Comparison of preschoolers' narratives, the classroom book environment, and teacher attitudes toward literacy practices in Korea and the United States

Author(s): Lee, Young-Ja; Lee, Jeehyun; Han, Myae; Schickedanz, Judith A.
Date Issued: March, 2011
Description: A comparison between American and South Korean preschoolers' personal narrative maturity levels, imagination levels in fictional narratives, classroom fiction and non-fiction book environments, and their teachers' attitudes toward early language and literacy curricula and practices, based on interviews with a total of 70 3- and 4-year-olds and their teachers at a university lab preschool in each country
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Journal Title: Early Education and Development
Volume Number: 22
Issue Number: 2
Page Range: 234-255
Topics: Children & Child Development > Child Development & School Readiness > Early Literacy

International Child Care & Early Education > Cross-National Comparisons

Programs, Interventions & Curricula > Interventions/Curricula > Early Literacy
Country: South Korea, United States
ISSN: 1040-9289 Paper
1556-6935 Online
Peer Reviewed: yes
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