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This study investigated the ability of the English and Spanish versions of the Get Ready to Read! Screener (E-GRTR and S-GRTR) administered at the beginning of the preschool year to predict the oral language and phonological
and print processing skills of Spanish-speaking English-language learners (ELLs) and English-only speaking children (EO) at
the end of the year. The results revealed that the E-GRTR predicted the EO and ELL children’s English emergent literacy skills
and the ELL children’s Spanish emergent literacy skills, and the S-GRTR predicted the ELL children’s English and Spanish emergent
literacy skills. For both groups, the E-GRTR and the S-GRTR were better at predicting children’s print knowledge in English
and Spanish compared to the other emergent literacy measures. The findings suggest that both screeners can be used effectively
to assess preschool children’s emergent literacy skills. 相似文献
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The work in family child care is becoming increasingly more professional, moving from an image of ‘mothering’ toward one of
educare. The growing demand for expertise and competence in family child care providers can be examined in light of their
pedagogical experiences and the ways in which children engage in learning in providers’ homes. This article is based on a
phenomenological study conducted with four certified family child care providers, each with 10 or more years of experience
with a wide age range of children. Data revealed that providers foster a pedagogical relationship with children along five
dimensions of learning: children’s skills for learning, essential opportunities for learning, two forums for learning, socio-emotional
learning, and meaningful learning. The authors conclude with implications for further research. 相似文献
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This study explored the effects that the incorporation of nature of science (NoS) activities in the primary science classroom
had on children’s perceptions and understanding of science. We compared children’s ideas in four classes by inviting them
to talk, draw and write about what science meant to them: two of the classes were taught by ‘NoS’ teachers who had completed
an elective nature of science (NoS) course in the final year of their Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) degree. The ‘non-NoS’ teachers
who did not attend this course taught the other two classes. All four teachers had graduated from the same initial teacher
education institution with similar teaching grades and all had carried out the same science methods course during their B.Ed
programme. We found that children taught by the teachers who had been NoS-trained developed more elaborate notions of nature
of science, as might be expected. More importantly, their reflections on science and their science lessons evidenced a more
in-depth and sophisticated articulation of the scientific process in terms of scientists “trying their best” and “sometimes
getting it wrong” as well as “getting different answers”. Unlike children from non-NoS classes, those who had engaged in and
reflected on NoS activities talked about their own science lessons in the sense of ‘doing science’. These children also expressed
more positive attitudes about their science lessons than those from non-NoS classes. We therefore suggest that there is added value in including NoS activities in the primary science curriculum in that they seem to help children make sense of science and
the scientific process, which could lead to improved attitudes towards school science. We argue that as opposed to considering
the relevance of school science only in terms of children’s experience, relevance should include relevance to the world of
science, and NoS activities can help children to link school science to science itself. 相似文献
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Early childhood teacher educators frequently enhance their teaching by reading children’s books to their adult students. It
is not unusual for faculty outside of early childhood to question devoting precious class time to read-alouds which they may
consider a curious, if not frivolous, instructional strategy. Quality children’s literature can, however, enhance students’
experiences in the college classroom, contribute to their understanding of course content, promote their personal growth and
self-understanding, increase their appreciation for quality children’s literature, and enhance their ability to integrate
storybooks into their own teaching. Children’s books often capture a child’s point of view. They have the potential to provide
historical or cultural perspectives on children and families. They also can lead to the examination of universal truths and
can facilitate the discussion of sensitive or emotional issues A list of books with suggested uses is included. 相似文献
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This article examines the role elementary school children’s spontaneous metaphors play in learning science. The data consists
of tape recordings of about 25 h from five different schools. The material is analysed using a practical epistemology analysis
and by using Dewey’s ideas on the continuity and transformation of experience. The results show the rich and varied meanings
that children put into their spontaneous metaphors. Their metaphors deal with facts as well as norms and aesthetics in relation
to the science content taught and they influence learning both through what is made salient, as well as through their relations
to the children’s possibilities of proceeding with their undertakings. Often one and the same metaphor encompassed all these
cognitive, aesthetic and normative aspects at the same time. It is discussed how this rich meaning can be cultured in a productive
way, and how the children’s spontaneous metaphors, with all their relations, can be used to enhance conceptual learning and
also learning about the nature of metaphor use in science. Through their connection with various experiences of the children,
it is also shown how children’s spontaneous metaphors have the potential to enliven and humanise the subject. 相似文献
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Societies can examine themselves and their values through examining their literature and the way they use literature in values
education. This research investigated the values embodied in children’s literature used by early childhood teachers in Israeli
state schools. On the basis of questionnaires completed by 14 early childhood educators, and analysis of the official list
of recommended children’s books published by the Israeli Ministry of Education, the value “mutual respect and friendship”
was found to be most prominent. Structural aspects of children’s books were seen to emphasize the values the books convey. 相似文献
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Developmentally Appropriate Emergent Literacy Activities for Young Children: Adapting the Early Literacy and Learning Model 总被引:1,自引:1,他引:0
Whether it be leaping, resisting, or being gently shoved, the field of early childhood education continues moving into the
age of accountability. Young children are expected to exhibit many requisite skills prior to kindergarten. Thus, the advancement
of pre-reading and writing skills development become one of the many areas of focus for early childhood teachers. This study
focused on the advancement of young children’s emergent literacy and letter recognition skills through developmentally appropriate
instruction and need based adapted activities using the Early Literacy and Learning Model (ELLM) curriculum. The results suggest
that mindfully adapting activities to children’s needs advances children’s emergent literacy development. 相似文献
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This article describes a theory of how culture enables literary interpretations of texts. We begin with a brief overview of
the reader response field. From there, we introduce the theory and provide illustrative participant data examples. These data
examples illustrate the four cultural positions middle grade students in our research assumed when responding to salient textual
features embedded in African American children’s novels. Our theory suggests that because a range of cultural positions factors
into students’ meaning making, we should mine texts more carefully for cultural milieu as well as find acceptance with a broader
range of literary interpretations. We conclude by discussing implications for literary researchers and practitioners who study
or use multicultural children’s literature. 相似文献
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Effective use of informational texts in early elementary grade classrooms can extend and expand children’s knowledge of the
world and provide critical skills necessary for success in the information age. This article suggests several research-based
instructional activities that will enhance children’s ability to use and comprehend informational texts. 相似文献
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Trevor Owens 《Cultural Studies of Science Education》2009,4(4):929-943
One of the first places children encounter science and scientists is children’s literature. Children’s books about science
and scientists have, however, received limited scholarly attention. By exploring the history of children’s biographies of
Marie Curie and Albert Einstein, the two most written about scientist in children’s literature, this paper taps this unutilized
resource to cultivate a unique perspective on the history of gender and authority in science and science education. Through
analysis of explicit discussions of womanhood and science and implicit gendering of Curie and Einstein’s school experiences
within these books, this study demonstrates that while much has changed in how these stories are framed the gender of the
scientist is still central to how they are represented in children’s literature. 相似文献
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The purpose of the present study was to examine the predictive value of a dynamic test of English and French lexical specificity on at-risk reading classification in 13 at-risk and 44 not at-risk emerging English (L1)–French (L2) bilingual Grade 1 children (M = 75.87 months, SD = 3.18) enrolled in an early French immersion program in Canada. Lexical specificity was assessed with a computerized word learning game in which children were taught new English (e.g., “foal” and “sole”) and French (e.g., bac “bin” and bague “ring”) word pairs contrasted by minimal phonological differences. The results indicated that the dynamic test of lexical specificity in English contributed significantly to the prediction of children’s French at-risk reading status at the end of Grade 1 after controlling for French phonological awareness and nonverbal reasoning skills. However, French lexical specificity did not predict children’s reading risk classification in French after controlling for French phonological awareness. Thus, it may be feasible to identify at-risk status in emerging bilinguals using dynamic measures in their stronger language. 相似文献
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The Ministry of Education and Culture in Zimbabwe has introduced an intervention into the school curricula to complement the
already existing mechanisms in the fight against HIV/AIDS. The literature in this programme is said to be designed to develop
children’s knowledge of HIV/AIDS and to maximise both individual and community commitment to the safest protective behaviour
possible. This paper argues that despite the Ministry’s efforts there is a dearth of such literature which would depict human
relations and experiences in the context of HIV/AIDS in the corpus of Zimbabwean children’s literature in schools. It proposes
that more fiction about HIV/AIDS could effectively complement the current non-fictional texts used in most Zimbabwean schools.
This paper seeks therefore, to clarify the need for fictional narratives in which the disease plays a part since they will
provide the main context in which young children learn to cope with the realities associated with HIV/AIDS through education.
It posits that Zimbabwean children’s literature should also depict the conceptual framework within which health, human interaction
and sexuality are understood in relation to the epidemic.
Hazel Tafadzwa Ngoshi is with the department of English and Communication, Midlands State University, Zimbabwe. She teaches
Renaissance and 20th century English literature and autobiography. A holder of a Master of Arts degree in English from the
University of Zimbabwe, her research interests include children’s literature and autobiography. Currently, she is writing
a book on Zimbabwean female (auto) biographies.
Juliet Sylvia Pasi holds a Master of Arts degree in English from the University of Zimbabwe. She teaches Communication and
African literature in the department of English and Communication at the Midlands State University, Zimbabwe. Currently, she
is researching on aspects of orality in Zimbabwean children’s literature and the mediation of gender identities in African
literature. 相似文献
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This article presents the developmental continuum of children’s storytelling skills and provides examples at each of five
levels: labeling, listing, connecting, sequencing and narrating. The authors connect these developing narrative skills to
communication, literacy and cognition. Strategies to facilitate development from one level to another are described. 相似文献
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Pauline Davey Zeece 《Early Childhood Education Journal》2006,34(2):169-175
The National Reading Panel (NRP) issued a Congressional mandated report to identify key skills and methods related to the development of successful reading skills. One of the first of identified skills is phonemic awareness. This column addresses this area of reading instruction and provides suggestions for literature to be shared with young readers and listeners that support phonemic awareness. Fifteen children’s books are reviewed and recommended. 相似文献
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Eija Pakarinen Noona Kiuru Marja-Kristiina Lerkkanen Anna-Maija Poikkeus Martti Siekkinen Jari-Erik Nurmi 《European Journal of Psychology of Education - EJPE》2010,25(3):281-300
This study examined the extent to which observed teaching practices and self-reported teacher stress predict children’s learning
motivation and phonological awareness in kindergarten. The pre-reading skills of 1,268 children were measured at the beginning
of their kindergarten year. Their learning motivation and phonological awareness were assessed in the following spring. Questionnaires
measuring teacher stress were filled out by 137 kindergarten teachers. A pair of trained observers used the Classroom Assessment
Scoring System (Pianta et al. 2008) to observe 49 kindergarten teachers from the whole sample on their emotional support, classroom organization, and instructional
support. The results of multilevel modeling showed that low teacher stress and high classroom organization predicted high
learning motivation in children and that the children’s learning motivation contributed to their level of phonological awareness.
Moreover, children’s learning motivation mediated the association between teacher stress and children’s phonological awareness.
The results emphasize the importance of teachers’ pedagogical well-being and classroom organizational quality for children’s
learning motivation. 相似文献
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This article explores how children can learn about environmental sciences through place-based education and children’s literature.
Recent studies suggest that there is a lack of environmental science knowledge among citizens of all ages. Scholars and educators
recommend introducing young children to the places in which they live to create an impact on how they will view and respect
the natural world as adults. Selection and use of developmentally appropriate and scientifically accurate literature can be
an effective tool to help children understand their place in and connections to the natural world. Guidelines for selecting
place-based literature are presented using the Midwest United States as an example. Twelve children’s books are recommended
and reviewed. 相似文献
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Orla Doyle Louise McEntee Kelly A. McNamara 《European Journal of Psychology of Education - EJPE》2012,27(1):133-154
Socioeconomic inequalities in children’s skills and capabilities begin early in life and can have detrimental effects on future
success in school. The present study examined the relationships between school readiness and socioeconomic (SES) inequalities
using teacher reports of the Short Early Development Instrument (Janus et al. 2005) in a disadvantaged urban community of Ireland. It specifically examined differences in skills within a low SES community
in order to investigate the role of relative disadvantage on children’s development. SES differences across multiple domains
of school readiness were examined using Monte Carlo permutation tests and seemingly unrelated regression models. The false
discovery rate (Benjamini and Hochberg 1995) was used to control for multiple hypothesis testing. The results indicated that being from a relatively higher SES background
does not act as a protective factor for children residing in a disadvantaged community for the majority of school readiness
domains. This implies that the neighbourhood may play a role in children’s school readiness skills. These results suggest
that school readiness interventions should target all children living in disadvantaged communities as each child may be at
risk of poor school readiness. 相似文献
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Four year old children’s acquisition of print knowledge during electronic storybook reading 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
The experiment reported here explored the importance of engaging 4-year-old children’s interest in the print itself during
storybook reading. We explored the effect of computer animation of the print in order to draw the child’s attention to each
word as it was read. We also investigated the influence of illustrating that not all visual displays are readable print on
the child’s print knowledge. The measures of interest were print concept knowledge and early reading skill. Results indicated
that simply drawing children’s attention to the print during shared reading was insufficient to facilitate children’s learning
of print conventions, but this attention to print while hearing stories read did improve children’s letter reading. The child’s
active engagement with the print during shared story reading led to further improvements in written language skills, as illustrated
by gains in knowledge about print concepts. 相似文献
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This paper reports on a study in which observation, stimulated recall and semi structured interviews were used to report on
children’s knowledge and understanding of computer processes. It suggests a model for identifying stages in pupils’ understanding
of these processes with implications for how best to support and develop that understanding. This was a small scale, exploratory
case study involving data collection in two schools. The study differentiated between: simple awareness of computer processes;
immediate knowledge of how to use an item or carry out a process; ability to offer a simple explanation for a process; and
ability to offer a more sophisticated explanation and to use knowledge to solve problems. It was found that all pupils had
an awareness of basic input, output and storage devices and a reasonable level of confidence and competence in using the computer.
However, children’s knowledge tended to be confined to what they had acquired through experience. Interviews with the same
pupils over a period of time showed little development in their conceptualisation of computer processes. Some examples of
children’s common misconceptions as well as partial and appropriate conceptions are given. An implication for the classroom
is that more dialogue between teacher and pupil, or more realistically between teacher and groups of pupils, is needed so
that the teacher can ascertain prior knowledge and understanding and present accessible explanations for pupils. 相似文献
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David Billing 《Higher Education》2007,53(4):483-516
This article is a result of a completed survey of the mainly cognitive science literature on the transferability of those
skills which have been described variously as ‘core’, ‘key’, and ‘generic’. The literature reveals that those predominantly
cognitive skills which have been studied thoroughly (mainly problem solving) are transferable under certain conditions. These
conditions relate particularly to the methods and environment of the learning of these skills. Therefore, there are many implications
for the teaching of key skills in higher education, which the article draws out, following a summary of the main findings
of the research literature. Learning of principles and concepts facilitates transfer to dissimilar problems, as it creates
more flexible mental representations, whereas rote learning of facts discourages transfer. Transfer is fostered when general
principles of reasoning are taught together with self-monitoring practices and potential applications in varied contexts.
Training in reasoning and critical thinking is only effective for transfer, when abstract principles and rules are coupled
with examples. Transfer is promoted when learning takes place in a social context, which fosters generation of principles
and explanations. Transfer improves when learning is through co-operative methods, and where there is feedback on performance
with training examples. The specificity of the context in which principles are learned reduces their transfer. Transfer is
promoted if learners are shown how problems resemble each other, if they are expected to learn to do this themselves, if they
are aware of how to apply skills in different contexts, if attention is directed to the underlying goal structure of comparable
problems, if examples are varied and are accompanied by rules or principles (especially if discovered by the learners), and
if learners’ self-explanations are stimulated. Learning to use meta-cognitive strategies is especially important for transfer. 相似文献