RJA #2b: Research Topic

The topic I chose is about Early Childhood Education and basically whether or not it is beneficial for the children. It will go into explaining the affects it has on the children academically, socially and personally. I chose this topic first and foremost I love children. I want to know how I can make their lives better and to do that is to know them and how they think and develop. Another reason why I chose to write about Early Childhood Education is because I am working on my Associate of Arts in Early Childhood Education. I think that researching and writing about ECE will help me learn more about the field. Overall I chose to write about children because they are extremely important for our futures and the more I know about them the better I can make their futures.

I know a little bit about my topic. I have taken some classes in Early Childhood Education but I have not yet learned about why ECE is important to children and why and how ECE can benefit children. I know more about how to give appropriate portions and keeping children healthy then I do about why parents should choose ECE. I also know what is generally taught in ECE and that there are many different styles of teaching ECE. From the things that I have learned I can come to a personal conclusion about Early Childhood Eduction.

Though I do know a lot about children I have yet to get into the factual and scientific affects on children that have experienced Early Childhood Education in a center or learning facility. Like I said before I can easily come up with personal evaluations and opinions but I want to see scientific evaluations and results. With that I would like to learn about children's brains and how they work and develop. I would like to see comparisons from non ECE children to ECE children. The differences in children that attend ECE programs and the ones that don't is my ultimate goal. I want to see everything from brain sizes to emotional and personality needs/issues. I basically would like to learn anything that can help me in my research paper and also in my career goals.