The research topic that I have chosen for the current course I am in is:
The effectiveness of hands on professional development for educators and how it positively affects children's classroom experience and development.
The subtopics I decided to use for this topic are:
- Teacher- Child Relationships
- Quality & Effectiveness of hands on professional development training
- Creating a positive classroom experience
*I had some trouble finding sub-topics for this research topic, if anyone has any advice on my third subtopic I am having second thoughts about it*
I chose this research topic because as an early childhood educator I believe that hands on training and experience are vital to a successful classroom environment. In my community it is difficult to get face to face professional development training (most training is online) and without that I fear that educators are not getting the best professional development training to become a better educator for our children. I also believe that hands on training is more effective than online training or simple power point or pamphlet training. As my beliefs are that hands on training is more effective I would like to research this topic and see if hands on training has a positive affect on a child's classroom experience and development.
If anyone has any resources that may be helpful, I would greatly appreciate the help.
I'm not sure where you live, but I live in Georgia and under the daycare licensing agency Bright From the Start there are opportunities to become trainers and train others based on the program you want to teach as long as it is approved by the agency and you complete their trainers training. Look at the training from your local licensing agency and see if that will help you see what training is available and unavailable in your community. This may help you to determine an area of need.
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