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Systematic Literature Review: Literacy Practices In Chinese Immigrant Families, Qingning Chen
Systematic Literature Review: Literacy Practices In Chinese Immigrant Families, Qingning Chen
Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository
Family literacy is important for Chinese immigrant families who are concerned for their children's English and Chinese biliteracy development. This systematic literature review uses multiliteracies as the theoretical lens to analyze 17 studies from the ERIC database. The review aims to synthesize reported family literacy practices (including both English- and Chinese-related literacy practices) in English-dominated countries and analyze how literacy is perceived in the literature. Findings suggest that Chinese immigrant families use various materials, blended situated practices, and overt instruction as the main pedagogical approaches to support children's biliteracy development in family contexts. Most researchers and parents conceptualize literacy as …
Enhancing Cultural Awareness Policy And Pedagogy At A Bilingual Nursery School, Rola Touckly
Enhancing Cultural Awareness Policy And Pedagogy At A Bilingual Nursery School, Rola Touckly
The Dissertation-in-Practice at Western University
Globalization and migration have impacted the cultural demographics at educational settings worldwide. Families with young children relocating to new countries experience distress and a sense of cultural loss, in terms of language, beliefs, and values. Grounded in the social constructivist worldview, this organizational improvement plan proposes how to support cross-cultural kids and their families during the periods of transition and adaptation, at an international nursery school located in the Middle East. Influenced by the cross-cultural adaptation theory and a multidimensional ethical framework, the problem of practice addresses the need to develop a relevant policy and to enhance culturally responsive practices. …