Masters in Child Development or Early Childhood Education

Discussion in 'General Distance Learning Discussions' started by fairyrealm, Sep 19, 2008.

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  1. fairyrealm

    fairyrealm New Member

    Ok all, being on this board, with many people who are very much invested in online education, who have been around the block, and who are able to offer real world information and insights is proving to be very helpful to me. I am still pretty new to the board, and I plan on hanging around! Thanks for making me feel so welcome and for taking the time to share ideas, comments, etc.

    I am further evaluating what it is I really want to do. I work in non-profit with families, and I do have an RA certificate in Child Development and will have my BS in Interdisciplinary Studies in just a few weeks.

    My question: I am beginning to think that going toward Early Childhood Development and Education will be a good move for me professionally, and I will actually enjoy the subject and learning process.

    I am not looking to teach, but to work in non-profit programs that serve children at risk for poverty, neglect, abuse, and such (which is what I do now), but at a higher level in the organization. So, Early Childhood Development would be more relevant than Early Childhood Education, but I'll look at both.

    Please let me know if you know of any such all-online programs.

    Thank you so much!

    In kindness,
    Fairyrealm
     
  2. fairyrealm

    fairyrealm New Member

  3. japhy4529

    japhy4529 House Bassist

    Here is another option for you (however, I think the program you found would be most relevant to you):

    Northern Arizona University - M.Ed. Early Childhood Education



    BTW, have you considered Social Work?
     
  4. fairyrealm

    fairyrealm New Member

    This seems to be a tough one. I usually get replies within a few hours. :-/ Thank you for the one suggestion... :) I look forward to more!
     
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    -kevin- Resident Redneck

  6. fairyrealm

    fairyrealm New Member

  7. TEKMAN

    TEKMAN Semper Fi!

  8. warguns

    warguns Member

  9. fairyrealm

    fairyrealm New Member

    Warguns,

    This looks FANTASTIC!!!!!
    Two questions - how can I find out if the school's Swedish accreditation is equivalent to the US RA?
    Also, how do you know it is free???

    Kindly,
    Fairyrealm
     
  10. warguns

    warguns Member

    child development

    Other countries are not like the US. In Europe, universities are not permitted to grant degrees without government authorization. Linköping University is a Swedish state university and this is equivalent to US RA. Some benighted US state authorities however may not recognize this for licensing purposes.

    Linkoping U has over 25,000 students and over 2000 faculty. Information here

    http://www.liu.se/en/presentation/facts.html

    All Swedish higher education is free, to Swedes and foreigners alike.

    If you can go to Sweden for a year or so, you might be interested in this.

    www.globalverkstan.net/pdf/GV-folder.pdf

    Also free of course.
     
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  11. fairyrealm

    fairyrealm New Member


    Wow - fantastic stuff! What other EU schools offer free ONLINE graduate education to people around the world???
     
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  12. warguns

    warguns Member

    free European courses

    In English you mean and offering degrees? So far as I am aware Sweden is the only country that is FREE and there are only two degree programs.

    All higher education in Sweden is free (well mostly) and the online programs just follow that. There is talk of charging foreigners. I don't know how it will impact the distance programs.

    For non-degree programs in Sweden (free or mostly free)

    http://english.netuniversity.se/

    Germany, Denmark, Norway, Iceland, the Netherlands all have distance universities but, while a few courses many be offered in English, it is not possible to complete a degree without fluency in that language. Also, not free.

    Here's a resource that finds distance courses by language in selected EU countries

    http://www.educontact.eu/

    Most of the courses in English seemed to be from Open University (UK).

    Note that I am by no means an expert on distance education in Europe.
     
  13. fairyrealm

    fairyrealm New Member


    Hi Warguns - Thank you. I responded in the other thread.

    Kindly,
    Fairyrealm
     

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