dc.contributor.author | Bergroth, Mari | |
dc.contributor.author | Hansell, Katri | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-07-15T07:51:42Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-07-15T07:51:42Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Bergroth, Mari; Hansell, Katri (2020). Language-aware operational culture : Developing in-service training for early childhood education and care. Apples : Journal of Applied Language Studies, 14 (1), 85-102. DOI: 10.17011/apples/ urn.202006043978 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/71177 | |
dc.description.abstract | This study examines how practitioners of minority-medium Early Childhood
Education and Care (ECEC) in Finland reflect on language awareness (LA) in their
professional learning communities (PLCs). The study is conducted within in-service
training for ECEC practitioners and it also highlights how these practitioner
reflections can be of use and support developing future in-service training within
the action research framework. The data include nine group discussions on a
reflection task, with 41 primary participants and 165 secondary participants from
each primary participant’s respective PLC. As a starting point, the researchertrainers identified six language-policy themes on LA in national policy documents.
These were presented for practitioners, who then discussed them both in their
respective PLCs and within the in-service training. The in-service discussions were
audio-recorded and transcribed for qualitative-content analysis. During the analysis,
the focus was on the dynamics of minority-majority positions, with the following
themes emerging: i) Language contacts; ii) bilingual children and multi-layered
identity; and iii) developing multilingual pedagogies. The results showed that the same
insights often were treated both as strengths and weaknesses, and that a need exists
for support so that practitioners can implement language-aware educational policy
into their operational cultures. | fi |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | Centre for Applied Language Studies, University of Jyväskylä | |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Apples : Journal of Applied Language Studies | |
dc.rights | CC BY 4.0 | |
dc.subject.other | language awareness | fi |
dc.subject.other | professional learning | fi |
dc.subject.other | early childhood education and care | fi |
dc.subject.other | educational language policy | fi |
dc.subject.other | operational culture | fi |
dc.title | Language-aware operational culture : Developing in-service training for early childhood education and care | |
dc.type | article | |
dc.identifier.urn | URN:NBN:fi:jyu-202007155335 | |
dc.type.uri | http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle | |
dc.description.reviewstatus | peerReviewed | |
dc.format.pagerange | 85-102 | |
dc.relation.issn | 1457-9863 | |
dc.relation.numberinseries | 1 | |
dc.relation.volume | 14 | |
dc.type.version | publishedVersion | |
dc.rights.copyright | © 2020: The authors | |
dc.rights.accesslevel | openAccess | |
dc.format.content | fulltext | |
dc.rights.url | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
dc.relation.doi | 10.17011/apples/urn.202006043978 | |