Reference : Developing Multilingual Pedagogies in Early Childhood: a review of the project MuLiPEC

	Document type :	Scientific congresses, symposiums and conference proceedings : Unpublished conference
	Discipline(s) :	Social & behavioral sciences, psychology : Education & instruction
	Focus Areas :	Multilingualism and Intercultural Studies
	To cite this reference:	http://hdl.handle.net/10993/41388

Title :	Developing Multilingual Pedagogies in Early Childhood: a review of the project MuLiPEC
Language :	English
Author, co-author :	Aleksic, Claudine [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Education, Culture, Cognition and Society (ECCS) >]
	Aleksic, Gabrijela [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Integrative Research Unit: Social and Individual Development (INSIDE) >]
	Mortini, Simone [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Education, Culture, Cognition and Society (ECCS) >]
	Andersen, Katja Natalie [University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education (FLSHASE) > Education, Culture, Cognition and Society (ECCS) >]
	Di Letizia, Laurence []
Publication date :	27-Nov-2019
Peer reviewed :	No
On invitation :	No
Audience :	International
Event name :	Gabrijela Aleksic
Event date :	27-1-2019
Event organizer :	University of Luxembourg
Event place (city) :	University of Luxembourg
Event country :	Luxembourg
Keywords :	[en] multilingual education ; early years ; Luxembourg
Abstract :	[en] Developing Multilingual Pedagogies in Early Childhood: a review of the project The project MuLiPEC (2016-2019) addresses the need for multilingual pedagogies in early childhood education in Luxembourg. It offered a professional development (PD) course to develop the practitioners’ knowledge and skills in relation to multilingualism and effective pedagogies as well as their practices, and analysed the effects of the PD on the practitioners and the children’s languaging. We offered a first 15-hour course to 46 practitioners from formal and non-formal education settings. Of these, seven continued during one academic year. They were coached and took part in six network meetings where we discussed their practices. To analyse the results, we drew on observations of the PD and in the research settings, video-recorded activities, and interviews. The results show that all 46 participants opened up to multilingual education and deepened their understanding of multilingualism, language development and multilingual pedagogies. Furthermore, the seven focus practitioners implemented activities in multiple languages and deployed effective language supportive strategies. Five of them developed holistic and child-centred multilingual pedagogies. This paper presents these positive findings and raises questions related to the sustainability of PD course and the need to continue the implementation of these effective pedagogies.
Funders :	Ministry of national Education, Childhood and Youth
Target :	Researchers
Permalink :	http://hdl.handle.net/10993/41388
FnR project :	FnR ; FNR9989225 > Claudine Kirsch > MuLiPEC > Developing multilingual pedagogies in Early Childhood Education > 01/05/2016 > 30/04/2019 > 2015

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