My Personal Research Journey

 

My very main concern related to early childhood is the child and caregiver relationship.  It may sound so broad, but that is why I am interested in finding more accountable reasons why and how their relationship affects a child’s life. The fact is that early childhood in my community has not been considered that ‘important’ by most people even educators like teachers. They agree that education is important for someone’s life, but they do not know or realize how vital a child’s first 5 years of life which relies a lot on the caregivers. When I first learned about biological model of development, I learned about microsystem or the immediate setting in which a child lives. It has given me insights about how the relationship between a child and her parents or caregivers will have a stable and enduring effect on a child’s development (Keenan and Evans, 2009).

As most people agree, I also think research is a difficult to study and conduct. However, the article “A Practical Guide to Reading Research Articles” has helped me to feel less difficult about reading and doing research, and having to fill in the chart this week brings me to a more detailed, step-by-step ways of understanding research. I believe this course will finally help me to understand research better and able to read and do research to get more reliable answers why child and caregiver relationship is so important.

Keenan, T., & Evans, S. (2009). An introduction to child development (pp.35-43). Retrieved from http://sylvan.live.ecollege.com/ec/courses/81238/CRS-CW-6488738/Keenan_Evans.pdf