srcd.org/

1.  Follow some of the outside links that you have not yet explored. Where do they lead?

The SRCD, being an academic site that requires membership to access the majority of the research, does not have many outside links.  Most links within the site will bring you to journal articles.  However under the “advancing the field” tab there is a drop down menu with a choice of “Webinar”.  If you follow that, it will lead you to a link to their youtube channel.  I posted the link to this in wk 4.  It is here that you will find a plethora of information from child development experts all across the world.

The only other outside link I found was one to the March for Science.  https://www.marchforscience.com/

2. Thoroughly search one area of the site.  What do you find?

According to the March for Science website this is a global movement aiming to defend the vital role science plays in our health, safety, economies, and governments taking place on April 22, 2017.  They want people who support science to take a stand and be counted in a time when politically science, scientists and evidence based policy making are under attack.  They suggest looking for a march near you:)  So I did.  Thirteen towns in Minnesota are hosting an event so I just joined the one nearest me!  Planning to make it a family learning event for my 10 year old.

SRCD Youtube Channel:  This is an interesting place to explore.  The first 3-4 videos are clips to seminars that are being hosted.  There are also many University-Based Child and Family Policy Consortium  1 hour videos posted.   Some of these are very relevant to the topics we are discussing in this course.  The one I listened to was Teaching Race to Children and adolescents.

3.  If you receive an e-newsletter, follow a link related to one of the issues you have been studying. What new information is available?

They do have a SRCD e-news that is published monthly.

In it they linked  to their blog.  The blog had 3 new articles:  1) How chronic stress in early childhood shapes the brain. 2) Understanding the Children of immigrants 3)Applying academic insights to the real world.

I believe anyone can subscribe to their blog.

4.  Does the website or the e-newsletter contain any information that adds to your understanding of equity and excellence in early care and education?

I followed the link to the 2nd blog article: Understanding children of immigrants.

Here is the link:  http://bold.expert/understanding-the-children-of-immigrants/

It is an interesting blog post on the paradox of looking at why first generation immigrants are doing better developmentally than second or third generation and often peers in other ethnic groups.

5.  What other new insights about issues and trends in the early childhood field did you gain this week from exploring the website and/or the e-newsletter?

This site seems to have considerable research in the area of immigration and toxic stress impacts on early childhood, which are both research trends in early childhood.

I loved their focus on science and promoting the March for Science.  I am looking forward to experiencing that with my daughter:) Who knew scientists marched??  🙂