Time Well Spent

The course is about to finish, and it also means the learning for my Master’s Degree will come to its end. From this eight-week course, I think I have gained 3 deeply felt learnings:

1.       How to make a social change in my community.
The love to children and the calling to work in early childhood field should be implemented seriously to make a change in the society. This program has helped me not only to think about what change needed, but also how to do it by learning about issues in EC and their consequences.

2.       Countries or governments put serious consideration and takes actions for their EC development.
I never thought Malaysia, a country which is side by side with my country, has put a serious effort to develop their early childhood, or how the government of Indonesia has set their goal to build minimum 1 early childhood center in each village in 2045.

3.       The importance of a Community of Practice (CoP)
I knew there were many NGOs or Community organizations in this world. I only knew that they did it for social work, but I just learned that a CoP is a must for any people who want to make a change, because CoP may bring significant influences and impacts to an organization’s vision and mission as well as to the individuals as the members.

From what I have learned, my long-term goal is to be acknowledged in the EC community in my country, and to share my expertise and experiences to others all over the country through conferences, writing books or articles on CoP, and to be a source of information and advice for any party who needs for establishing and improving an early childhood center.

I thank you so much Dr. Darragh, my instructor for bringing me to this stage through her step-by-step questions on the assignments that I can finally realize that I have learned not only the concept, but more to the perspective of what learning for a Master’s Degree is for. I also thank all my colleagues for your fruitful thoughts that may not be the same as mine, but they have contributed much to my thought and helped me to broaden my knowledge about concerns and effort people have and do in EC. I hope we will achieve what we have imagined and are passionate about. Who knows one day we will meet not as colleagues, but in different shape as professionals in international scope.  

 

Brigitte Wullur

Jakarta, Indonesia

biggysiregar@yahoo.com

 

 

“We must do things we think we cannot do.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dream.”

Eleanor Roosevelt, Humanitarian, United Nations Delegate