Author : Ann Anderson
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 32,85 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Early childhood education
ISBN : 9781138920835
Complex factors affect young children and their families as communities continue to become more diverse around the globe. This book focuses on three of these factors--culture, language and learning--and how they affect children's development and learning in the context of their communities, families and schools.
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Publisher :
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 34,7 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Head Start programs
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Author : Michael Byram
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 45,21 MB
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781853592119
Offers some theoretical innovations in teaching foreign languages and reports how they have been applied to curriculum development and experimental courses at the upper secondary and college levels. Approaches language learning as comprising several dimensions, including grammatical competence, change in attitudes, learning about another culture, and reflecting on one's own. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Cristina A. Huertas-Abril
Publisher : Information Science Reference
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 21,42 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781522551690
"This book identifies ways of intertwining key areas of early childhood education, namely: intercultural education, bilingual education, and the role of play and toys as means for meaningful intercultural and multilingual learning, among others"--
Author : Ann Anderson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 17,54 MB
Release : 2015-12-07
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 131741621X
Complex factors affect young children and their families in today’s increasingly diverse world characterized by globalization, the transnational movement of people, and neo-liberal government policies in western and industrialized countries. This book focuses on three of these factors—culture, language and learning—and how they affect children’s development and learning in the context of their communities, families and schools. Taking an ecological perspective, it challenges normative and hegemonic views of young children’s language, literacy and numeracy development and offers examples of demonstrated educational practices that acknowledge and build on the knowledge that children develop and learn in culturally specific ways in their homes and communities. The authors highlight issues and perspectives that are particular to Indigenous people who have been subjected to centuries of assimilationist and colonialist policies and practices, and the importance of first or home language maintenance and its cognitive, cultural, economic, psychological and social benefits. Links are provided to a package of audio-video resources (http://blogs.ubc.ca/intersectionworkshop/) including key note speeches and interviews with leading international scholars, and a collection of vignettes from the workshop from which this volume was produced .
Author : Elizabeth Ijalba
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 34,19 MB
Release : 2019-03-21
Category : Education
ISBN : 1107081874
Exploring language, culture and education among immigrants in the United States, this volume discusses the range of experiences in raising children with more than one language in major ethno-linguistic groups in New York. Research and practice from the fields of speech-language pathology, bilingual education, and public health in immigrant families are brought together to provide guidance for speech-language pathologists in differentiating language disorders from language variation, and for parents on how to raise their children with more than one language. Commonalities among dissimilar groups, such as Chinese, Korean, and Hispanic immigrants are analyzed, as well as the language needs of Arab-Americans, the home literacy practices of immigrant parents who speak Mixteco and Spanish, and the crucial role of teachers in bridging immigrants' classroom and home contexts. These studies shed new light on much-needed policy reforms to improve the involvement of culturally and linguistically diverse families in decisions affecting their children's education.
Author : Meghan Dombrink-Green
Publisher : Spotlight on Young Children
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 33,78 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Bilingualism in children
ISBN : 9781938113130
Offers practical ways to support young dual language learners and their families. Addresses communicating, using technology, pairing children, and more.
Author : Michael Byram
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 36,48 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781853596575
The chapters in this book all address the significance of the relationship between the aims and methods of language teaching and the contexts in which it takes place. Some consider the implications for the ways in which we research language teaching; others present the results of research and development work.
Author : Robyn Ewing
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 41,52 MB
Release : 2016-06-02
Category : Education
ISBN : 1107578620
This book provides pre-service and practising teachers with an integrated approach to language and literacy learning in early childhood. Written by leading academics in the field, it explores how children learn to talk, play using language, become literate and make meaning - from birth through to the pre-school years. Emphasising the importance of imagination and the arts in language learning, this book addresses a wide range of contemporary issues, highlights the impact of diverse socioeconomic, language and cultural backgrounds on young children's language and literacy development, and shows how early childhood teachers can effectively partner with parents and caregivers to help children learn through and about language. Case studies, interviews, reflective questions, clear links to the Early Years Learning Framework and the Australian Curriculum, and a rich array of practical and creative activities for use in early childhood environments help students connect theory and current research to practice.
Author : Teresa Cremin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 37,77 MB
Release : 2016-12-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 1317394135
Storytelling in Early Childhood is a captivating book which explores the multiple dimensions of storytelling and story acting and shows how they enrich language and literacy learning in the early years. Foregrounding the power of children’s own stories in the early and primary years, it provides evidence that storytelling and story acting, a pedagogic approach first developed by Vivian Gussin Paley, affords rich opportunities to foster learning within a play-based and language-rich curriculum. The book explores a number of themes and topics, including: the role of imaginary play and its dynamic relationship to narrative; how socially situated symbolic actions enrich the emotional, cognitive and social development of children; how the interrelated practices of storytelling and dramatisation enhance language and literacy learning, and contribute to an inclusive classroom culture; the challenges practitioners face in aligning their understanding of child literacy and learning with a narrow, mandated curriculum which focuses on measurable outcomes. Driven by an international approach and based on new empirical studies, this volume further advances the field, offering new theoretical and practical analyses of storytelling and story acting from complementary disciplinary perspectives. This book is a potent and engaging read for anyone intrigued by Paley’s storytelling and story acting curriculum, as well as those practitioners and students with a vested interest in early years literacy and language learning. With contributions from Vivian Gussin Paley, Patricia ‘Patsy‘ Cooper, Dorothy Faulkner, Natalia Kucirkova, Gillian Dowley McNamee and Ageliki Nicolopoulou.
