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ERIC Number: EJ1251542
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Apr
Pages: 15
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ISSN: ISSN-2630-5984
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Designing and Implementing a Bilingual Early-Literacy Program in Indigenous Mexico Villages: Family, Child, and Classroom Outcomes
Justice, Laura M.; Dynia, Jaclyn M.; Hijlkema, Maria J.; Sánchez Chan, Alejandra
Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, v20 n2 p1-15 Apr 2020
Globally, there is great interest in enhancing young children's literacy development as a route to improving worldwide literacy. To contribute to this area of interest, this paper reports findings from a multi-pronged early-literacy program designed to improve the print-knowledge of young children in Yucatec Mayan villages. The school-based "Club de Lectura Solyluna" provided 16 culturally relevant bilingual (Spanish/Maya) children's books to caregivers during four workshops. The sample of 567 mothers and their preschool-aged children (n = 567) were enrolled in 28 preschool classrooms, which also received teacher trainings, children's books, and establishment of a school-based library. Outcomes were examined with respect to overall parent participation and uptake of workshop materials, features of the home-literacy environment, and children's gains in print knowledge in both Mayan and Spanish. The study findings show positive outcomes across all outcomes evaluated with the exception of growth in children's Mayan print-concepts skills. The program description and findings should be of relevance to efforts to implement early-literacy programming with indigenous villages in lower- and middle-income countries.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Mexico
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