CEDEP Seminar “Supporting Young Children’s Language Development in Childcare and Early Childhood Education”
Details
| Type | Lecture |
|---|---|
| Intended for | General public / Companies / University students / Academic and Administrative Staff |
| Date(s) | July 25, 2024 17:00 — 18:30 |
| Location | Online |
| Capacity | 1000 people |
| Entrance Fee | No charge |
| Registration Method | Advance registration required
Simultaneous interpretation available, Free of charge, Advance registration required (first 1,000 applicants) Please register from this page. https://www.cedep.p.u-tokyo.ac.jp/eventlisting/symposium/20240725seminar/ |
| Registration Period | July 11, 2024 — July 25, 2024 |
| Contact | Please contact us from this page. https://www.cedep.p.u-tokyo.ac.jp/eventlisting/symposium/20240725seminar/ |
CEDEP Seminar “Supporting Young Children’s Language Development in Childcare and Early Childhood Education”
Co-sponsored by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S) research project “Longitudinal Study on the Quality of Childcare and Child Development: Toward the Construction of a Quality Assurance and Improvement System”The Center for Early Childhood Development, Education, and Policy Research (CEDEP) is collaborating with Professor Lynn Ang and the early years team at University College London, Institute of Education (UCL IOE) to examine effective practices to support the language development of children who speak different languages from their home languages in childcare and early childhood education settings. In this seminar, we will briefly introduce the joint research and discuss how to support young childrens' language development in childcare and early childhood education settings.
Program
[Moderator] Sachiko Nozawa (CEDEP Associate Professor)[Introduction of the joint research project]
Addressing the Global Challenge of Educational Inequality: Supporting Children’s Early Learning and Language Development in Culturally Diverse Contexts
Yu Ishii (CEDEP Assistant Professor)
[Introduction of the lecturer] Mikiko Tabu (Professor emeritus, Seitoku University)
[Lecture] Supporting young children’s early language development and interactions in early childhood education and care settings
*Prof. Lynn Ang (Professor of Early Childhood Education UCL Institute of Education Pro-Director and Vice-Dean Research)
[Concluding comments] Sachiko Asai (Professor, CEDEP Vice President)
*Professor Lynn Ang is Professor of Early Childhood Education at the Institute of Education, University College London. Her research has focused on conceptualizing children's learning and education, and the social, cultural, policy, and macropolitical environments that mediate and shape children's experiences from early childhood through primary education. She has a rich knowledge of early childhood curriculum, diversity and equity, international early childhood policy (particularly ECEC in Southeast Asia and the Asia-Pacific region), and evaluation methodologies. For more information, please visit:
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/people/academics/qa-lynn-ang
