Intergenerational Learning between Children and Grandparents in East London

Autor/inn/en	Kenner, Charmian; Ruby, Mahera; Jessel, John; Gregory, Eve; Arju, Tahera
Titel	Intergenerational Learning between Children and Grandparents in East London
Quelle	In: Journal of Early Childhood Research, 5 (2007) 3, S.219-243 (25 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1476-718X
DOI	10.1177/1476718X07080471
Schlagwörter	Intergenerational Programs; Grandparents; Monolingualism; Sociocultural Patterns; Children; Parents as Teachers; Indo European Languages; English; Contrastive Linguistics; Cultural Awareness; Mutual Intelligibility; Interviews; Ethnography; Foreign Countries; United Kingdom (London) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Großeltern; Soziokulturelle Theorie; Child; Kind; Kinder; Indoeuropäisch; English language; Englisch; Linguistics; Kontrastive Linguistik; Cultural identity; Kulturelle Identität; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Ethnografie; Ausland
Abstract	This study investigates the learning exchange between three- to six-year-old children and their grandparents, in Sylheti/Bengali-speaking families of Bangladeshi origin and monolingual English-speaking families living in east London. The following concepts from sociocultural theory are applied to this new area of intergenerational learning: "scaffolding", "synergy" leading to mutual benefits for the young child and their caregiver, "syncretizing" of knowledge from different sources, "funds of knowledge" within communities, and the transmission of knowledge or "prolepsis" between generations. Methods include an initial survey at a primary school to establish the range of learning activities taking place at home between grandparents and children, followed by case studies of nine families through interviews, video-recording and scrapbooks. Qualitative analysis of the data reveals how learning interactions are co-constructed by children and grandparents within a relationship of mutuality in which touch is a particularly significant mode of communication. The intergenerational exchange develops concepts and skills that complement children's school learning, and involves cultural continuity as well as change. (Contains 3 figures, 2 tables, and 1 note.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10