Improving Latino children's early language and literacy development: key features of early childhood education within family literacy programmes
| Autor: | Youngok Jung, Carollee Howes, Heather E. Quick, Alison Hauser, Hyun-Joo Jeon, Stephen A. Zuniga, Karen Manship, Deborah Parrish |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Early childhood education
Social Psychology Socioemotional selectivity theory media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences 050301 education Key features Pediatrics Literacy Developmental psychology Literacy development Family literacy Developmental and Educational Psychology 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Psychology 0503 education Early language At-risk students 050104 developmental & child psychology media_common |
| Zdroj: | Early Child Development and Care. 186:845-862 |
| ISSN: | 1476-8275 0300-4430 |
| Popis: | Noting the lack of research on how early childhood education (ECE) programmes within family literacy programmes influence Latino children's early language and literacy development, this study examined key features of ECE programmes, specifically teacher–child interactions and child engagement in language and literacy activities and how these features relate to Latino children's early language and literacy development. Participants were 181 Latino children (3–5 years old) from low-income families enrolled in 22 ECE programmes within family literacy programmes. Teacher–child interactions were of medium quality on socioemotional support and low quality on instructional quality. Latino children spent about 20% of their day engaged in language and literacy activities. Multilevel regression analysis results showed that the length of Latino children's engagement in language and literacy activities in ECE programmes was more strongly related to their English oral language skills and alphabet knowledge than the qu... |
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