Insight

In looking at the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation website, I had the following insights:

·         The early childhood profession began with two types of services in mind.  One was to serve poor children and the other was to provide education for children from middle class families.  These two services also created, unintentionally, two types of professions---an early childhood teacher and a pedagogue.  The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation (2004) define the early childhood teacher as a professional who work with children birth to three and a pedagogue work is based on theory and practice. 

·         In 2002 a decision was made in Vietnam to increase access of early childhood programs to disadvantage families (United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation, 2005).  This change increased the number of teachers with social insurance by 51% and even higher for those with health insurance (UNESCO, 2005). 

·         Public resources has a tremendous effect on inequity and excellence in early childhood.  UNESCO (2004) reported that public resources that is not distributed effectively contributes to inequity while lack of public resources contribute to the inequity of early childhood education in Indonesia (UNESCO, 2004).

References

UNESCO. (2005). Supporting the poorest:  Vietnam’s early childhood policy. Retrieved from http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001425/142585e.pdf

UNESCO.  (2004).  The early childhood workforce in developed countries:  Basic structure an education.  Retrieved from http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0014/001425/142,585e.pdf

UNESCO. (2004).  Access, public investment, and equity in ECCE:  The nexus in nine high-population countries. Retrieved from http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0013/001374/137408e.pdf