AHA Moments
This class has been a great learning experience for me. When I began this class I thought “Wow it is going to be a lot of writing and I don’t know how to write case studies”. Writing the case studies was difficult for me and I was not getting good grades. I was starting to feel discouraged to the point that I believed I wasn’t going to pass the class. Reading through the modules were great and I learned great information that I will apply to my students when I have my own classroom one day. My three AHA moments for me were the Code of Ethical Conduct and Statement of Commitment, NAEYC website, and Chapter 6 Doing Your Best for Children.
The Code of Ethical Conduct and Statement of Commitment is a great resource to use when working in Early Childhood Education. I have been the educational field for about ten years, and I have never heard of Code of Ethical Conduct and Statement of Commitment. I didn’t
know the terms related to ethics. As I read through the terms, I learned new information and have
experience some of those terms. It made think back to those experiences too and wished I had known about these terms. I think if I would have known about these terms I could have handle situations differently. Reading through each section and applied principles and ideas to our discussions and case studies were great. I plan on continuing to use Code of Ethical Conduct and Statement of Commitment for my furfure classes as well to use in my classroom one day.
My second AHA moments was NAEYC website. In module two one of the readings was “Focus on Ethics: Ethical Issues Responsibilities and Dilemmas”. It was a great article to read
but I noticed the website. I decided to look through the website and I was amazed at all of the information and resources that NAEYC websites had to offer for ECE teachers and for families. I click on the tab “Resources for Families” and there was research-based resources,
