small portion, a portion according to their income, to show that they value the early childhood service. So this is a very different idea about the relationship between a society and its obligation to children and families. George Megalogenis So if you were to construct - we’re obviously in an setting. Sharon Lynn Kagan Yeah. George Megalogenis But we’re also in an Anglo setting in a very diverse population. Sharon Lynn Kagan Yes. George Megalogenis Australia, certainly in the south east corner, our capital cities are more Eurasian I think than Angle/European in - - - Sharon Lynn Kagan Right. George Megalogenis - - - of the change in our population mix. So if you were to take something from the Nordic example and an Asian example, how would you adapt something which you know within an Anglo culture we’d pick up? Without going too specific, you know, in advice, what do you think we’re not doing right at the moment, that we can pick up from some of these other models? Sharon Lynn Kagan I feel both overjoyed by the question, and somewhat handicapped in my ability to respond to it, because I am not from Australia, - - - George Megalogenis Yeah. Sharon Lynn Kagan - - - although I’ve spent a lot of time. And if you really do believe in culture it really then would be presumptuous of me to respond totally. But let me give you a couple of examples. I am very, very taken with Finland’s commitment to individualising services for young children. And I believe that that speaks whether you’re dealing with a homogeneous culture or a vastly heterogeneous culture. Children vary. They vary in part because of their culture, but also because just of the developmental characteristics they bring. So I think some notion of a stronger attention to individualisation and to helping teachers really observe young children’s behaviour, helping actually all conditions not just people who are working in classrooms, but the entire medical field, to really understand behaviour and then to try to plan for it is a takeaway that we all might learn from. George Megalogenis And could I just take - I was also taken by the Singapore and Korean examples.
small portion, a portion according to their income, to show that they value the early childhood service. So this is a very different idea about the relationship between a society and its obligation to children and families. George Megalogenis So if you were to construct - we’re obviously in an setting. Sharon Lynn Kagan Yeah. George Megalogenis But we’re also in an Anglo setting in a very diverse population. Sharon Lynn Kagan Yes. George Megalogenis Australia, certainly in the south east corner, our capital cities are more Eurasian I think than Angle/European in - - - Sharon Lynn Kagan Right. George Megalogenis - - - of the change in our population mix. So if you were to take something from the Nordic example and an Asian example, how would you adapt something which you know within an Anglo culture we’d pick up? Without going too specific, you know, in advice, what do you think we’re not doing right at the moment, that we can pick up from some of these other models? Sharon Lynn Kagan I feel both overjoyed by the question, and somewhat handicapped in my ability to respond to it, because I am not from Australia, - - - George Megalogenis Yeah. Sharon Lynn Kagan - - - although I’ve spent a lot of time. And if you really do believe in culture it really then would be presumptuous of me to respond totally. But let me give you a couple of examples. I am very, very taken with Finland’s commitment to individualising services for young children. And I believe that that speaks whether you’re dealing with a homogeneous culture or a vastly heterogeneous culture. Children vary. They vary in part because of their culture, but also because just of the developmental characteristics they bring. So I think some notion of a stronger attention to individualisation and to helping teachers really observe young children’s behaviour, helping actually all conditions not just people who are working in classrooms, but the entire medical field, to really understand behaviour and then to try to plan for it is a takeaway that we all might learn from. George Megalogenis And could I just take - I was also taken by the Singapore and Korean examples.
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