Children''s Talk in Communities and Classrooms

Informationen zum Autor The author is Professor of Human Development at the Pennsylvania State Univesity. Klappentext Almost all young children around the world come to formal schooling eager to learn even though this new educational milieu will challenge their intellectual! social! and emotional development. These children often come from a variety of cultural! ethnic! and economic backgrounds that create important differences among them at school entry. These differences have often been used as an excuse by educators for the poor performance of some of these children as they face the demands of school learning. This book traces the transition of a group of poor African-American children in semi-rural North Carolina! who! because of ethnicity and economic circumstances! were at risk for a poor transition to school. Half these children were part of an intensive early daycare intervention program to prepare them for formal schooling and half were not. Through an examination of talk and interviews within their home community and with teachers and peers in the classroom! a portrait is painted of the transition to school of these children and their families. Zusammenfassung Traces the transition of a group of poor African-American children in semi-rural North Carolina! who! because of ethnicity and economic circumstances! were at risk for a poor transition to school. This book aims to provide an understanding of how the culture of the classroom may contribute to children's learning and perception about school. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series Editor's Preface. Preface. Acknowledgments. Introduction. Preface. 1. Poverty! Language! and Early Intervention. 2. The Communities! Families! and Schools. 3. The Carolina Abecedarian Intervention Project. 4. Language Use Out of School. 5. Learning in Small Groups: The Core of the Curriculum. 6. Tutorial Interaction Between Teacher and Child. 7. The Effects of the Intervention on School-Related Skills. 8. Success for all Children in School. References. Index. ...

Product details

• Authors: Vernon-Feagans, L Vernon-Feagans, Lynne Vernon-Feagans
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.10.1996
• EAN: 9781557864833
• ISBN: 978-1-55786-483-3
• No. of pages: 262
• Series: Understanding Children's Worlds; Understanding Children's World; Understanding Children's Worlds; Understanding Children's World
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology