ERIC Number: EJ1413083
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 11
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ISSN: ISSN-1479-0718
EISSN: EISSN-1747-7530
Globalising Early Childhood Education (GECE)
International Journal of Multilingualism, v21 n1 p548-558 2024
The overall interest in the present paper is equal early childhood education (ECE) in terms of educating multilingually. Instead of monoglossic bilingual education directed to some children, or monoglossic monolingual education directed to children despite language background, education for recognising and creating multilingual practices for all children is reasoned in terms of "global early childhood education" (GECE). The reasoning is grounded on a sociocultural understanding of learning, research on holistic multilingual education and the concept of play-responsive teaching. In the paper, a framework with principles for GECE -- ECE characterised by multifaceted language ecology -- is put forward. The principles concerning (i) conditions, (ii) learning contents and (iii) teaching tools are formulated to provide premises for and to be evolved through empirical research. The paper contributes to the contemporary challenge of implementing multilingual teaching approaches. Legitimising multilingual teaching in practice is considered a question for research in collaboration with teachers and professional development.
Descriptors: Global Approach, Early Childhood Education, Multilingualism, Sociocultural Patterns, Play, Activities, Young Children, Language Minorities, Language Acquisition
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
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Language: English
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