How Discrimination Impacts Children from Immigrant Families in the Early Years
Many children from immigrant families experience discrimination in school during their early, impressionable years.
This report describes how discrimination in the early years can affect a child’s development, outlines the types of discrimination that young children of immigrants may experience, and concludes with recommendations that focus on training teachers, building relationships between schools and immigrant communities, and encouraging more varied, culturally sensitive learning experiences.
What factors influence how well an immigrant family functions?
Moving to a new country is a significant event in a child’s life. It is important to have a good understanding of the factors — both in the host society and in the immigrant family — that create opportunities, benefits, and difficulties in the development of immigrant children.
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How does culture shape child development?
Culture shapes experiences and influences children’s development. This topic aims to show how child development and culture are connected, how these influences manifest themselves, and the effects of cultural differences on children of immigrant families.
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Why some children do well despite early adversity: Resilience Video Series
Reducing the effects of significant adversity on young children’s healthy development is critical to the progress and prosperity of any society. Yet not all children experience lasting harm as a result of adverse early experiences. Some may demonstrate “resilience,” or an adaptive response to serious hardship. A better understanding of why some children do well despite early adversity is important because it can help us design policies and programs that help more children reach their full potential.
These three videos provide an overview of why resilience matters, how it develops, and how to strengthen it in children.
Childcare Canada Resource and Research Unit
The Childcare Resource and Research Unit is an early childhood education and child care (ECEC) policy research institute with a mandate to further ECEC policy and programs in Canada.
Here, you'll find online documents, information on policy, research and more...
Enhancing Learning of Children From Diverse Language Backgrounds: Mother Tongue-Based Bilingual or Multilingual Education in the Early Years
This literature review was commissioned by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Education Sector, and discusses mother tongue based bilingual or multilingual education for children starting in early childhood. The report is meant to inform policy-makers and raise awareness of the value of maintaining the world’s languages and cultures by promoting and resourcing mother tongue-based education for young children.
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Culturally Responsive Instruction: Listening to Children
LEARNing Landscapes is an open access, peer-reviewed, online education journal supported by LEARN (Leading English Education and Resource Network).
This issue includes an insightful article on Culturally Responsive Instruction. Culturally Responsive Instruction aims to promote the academic success of young children of diverse backgrounds and close the achievement gap that typically exists between these children and their mainstream peers.
Bilingualism in Young Children: Separating Fact from Fiction
Our world is becoming increasingly multilingual. This means that many children are being raised as bilinguals. Sometimes bilingualism is a necessity, as a child’s parents may not be fluent in the majority (dominant) language spoken in the community, but sometimes bilingualism is a choice.
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Let the children learn through play
Twenty years ago, kids in preschool, kindergarten and even first and second grade spent much of their time playing. Increasingly, these activities are being abandoned for the teacher-led, didactic instruction typically used in higher grades. A growing group of scientists, education researchers and educators say this might be slowing emotional and cognitive development, causing unnecessary stress and perhaps even souring kids’ desire to learn.
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Enhancing Children’s Emotional Development
Children who are taught to identify, express, and cope positively with their feelings develop useful life skills. Find out ten ways that educators can enhance children's emotional development
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