Using Parent and Teacher Voices in the Creation of a Western-Based Early Childhood English-Language Program in China
| Autor: | Rebecca Johnson, Shinchieh Duh, Jae H. Paik, Hui Li, Todd Wanerman, Priya Mariana Shimpi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Research in Childhood Education. 29:73-89 |
| ISSN: | 2150-2641 0256-8543 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/02568543.2014.978515 |
| Popis: | The current English-language research and educational program was driven by an initiative to create a more interactive, theme-based bilingual language education model for preschools in Chengdu, China. During a 2-week teacher education program centered at the Experimental Kindergarten of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Chengdu, China, a team of educational and developmental researchers and early childhood educators from the United States created and implemented a teacher education workshop centered on theme-based, child-centered early bilingual education curricula. The team conducted a series of classroom demonstrations, teaching observations, and focused group discussions and presented theoretical lectures to supplement and support the learning objectives of the workshop. Changes in teachers’ understanding of the learning materials and perspectives on educational approaches were measured using pre- and posttest surveys with multiple-choice, Likert-type scale, and open-ended responses. Results showed in... |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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