NDLI: Educators’ Perspectives on Instructional Conversations in Preschool Settings

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Goh, Siang Sin Yamauchi, Lois A. Ratliffe, Katherine T.
Copyright Year	2012
Abstract	Although conversations have been identified as an important means to promote young learners’ language development, preschool children often have limited opportunities to be involved in complex conversations. This study examined preschool adaptations of Instructional Conversation, a small group discussion between teachers and children in which prior knowledge is integrated with new information to build higher understandings. As Instructional Conversation was originally developed for use with older children, this study investigated preschool educators’ perceptions of the strategy and about how it could be applied to young learners. Participants included 14 educators at a university-based preschool who worked with children ages 2 to 5 years-old. Data sources included participant observations and focus-group interviews. For the latter, educators were interviewed after watching video recordings of teachers at their school conversing with children. Results indicated that the teachers understood the strategy and suggested specific criteria for adapting its use with young children. They suggested that Instructional Conversation for preschoolers needs to include both verbal and nonverbal forms of communication. The educators also believed that the goals of the conversations should include social, personal, and cognitive development, and that teachers can use the strategy to build relationships with children. An existing rubric to measure the use of Instructional Conversation with school-aged children was modified to meet these developmental expectations.
Starting Page	305
Ending Page	314
Page Count	10
File Format	PDF
ISSN	10823301
Journal	Early Childhood Education Journal
Volume Number	40
Issue Number	5
e-ISSN	15731707
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2012-03-22
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Preschool Early childhood Instruction Classroom discourse Language development Oral language Sociology Sociology of Education Learning & Instruction Education (general)
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Education Developmental and Educational Psychology

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1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
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