My Reflection on Research in the Early Childhood Field

For the last eight weeks, I have studied about research in the early childhood field, and as a result learned a great deal about research from the terms used to how to plan a research project.  In addiition to planning research, I have learned valuable information about researching topics on the internet and how to determine whether or not a website and the information was reliable.  I have also learned how to read research papers with more ease and comprehension.  

Often during the last two months, I have found myself thinking about research duriing my everyday work.  I often find myself  thinking "that would make a good research question" and asking myself "would I use a quantitative or qualitative approach to studying that question?"      Before taking this class, I considered research as something that was completed by scientists and not early childhood professionals.  I now realize that early childhood professionals have the ability to gather information and conduct research projects that can provide valuable insight into the field of early care and education.