Ecological Perspectives in Early Language Education - Parent, Teacher, Peer, and Child Agency in Interaction

This book presents ecological perspectives towards early language education that conceptualise the phenomenon of interactions between child language-based agency, teachers', peers' and parents' agencies, furthering insights into the lives of young children growing up in multilingual homes.

List of contents

Introduction: Ecological perspectives in early language education: Parent, teacher, peer, and child agency in interaction
Chapter 1. Major theoretical perspectives
Chapter 2. Contextual diversity in early language education
Chapter 3. Parents' agency in interaction with children and teachers
Chapter 4. Teachers' agency
Chapter 5. Child's language-based agency in interactions in preschool environment
Chapter 6. Language-conducive context
Concluding remarks and the way forward

About the author

Mila Schwartz is professor in language and education, and head of research authority, Oranim Academic College of Education, Israel.

Product details

• Authors: Schwartz Mila
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 27.06.2025
• EAN: 9781032194851
• ISBN: 978-1-032-19485-1
• No. of pages: 272
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, Raster,schwarz-weiss, Zeichnungen, schwarz-weiss, Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Series: Routledge Research in Language Education
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; EDUCATION / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Sociolinguistics, Language acquisition, Bilingualism & multilingualism, Pre-school & kindergarten, Pre-school and kindergarten, Bilingualism and multilingualism, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Elementary