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The Impact of Preschool on Teaching and Learning in Hawaiian Families
Author(s) -
LEVIN PAULA
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
anthropology and education quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1548-1492
pISSN - 0161-7761
DOI - 10.1525/aeq.1992.23.1.05x1104l
Subject(s) - scripting language , literacy , developmental psychology , emergent literacy , psychology , teaching method , pedagogy , family literacy , early childhood education , sociology , mathematics education , computer science , operating system
This article discusses what happens to teaching and learning in the homes of low‐income Hawaiian families when children attend preschool. Parents develop two distinct scripts for their preschool children's learning: one for learning skills that are used in the home (chores) and another for skills that parents believe prepare children for success in school. The development of these two scripts in the same setting complicates the management of adult‐child relations within Hawaiian families, as well as inhibits the acquisition of literacy skills at home.