Title Multicultural children in the early years : creative teaching, meaningful learning / Peter Woods, Mari Boyle, and Nick Hubbard

Published Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Taylor Group, 2020

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Description 1 online resource Series Bilingual education and bilingualism ; 16 Routledge revivals Bilingual education and bilingualism ; 16. Routledge revivals. Summary How do multicultural children and their parents experience the very beginning of their school careers? How do teachers mediate the demands of the educational system, and how do the children adapt? What kind of access to the National Curriculum is offered to multicultural children? Originally published in 1999, the authors answer these questions by drawing on two years' intensive research in three multi-ethnic institutions. They explore teachers' values and beliefs and how they attempt to put them into practice. They describe how, at times, teachers were constrained to get things done because of pressures operating on them, but at other times, taught creatively in a way particularly relevant to the children's concerns and cultures. The authors studied the children's experiences on their transition into school, and argue that they were inducted into not only a general pupil role, but also one based on an anglicised model of pupil. Opportunities for learning which children found most meaningful came notably from free play, but these became gradually more limited as they engaged with the National Curriculum. These young children were forming complex identities as they sought to respond to the varying influences operating them. Their parents saw a cultural divide opening up between home and school. Many suggestions for practice and policy are made in the course of the book and are still relevant today Notes "First published in 1999 by Multilingual Matters Ltd." Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Peter Woods, Mari Boyle and Nick Hubbard Print version record Subject Children of minorities -- Education (Early childhood) -- Great Britain -- Case studies Education, Bilingual -- Great Britain -- Case studies Multiculturalism -- Study and teaching (Early childhood) -- Great Britain -- Case studies Curriculum planning -- Great Britain -- Case studies Home and school -- Great Britain -- Case studies Educational change -- Great Britain -- Case studies Minorities -- Education -- Great Britain Bilingualism in children. Multiculturalism. Education, Primary -- Great Britain multiculturalism. EDUCATION -- General. Multiculturalism -- Study and teaching (Early childhood) Home and school Educational change Education, Bilingual Curriculum planning Children of minorities -- Education (Early childhood) Bilingualism in children Education, Primary Minorities -- Education Multiculturalism Great Britain Genre/Form Case studies Form Electronic book Author Boyle, Mari, author. Hubbard, Nick, author. ISBN 9781003008095 1003008097 9781000769678 1000769674 1000769755 9781000769715 1000769712 9781000769753

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