One Child, Many Worlds
Early Learning in Multicultural Communities
Published on 30. September 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-1-85346-460-7 (ISBN)
Description
By drawing on the experiences of children aged 3-8 attending schools in Britain, Germany, Iceland, Australia and the USA, the authors of these 11 case studies aim to provide insights into what it means for young children to enter a new language and culture in school. The book examines the scope of out-of-school language and learning practices, that is, the role of care givers, siblings and community language classes. It suggests ways in which the teacher can act as mediator of a new language and culture in school, and aims to help teachers develop culturally-responsive teaching programmes based on an awareness of the knowledge children bring from home and the community.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
Ill.
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
270 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85346-460-7 (9781853464607)
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Content
Part 1 Setting the scene - the multiple worlds of children's learning: Learning through difference: cultural practices in early childhood language socialisation, Allan Luke, Joan Kale. Part 2 Up to five - learning to live with different languages: Two sisters at school: issues for educators of young bilingual children, Rose Drury; Continuities and discontinuities: teaching and learning in the home and school of a Puerto Rican five year old, Dinah Volk; Stories from two worlds: bilingual experiences between fact and fiction, Michaela Ulich, Pamela Oberhuemer; A child writes from everyday world: using home texts to develop biliteracy at school, Charmian Kenner. Part 3 From five to seven - languages and literacies in homes, schools and communities: Investigating literacy in London: three generations of readers in an East End family, Ann Williams; Learning to read, reading to learn: the importance of siblings in the language development of young bilingual children, Nasima Rashid, Eve Gregory; Friends as teachers: the impact of peer interaction on the acquisition of a new language , Susi Long; Working in partnership: parent, teacher and support teacher together, Maureen Turner; Why you don't eat bananas: an exploration of a child's possible worlds in story, Inge Cramer; From Karelia to Kashmir: a journey into bilingual children's story-reading experiences within school and community literacy practice, Leena Robertson.