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Children’s Multilingual Literacy

Fostering Childhood Literacy in Home and Community Settings

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Authors:
  1. Pauline Harris

    1. University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia

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  2. Cynthia Brock

    1. University of Wyoming, Laramie, USA

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  3. Elspeth McInnes

    1. University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia

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  4. Bec Neill

    1. University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia

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  5. Alexandra Diamond

    1. University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia

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  6. Jenni Carter

    1. University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia

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  7. Ufemia Camaitoga

    1. Lautoka, Fiji

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  8. Meresiana Krishna

    1. Valelevu, Fiji

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  9. Eleni Giannakis

    1. University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia

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  • Incorporates a wealth of data, including photographs
  • Presents case studies to illustrate key concepts and processes throughout the book
  • Includes samples of the multimodal and multilingual texts children co-created with their families and researchers

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Introduction – In Children’s Words

    • Pauline Harris, Cynthia Brock, Elspeth McInnes, Bec Neill, Alexandra Diamond, Jenni Carter et al.
    Pages 1-9

  3. In Fiji

    • Pauline Harris, Cynthia Brock, Elspeth McInnes, Bec Neill, Alexandra Diamond, Jenni Carter et al.
    Pages 11-39

  4. Language and Literacy Learning in Multilingual Settings

    • Pauline Harris, Cynthia Brock, Elspeth McInnes, Bec Neill, Alexandra Diamond, Jenni Carter et al.
    Pages 41-75

  5. Conceptualising Language, Literacy and Learning as Sociocultural Practices

    • Pauline Harris, Cynthia Brock, Elspeth McInnes, Bec Neill, Alexandra Diamond, Jenni Carter et al.
    Pages 77-97

  6. Conducting Research as Transformative Encounter in Cross-Cultural Collaborations

    • Pauline Harris, Cynthia Brock, Elspeth McInnes, Bec Neill, Alexandra Diamond, Jenni Carter et al.
    Pages 99-138

  7. Exploring Stakeholders’ Perspectives of Young Children’s Multilingual Literacy

    • Pauline Harris, Cynthia Brock, Elspeth McInnes, Bec Neill, Alexandra Diamond, Jenni Carter et al.
    Pages 139-168

  8. In Duavata: Collaborating with Children and Families in an Indigenous Fijian Semi-Rural Community

    • Pauline Harris, Cynthia Brock, Elspeth McInnes, Bec Neill, Alexandra Diamond, Jenni Carter et al.
    Pages 169-208

  9. In Dovubaravi: Collaborating with Children and Families in an Indo-Fijian Rural Community

    • Pauline Harris, Cynthia Brock, Elspeth McInnes, Bec Neill, Alexandra Diamond, Jenni Carter et al.
    Pages 209-242

  10. In Wavu: Collaborating with Children and Families in a Culturally Diverse Community in an Urban Setting

    • Pauline Harris, Cynthia Brock, Elspeth McInnes, Bec Neill, Alexandra Diamond, Jenni Carter et al.
    Pages 243-268

  11. Fostering Children’s Multilingual Literacy in Home and Community Settings

    • Pauline Harris, Cynthia Brock, Elspeth McInnes, Bec Neill, Alexandra Diamond, Jenni Carter et al.
    Pages 269-303

  12. On Effective Community Capacity Development and Sustainability

    • Pauline Harris, Cynthia Brock, Elspeth McInnes, Bec Neill, Alexandra Diamond, Jenni Carter et al.
    Pages 305-323
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About this book

This book offers a comprehensive report on a three-year, cross-cultural, critical participatory action research study, conducted in children’s homes and communities in Fiji. This project contributed to building sustainable local capacity in communities without access to early childhood services, so as to promote preschool children’s literacy development in their home languages and English. The book includes rich descriptions of the young children’s lived, multilingual literacy practices in their home and community contexts. This work advances research-based practices for fostering young children’s multilingual literacy and building community capacity in a post-colonial Pasifika context; further, it shares valuable insights into processes and complexities that are inherent to multiliteracy and cross-cultural research.

Reviews

“The book … contain useful black-and-white photographs to illustrate the research. … It is a user-friendly guide for counsellors, academics, researchers, students and teachers interested in multilingual literacy in children. Written in plain English, it is easy to understand, which increases its usefulness and applicability, also making it a valuable guide for parents. It will help to promote understanding of literacy and development of community approaches to supporting and fostering young children’s multilingual literacy at home and in the community.” (Nico Irawan, Pratiwi Retnaningdyah and Ali Mustofa, International Review of Education, Vol. 67, 2021)

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia

    Pauline Harris, Elspeth McInnes, Bec Neill, Alexandra Diamond, Jenni Carter, Eleni Giannakis

  • University of Wyoming, Laramie, USA

    Cynthia Brock

  • Lautoka, Fiji

    Ufemia Camaitoga

  • Valelevu, Fiji

    Meresiana Krishna

About the authors

Professor Pauline Harris holds the Chair of Early Childhood Research at the Education Futures Unit, University of South Australia. She is an active leader and researcher in the field of Educational and Social Inclusion. 
Professor Cynthia Brock holds the Wyoming Excellence in Higher Education Endowed Chair of Literacy Education at the University of Wyoming. Her research interests include literacy learning opportunities for children with diverse backgrounds.

Dr Elspeth McInnes is an Associate Professor of Sociology in Education at the Education Futures Unit, University of South Australia. Her research focuses on young children’s wellbeing and development in families and education services.

Dr Bec Neill teaches across the child protection and digital technologies curricula at the Education Futures Unit, University of South Australia and has a professional background and degree in Information Systems. 

Alexandra Diamond is a Lecturer in Early Childhood Development at the Education Futures Unit, University of South Australia. Her PhD study focuses on very young children’s language socialisation in a rural Indo-Fijian community.

Dr Jenni Carter is a Lecturer in English and Literacy, and a researcher on Educational and Social Inclusion, at the Education Futures Unit, University of South Australia. Her current research is concerned with arts-based approaches to literacy.

Ufemia Camaitoga is an Early Childhood Education Consultant and National President of the Fiji Early Childhood Teachers Association. She is actively engaged in forging early childhood partnerships across organisations and people.  

Meresiana Krishna has worked as an early childhood educator in diverse settings in Fiji and with governmental and non-governmental agencies, faith-based organisations, and the Fiji Early Childhood Teachers Association.

Dr Eleni Giannakis has served as Research Assistant to the de Lissa Chair at the University of South Australia. She has expertise in children’s citizenship and Indigenous literacies practices.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Children’s Multilingual Literacy

  • Book Subtitle: Fostering Childhood Literacy in Home and Community Settings

  • Authors: Pauline Harris, Cynthia Brock, Elspeth McInnes, Bec Neill, Alexandra Diamond, Jenni Carter, Ufemia Camaitoga, Meresiana Krishna, … Eleni Giannakis

  • Series Title: International Perspectives on Early Childhood Education and Development

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6587-8

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-6586-1Published: 23 October 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-6589-2Published: 24 October 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-6587-8Published: 22 October 2020

  • Series ISSN: 2468-8746

  • Series E-ISSN: 2468-8754

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 323

  • Number of Illustrations: 65 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Early Childhood Education, Research Methods in Education, Sociology of Education, Multilingualism

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