Publicação
Literacy practices in Portuguese kindergartens and children's conceptualisations about written language
| Resumo: | Our aim is to characterise the relationships between the quality of literacy practices in Portuguese kindergartens and the development of children's conceptualisations about written language. The participants were 18 kindergarten teachers and their 4 and 5-year-old pupils (146 children). Literacy practices were evaluated using direct observation. Children's knowledge about the functional uses of written language, letters' names and invented spelling were evaluated. The teachers were divided into two groups, depending on their literacy practices. The results revealed that there were significant differences between the evolutions of the 2 groups of children concerning written language. |
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| Autores principais: | Santos, Ana Isabel |
| Outros Autores: | Martins, Margarida Alves |
| Assunto: | Literacy Practices Written Language Preschool Children Conceptualisations |
| Ano: | 2011 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso restrito |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade dos Açores |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | Repositório da Universidade dos Açores |
| Resumo: | Our aim is to characterise the relationships between the quality of literacy practices in Portuguese kindergartens and the development of children's conceptualisations about written language. The participants were 18 kindergarten teachers and their 4 and 5-year-old pupils (146 children). Literacy practices were evaluated using direct observation. Children's knowledge about the functional uses of written language, letters' names and invented spelling were evaluated. The teachers were divided into two groups, depending on their literacy practices. The results revealed that there were significant differences between the evolutions of the 2 groups of children concerning written language. |
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