Introduction to our research, framing constructs, and purposes (Chapter 1 from Affirming the Rights of Emergent Bilingual and Multilingual Children and Families: Interweaving Research and Practice through the Reggio Emilia Approach)

Introduction to our research, framing constructs, and purposes (Chapter 1 from Affirming the Rights of Emergent Bilingual and Multilingual Children and Families: Interweaving Research and Practice through the Reggio Emilia Approach)

Editor

Brenda Fyfe, Yim Lam Lee-Johnson, Juana Reyes, Geralyn (Gigi) Schroeder Yu

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The co-editors present an introduction to key concepts and constructs that guided the writing and research discussed in this book. The book focuses on distinctive features of the Reggio Emilia philosophy that are particularly suited to support language and social development of emergent bilingual and multilingual learners and their families, in particular the theory of the hundred languages, a concept that gives value and dignity to all the verbal and non-verbal languages of children and adults; a pedagogy of listening and relationship; learning as an individual and group construction; shared research between adults and children; observation, documentation, and interpretation of children’s individual and group strategies and processes to inform the planning and design of long-term investigations; participation of families and communities; and ongoing professional development of educators. The multiple authors in this edited book advocate for having a transformative lens that values the linguistic and cultural repertoires of learners who speak different languages at home other than at school. Their intent is to inform and provoke conversation among educators, families, and the community about how early education can affirm the rights of minoritized emergent bi- and multilinguals and by doing so, ensure the rights of all emergent language learners.

ISBN

9781032267340

Publication Date

7-6-2023

Publisher

Routledge

City

Abingdon, UK

Disciplines

Bilingual, Multilingual, and Multicultural Education | Early Childhood Education

Introduction to our research, framing constructs, and purposes (Chapter 1 from Affirming the Rights of Emergent Bilingual and Multilingual Children and Families: Interweaving Research and Practice through the Reggio Emilia Approach)

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