Language, Learning, and Culture in Early Childhood: Home, School, and Community Contexts by Marianne McTavish, Jan Hare, Ann Anderson, Jim Anderson (Hardcover, 2015)
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 .
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN-13
9781138920828
eBay Product ID (ePID)
220713825
Product Key Features
Subject Area
Language Study, Religious Sociology
Author
Marianne Mctavish, Jan Hare, Ann Anderson, Jim Anderson
Publication Name
Language, Learning, and Culture in Early Childhood: Home, School, and Community Contexts
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Education, Teaching
Publication Year
2015
Type
Study Guide
Number of Pages
292 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
229mm
Item Width
152mm
Item Weight
522g
Additional Product Features
Editor
Jim Anderson, Jan Hare, Ann Anderson, Marianne Mctavish