2020
DOI: 10.1080/19313152.2020.1730023
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Developing multilingual practices in early childhood education through professional development in Luxembourg

Abstract: This paper investigates seven early education practitioners' attitudes towards multilingual activities and translanguaging as well as their actual practices in Luxembourg. They took part in a professional development comprising a course, coaching, and regular meetings to deepen their understanding of multilingualism and language learning, and enable them to implement activities in multiple languages. The findings, drawn from questionnaires, observations, and interviews, show that all practitioners opened up to… Show more

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“…PD is a collaborative approach for better results by the employees of any organization and the opportunities linked with that organization. Mentoring, technical support, consultation, counselling, guidance and supervision and learning lessons are some of many ways of approaching PD (Kirsch, Aleksić, Mortini, & Andersen, 2020).…”
Section: Indonesian Journal On Learning and Advanced Educationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…PD is a collaborative approach for better results by the employees of any organization and the opportunities linked with that organization. Mentoring, technical support, consultation, counselling, guidance and supervision and learning lessons are some of many ways of approaching PD (Kirsch, Aleksić, Mortini, & Andersen, 2020).…”
Section: Indonesian Journal On Learning and Advanced Educationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In each of these models, the practitioners take on more or less active roles. PD is more likely to lead to sustainable change if the approach is collaborative, inquiry-based, and performance-based and encourages reflection (Kirsch and Aleksić 2018;Kirsch et al 2020;Peeters et al 2014).…”
Section: The Role Of Professional Development In Early Multilingual Ementioning
confidence: 99%
“…The topics covered included perspectives on multilingualism, theories of language learning, pedagogical principles, literacy activities around books, songs and rhymes, as well as language-supportive strategies. Furthermore, the practitioners and the researchers discussed activities which they had video-recorded in the institutions (Kirsch et al 2020).…”
Section: New Projects Developing Multilingual Practices Through the Pmentioning
confidence: 99%
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