ERIC Number: EJ738658
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004
Pages: 31
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Citizenship for All in the Literate Community: An Ethnography of Young Children with Significant Disabilities in Inclusive Early Childhood Settings
Kliewer, Christopher; Fitzgerald, Linda May; Meyer-Mork, Jodi; Hartman, Patresa; English-Sand, Pat; Raschke, Donna
Harvard Educational Review, v74 n4 p373-403 Win 2004
In this study, Christopher Kliewer, Linda Fitzgerald, Jodi Meyer-Mork, Patresa Hartman, Pat English-Sand, and Donna Raschke use ethnographic methods to explore literacy development in young children considered to have significant disabilities. The study settings included nine preschool and kindergarten classrooms across five programs, all of which involved children with and without disabilities learning side-by-side. Over the course of two school years, the authors observed teachers emphasizing children's narratives, and in so doing effectively fostering the citizenship of all children in the literate communities of the classrooms under study. The authors describe several themes that appeared in their data related to fostering effective literacy development in children historically segregated from rich curricular opportunities. In this effort, defining literacy as making meaning and interpreting children with disabilities as competent meaning-makers was foremost. (Contains 11 notes.)
Descriptors: Kindergarten, Disabilities, Ethnography, Citizenship, Preschool Children, Inclusive Schools, Early Childhood Education, Emergent Literacy, Classroom Techniques
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Kindergarten; Preschool Education
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Language: English
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