From language policy to educational practices: early multilingual education in Luxembourg; Kirsch, Claudine ![]() Poster (2021, August 17) Detailed reference viewed: 85 (1 UL) Developing multiliteracies in early years education in LuxembourgKirsch, Claudine ; Aleksic, Gabrijela ![]() Poster (2021, August 17) Detailed reference viewed: 130 (0 UL) Covid-Kids II. Survey for children aged 6 to 16 about their experiences during the Covid-19 pandemicKirsch, Claudine ; ; et alE-print/Working paper (2021) Detailed reference viewed: 169 (8 UL) Multilingual children - today & tomorrowKirsch, Claudine ![]() Speeches/Talks (2021) What does it mean to be bilingual? Does one need to be competent in two or more languages? Are bilinguals more prone to speech disorders and less likely to have Alzheimer? Do parents and teachers need to ... [more ▼] What does it mean to be bilingual? Does one need to be competent in two or more languages? Are bilinguals more prone to speech disorders and less likely to have Alzheimer? Do parents and teachers need to strictly separate languages for children to learn? What are multilingual/ translanguaging pedagogies and to what extent can they promote multilingualism at school? Join us to find out and discuss! [less ▲] Detailed reference viewed: 235 (2 UL) Practitioners’ language-supporting strategies in multilingual ECE institutions in LuxembourgKirsch, Claudine ![]() in European Early Childhood Education Research Journal (2021), 29(3), Multilingual education is mandatory in early childhood education in several European countries. Scholars working in first, second, and foreign language learning have shown the effectiveness of interaction ... [more ▼] Multilingual education is mandatory in early childhood education in several European countries. Scholars working in first, second, and foreign language learning have shown the effectiveness of interaction-promoting and language-modelling strategies for language development. In addition, teachers in bilingual contexts have been translanguaging to foster language learning. To this day, few research studies have examined these strategies in combination and their deployment in multilingual contexts. The present study takes place in multilingual Luxembourg where 64% of the four-year-olds do not speak Luxembourgish. It focuses on three practitioners who took part in a professional development course on multilingual pedagogies and presents their language-supporting strategies as well as their translanguaging practices. The findings show that the practitioners use a range of strategies in Luxembourgish, French and home languages, in daily conversations, routines and language and literacy activities to address children’s linguistic needs. [less ▲] Detailed reference viewed: 132 (5 UL) Practices and experiences of distant education during the COVID-19 pandemic: The perspectives of six- to sixteen-year-olds from three high-income countriesKirsch, Claudine ; Engel de Abreu, Pascale ; et alin International Journal of Educational Research Open (2021), 2(2), 11 The paper explores children’s perspectives of distance education, their learning experiences and school satisfac- tion in Luxembourg, Germany and Switzerland during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic ... [more ▼] The paper explores children’s perspectives of distance education, their learning experiences and school satisfac- tion in Luxembourg, Germany and Switzerland during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. The data stem from an online questionnaire completed by 1773 primary and secondary school children aged 6–16. While the paper uses quantitative and qualitative data, it aligns with the qualitative research tradition and predominantly uses an inductive approach. The findings show that teachers offered varied types of distance education and that parents supported children. The children’s contact time with teachers and their time spent on schoolwork var- ied within and between countries. Their school satisfaction dropped in the three countries. The paper calls for training and development on distant education. [less ▲] Detailed reference viewed: 225 (18 UL) Présentation des résultats de l’étude COVID - KIDS menée par l’Université du Luxembourg et UNICEF LuxembourgKirsch, Claudine ; Engel de Abreu, Pascale ![]() Presentation (2021, May 05) Detailed reference viewed: 90 (0 UL) Multilingual practices and literacies in Luxembourg: perspectives from teachers, parents and childrenKirsch, Claudine ; Aleksic, Gabrijela ; Bebić, Džoen Dominique et alScientific Conference (2021, April 21) Detailed reference viewed: 206 (4 UL) Multilingual education in early years in Luxembourg: a paradigm shift?Kirsch, Claudine ; Aleksic, Gabrijela ![]() in International Journal of Multilingualism (2021) This paper is based in Luxembourg where a multilingual programme has been implemented in early childhood education in 2017. The research project examines the language use in daily communication and ... [more ▼] This paper is based in Luxembourg where a multilingual programme has been implemented in early childhood education in 2017. The research project examines the language use in daily communication and literacy activities of educators and parents in day care centres, as reported by educators in two online-questionnaires. The findings show that the educators and parents use multiple languages when communicating, singing and reading with children in the centres. In addition to French and Luxembourgish which dominate, they use five other languages. Their reported multilingual practice reflects their beliefs that speaking and reading in several languages promotes language learning. However, while the programme is multilingual, a range of home languages are marginalised. The educators produce a language hierarchy in the centres which the parents reproduce. While collaboration with parents can be effective in bringing home languages into day care centres, educators need to be aware of language hierarchies and ideologies. [less ▲] Detailed reference viewed: 210 (7 UL) Table Ronde «Zesumme mat de Kanner duerch Corono-Zaiten»Kirsch, Claudine ; Engel de Abreu, Pascale ![]() Scientific Conference (2021, March 30) Detailed reference viewed: 120 (0 UL) Die Pädagogik des Translanguaging: Möglichkeiten und Herausforderungen. Keynote.Kirsch, Claudine ![]() Scientific Conference (2021, March 20) Detailed reference viewed: 268 (1 UL) Die Pädagogik des Translanguaging: Möglichkeiten und HerausforderungenKirsch, Claudine ![]() Scientific Conference (2021, March 20) Detailed reference viewed: 195 (3 UL) Die Pädagogik des Translanguaging: Weitere Beispiele und Handlungsanweisungen in Vorschulen und Klassen 1 und 2. Workshop.Kirsch, Claudine ![]() Scientific Conference (2021, March 20) Detailed reference viewed: 276 (0 UL) Trois films du projet COVID-Kids : 1. Écoutez les enfants et les adolescents ; 2. La peur de tomber malade ;3. Expériences avec le travail scolaire à la maisonKirsch, Claudine ; Engel de Abreu, Pascale ; et alLearning material (2021) COVID-Kids Le projet COVID-Kids vise à explorer le bien-être des enfants et leurs expériences quotidiennes pendant la pandémie de Coronavirus entre mai et juillet 2020. Film 1 Écoutez les enfants et les ... [more ▼] COVID-Kids Le projet COVID-Kids vise à explorer le bien-être des enfants et leurs expériences quotidiennes pendant la pandémie de Coronavirus entre mai et juillet 2020. Film 1 Écoutez les enfants et les adolescents Ce premier épisode présente le projet COVID-Kids ainsi que quelques constations clés. Il montre quatre enfants ayant vécu des expériences différentes durant la pandémie. Tandis que certains ont trouvé stressant ou ennuyeux le fait d'être à la maison, d'autres ont apprécié le temps passé en famille. L'objectif du projet COVID-Kids est d'explorer le bien-être des enfants et leurs expériences quotidiennes pendant la pandémie de Coronavirus entre mai et juillet 2020. Film 2 La peur de tomber malade Quatre enfants parlent de la peur de tomber malade. Alors que deux n'avaient pas peur, un enfant craignait qu'un membre de sa famille tombe malade et un autre s'est fait gronder par des adultes parce qu'ils pensaient qu'il s'était trop rapproché. D’autres résultats du projet sont présentés. L'objectif du projet COVID-Kids est d'explorer le bien-être des enfants et leurs expériences quotidiennes pendant la pandémie de Coronavirus entre mai et juillet 2020. Film 3 Expériences avec le travail scolaire à la maison Ce dernier film présente quelques prédicteurs du bien-être des enfants liés au travail scolaire pendant la pandémie : la quantité, la difficulté et le contenu des devoirs. Les expériences des enfants ont varié et tout le monde ne s'en est pas bien sorti. L'objectif du projet COVID-Kids est d'explorer le bien-être des enfants et leurs expériences quotidiennes pendant la pandémie de Coronavirus entre mai et juillet 2020. [less ▲] Detailed reference viewed: 105 (1 UL) Three movies of the project COVID-Kids: 1. Listen to children and young people; 2. The fear of getting ill; 3. Home schooling experiencesKirsch, Claudine ; Engel de Abreu, Pascale ; et alLearning material (2021) COVID-Kids The aim of the project COVID-Kids is to explore children’s well-being and stay-at-home experiences during the Coronavirus pandemic in May-July 2020 Episode 1 Listen to children and young people ... [more ▼] COVID-Kids The aim of the project COVID-Kids is to explore children’s well-being and stay-at-home experiences during the Coronavirus pandemic in May-July 2020 Episode 1 Listen to children and young people This first episode introduces the project COVID-Kids and some of its findings. It features four children who had different experiences during the pandemic. While some children found it stressful or boring to be at home, others enjoyed the quality time with their family. The aim of the project COVID-Kids is to explore children’s well-being and stay-at-home experiences during the Coronavirus pandemic in May-July 2020 Episode 2 The fear of getting ill Four children speak about the fear of getting ill. While two were not afraid, one child was worried that a family member fell ill and another one experienced adults shouting at him because they believed he had come too close. Further results of the project are presented. The aim of the project COVID-Kids is to explore children’s well-being and stay-at-home experiences during the Coronavirus pandemic in May-July 2020 Episode 3 Home schooling experiences This final movie presents some predictors of children’s well-being related to home schooling: the quantity, difficulty andjavascript:$('next-but').click(); content of homework. The children’s experiences varied and not everybody coped well. The aim of the project COVID-Kids is to explore children’s well-being and stay-at-home experiences during the Coronavirus pandemic in May-July 2020 [less ▲] Detailed reference viewed: 115 (0 UL) Fünf Filme des Projekts COVID-Kids: 1 Hört den Kindern und Jugendlichen zu; 2. Die Angst krank zu werden; 3. Erfahrungen mit der Schule zu HauseKirsch, Claudine ; Engel de Abreu, Pascale ; et alLearning material (2021) COVID-Kids Das Ziel des Projekts COVID-Kids ist es, das Wohlbefinden und die täglichen Erfahrungen der Kinder während der Coronavirus-Pandemie im Mai-Juli 2020 zu erforschen. Film 1 Hört den Kindern und ... [more ▼] COVID-Kids Das Ziel des Projekts COVID-Kids ist es, das Wohlbefinden und die täglichen Erfahrungen der Kinder während der Coronavirus-Pandemie im Mai-Juli 2020 zu erforschen. Film 1 Hört den Kindern und Jugendlichen zu Dieser erste Film stellt das Projekt COVID-Kids sowie einige Ergebnisse vor. Es zeigt vier Kinder, die unterschiedliche Erfahrungen in der Pandemie machten. Während einige Kinder die Zeit zu Hause stressig oder langweilig fanden, genossen andere die schöne Zeit mit der Familie. Das Ziel des Projekts COVID-Kids ist es, das Wohlbefinden und die täglichen Erfahrungen der Kinder während der Coronavirus-Pandemie im Mai-Juli 2020 zu erforschen. Film 2 Die Angst krank zu werden Vier Kinder sprechen über die Angst, krank zu werden. Während zwei keine Angst hatten, war ein Kind besorgt, dass ein Familienmitglied krank wird und ein anderes erlebte, wie Erwachsene meckerten, weil sie glaubten, es sei zu nahegekommen. Weitere Ergebnisse des Projekts werden vorgestellt. Das Ziel des Projekts COVID-Kids ist es, das Wohlbefinden und die täglichen Erfahrungen der Kinder während der Coronavirus-Pandemie im Mai-Juli 2020 zu erforschen. Film 3 Erfahrungen mit der Schule zu Hause In diesem letzten Film werden einige Prädiktoren für das Wohlbefinden der Kinder im Zusammenhang mit dem Unterricht zu Hause vorgestellt: die Menge, der Schwierigkeitsgrad und der Inhalt der Schulaufgaben. Die Erfahrungen der Kinder waren unterschiedlich und nicht alle kamen gut damit zurecht. Das Ziel des Projekts COVID-Kids ist es, das Wohlbefinden und die täglichen Erfahrungen der Kinder während der Coronavirus-Pandemie im Mai-Juli 2020 zu erforschen. [less ▲] Detailed reference viewed: 129 (0 UL)![]() Promoting multilingualism and multiliteracies through storytelling: a case-study on the use of the app iTEO in preschools in LuxembourgKirsch, Claudine ![]() in Lindgren, Eva; Breuer, Ester; Stavans, anat (Eds.) et al Multilingual Literacy (2021) Detailed reference viewed: 401 (37 UL) Und was ist mit den Kindern? COVID-Kids: Daten der COVID-Kids I Studie aus der SchweizKirsch, Claudine ![]() Scientific Conference (2021, January 18) Detailed reference viewed: 121 (3 UL) Bien-être subjectif et expériences quotidiennes des enfants de 6 à 16 ans pendant la première vague de la pandémie COVID-19 au Luxembourg un rapport du projet COVID-KidsKirsch, Claudine ; Engel de Abreu, Pascale ; et alReport (2021) Detailed reference viewed: 247 (24 UL) Collaboration between home and crèches: perspectives, experiences and expectations of educators in LuxembourgKirsch, Claudine ; Aleksic, Gabrijela ![]() Scientific Conference (2021) Multiliteracies in early childhood education are promoted by researchers in multilingual education (García et al., 2017) and the European Commission. One way in which educators in crèches can develop ... [more ▼] Multiliteracies in early childhood education are promoted by researchers in multilingual education (García et al., 2017) and the European Commission. One way in which educators in crèches can develop literacies in multiple languages is through collaboration with parents. Collaboration has been shown to positively influence educators, parents, and children. Educators, for instance, become aware of children’s funds of knowledge and draw on the learners’ resources and make their teaching more linguistically and culturally inclusive (Wells Rowe & Miller, 2016). While collaboration can be highly effective, the establishment of partnerships is difficult. Successful partnerships depend on several factors, among them the professionals’ beliefs, experiences, expectations, as well as space and time (Lengyel & Salem, 2016; Reynolds et al., 2017). Collaboration has been a focus of attention in Luxembourg since the introduction of multilingual education in formal and non-formal early childhood institutions. Since 2017 teachers in schools and educators in crèches are required to develop children’s skills in Luxembourgish, familiarise them with French, and value their home languages. Partnerships with parents is one pillar of this programme. A previous study has shown that educators are beginning to develop such partnerships (Kirsch 2019). The longitudinal project Collaboration with parents and Multiliteracy in early Childhood Education (COMPARE) uses a mixed-method approach to examine the multiliteracy practices as well as partnership building between parents and educators in crèches in Luxembourg. In this paper we present the perspectives of educators on partnership building and multiliteracy. The data stem from two online questionnaires completed by educators in 2020. We examine the practitioners’ perspectives on collaboration (Betz et al. 2017), modes and types of partnerships (e.g. Thiersch, 2006), types and frequency of collaborative activities in multiple languages (e.g. Hachfeld et al., 2016), and factors influencing collaboration (e.g. Reynolds et al., 2017). The data show that the declared practices are multilingual and that parents come to the crèche to do literacy activities in languages other than the main one(s) of the crèches. However, new language hierarchies are being developed. The findings demonstrate that educators and parents are actors in shaping new policies while also pointing to some arising inequalities. [less ▲] Detailed reference viewed: 120 (1 UL) |
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