Comparison of preschoolers' narratives, the classroom book environment, and teacher attitudes toward literacy practices in Korea and the United States

Description:

A comparison between American and South Korean preschoolers' personal narrative maturity levels, imagination levels in fictional narratives, classroom fiction and non-fiction book environments, and their teachers' attitudes toward early language and literacy curricula and practices, based on interviews with a total of 70 3- and 4-year-olds and their teachers at a university lab preschool in each country

Resource Type:

Reports & Papers

Author(s):

Lee Young-Ja; Lee Jeehyun; Han Myae; Schickedanz Judith A.

Country:

United States; South Korea

Date Issued:

March, 2011

Journal Title:

Early Education and Development

Volume Number:

Issue Number:

Page Range:

234-255

Topics:

6. Programs, Interventions & Curricula > 6.2. Interventions/Curricula > 6.2.9. Early Literacy

13. International Child Care & Early Education > 13.2. Cross-National Comparisons

1. Children & Child Development > 1.2. Child Development & School Readiness > 1.2.6. Early Literacy

ISSN:

1040-9289

Paper

1556-6935

Online

Peer Reviewed:

Yes

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