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Children confronting school (Skolstart)

Date: 1.4.1994-31.12.1996
Code: 2457
Department: Åbo Akademi University / Faculty of Education (PF), Dept. of Teacher Education
Address: Kyrkoesplanaden 11-13 / PB 311, FIN-65101 Vasa
Phone +358-6-3247 324
Fax +358-6-3247 302
E-mail Anna-Lena.Ostern@abo.fi
Project leader: PeD, FL Anna-Lena Östern, biträdande professor (1.4.1994-31.12.1996)
Researchers: PeL Ria Heilä-Ylikallio (1.4.1994-31.12.1996)
Type of research: 0 (0=Within duty, 1=Ordered research, 2=Co-operation)
- basic research 30 %
- applied research 30 %
- developmental work 40 %
Finnish funding organizations: Utbildningsstyrelsen, Helsingfors () FIM 50000
Man months: Totally: 56 months
Partners: Nordiskt nätverk med stöd av Nordiska ministerrådet (Skolstart i Norden); nationellt nätverk (Skolstart i Norden - Finland)
Ordered by: Utbildningsstyrelsen, Helsingfors
Contacts: Moderprojekt: Barn, språk och kommunikation; Skolstart i Norden (NMR); EU-nätverket för undervisning på minoritetsspråk; NFPF:s nätverk Barnpedagogik / Early childhoos education.
Keywords: nybörjare, tvåspråkighet, dialekt, koulutulokkaat, kaksikielisyys, murteet, skolstart, tvåspråkighet, dialekt, skriftspråk, confronting school, bilingualism, Swedish dialect, literacy,

The aim of the project is to describe the patterns in the way children confront school.Focus is on the development of oral communication skill and on emerging literacy.The project pays a special attention to children with different kinds of bilingual or dialectal background.The analysis tries to give an answer to the question whether dialect and/or bilingualism is accompanied by specific difficulties or possibilities which the teacher schould note in her teaching.

Publication(s)

28.3.1996 / 1.4.1996