Research and its Benefits for parents and/or family

Research of Academic Success of Children in Poverty

The topic of discussion that I would choose to focus my research on is The Academic Success of Children in Poverty. My reasoning for choosing this topic is because many children who live in poverty are either failing, taking remedial classes or dropping out completely. This is why I feel that it is important that we research this topic so that we can figure out different solutions of helping children who suffer from poverty remain successful in academics throughout life. Every child in poverty are not failing in academics, but some educators like to out bad apples with good apples and not even attempt to help those who can. This topic that I chose will help both children and families to realize that just because everything is not going good at home, you are still able to make something out of yourself, no matter what anyone says different.

The positive contributions for families and children on the topic of Academic Success of Children in Poverty would be that it will give them the encouragement to keep striving and also that all hope is not lost. In the research there will be studies that show the link between poverty and how it affects academics, and the ways in which it affects academics. Once children and families start seeing the numbers and reading the stories about the different teachers, lawyers, doctors, counselors, etc., who had to overcome poverty to make their dreams a reality and success, they too will see that they can accomplish whatever they set their mind too.

My Simulation Topic

All three subtopics that I chose for this course are ones that explain how poverty plays a role in the lives of families and the children in those families. But the topic that I chose to focus on more for this course is Poverty and how its effects on families and children. The reason that I chose to make this topic the focus for this course is because as an early childhood educator, I see a lot of children who suffer from poverty and do not have all of their needs met. There have been children in my class who have came to school with dirty clothes or the same clothes from a few days before. But it is not for me to judge them or their families, but instead give them the resources needed so that they can help the child gain confidence and pride. 

The research chart was a good learning tool because it helped to give me insights on how to conduct research on my topic throughout this course, and also have to decipher between the needed information and non-needed information. This is why I thoroughly completed the assignment because I knew that this is what had to be done in order to have successful research skills. The discussions thus far has taught me about the importance of fine details, rather it is a article or website make sure it is a resource that is compute. 

My advice to you all, if looking for any, would be to really utilize the Walden Library. I have tried finding scholarly articles on my own through google, but not so successful.  Also the scholar.google is a very great to and I am glad that the professor recommended it to us. 

Because I am new to being a researcher, is there any advice that can be given on where to start on how to make researching successful? Do you think that my topic is a good topic to begin with or is it to broad?