Early Childhood Education for Ethnic Minorities in Hong Kong: Parent Experience and Policy Support

서지정보

ㆍ발행기관 : 환태평양유아교육연구학회 ㆍ수록지정보 : Asia-Pacific journal of research in early childhood education / 5권 / 1호
ㆍ저자명 : Brenda Ellen Lisenby

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Literature Review
Method
Results
Discussion
Conclusion
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한국어 초록

Although the language needs of ethnic minorities in the Hong Kong primary andsecondary education sectors have been addressed, the needs of language diverse preprimarystudents have not. Nine parents of South Asian ethnicity were interviewed regardingtheir experience of pre-primary education in Hong Kong. Sixteen Hong Kongeducation documents were examined using a simple analysis technique of countingthe number of times a word or phrase related to early childhood education or ethnicminorities appeared. Interview results indicated that families from ethnic minoritybackgrounds face significant challenges because of language. Few documents regardingthe provision of pre-primary education to ethnic minority children and no policiesto support Chinese language acquisition exist. To keep up with international developmentsin early childhood education and facilitate integration and/or inclusion of ethnicminorities into society, the Hong Kong education system should review its policiesand provide support for language diverse children from the earliest years.

영어 초록

Although the language needs of ethnic minorities in the Hong Kong primary and
secondary education sectors have been addressed, the needs of language diverse preprimary
students have not. Nine parents of South Asian ethnicity were interviewed regarding
their experience of pre-primary education in Hong Kong. Sixteen Hong Kong
education documents were examined using a simple analysis technique of counting
the number of times a word or phrase related to early childhood education or ethnic
minorities appeared. Interview results indicated that families from ethnic minority
backgrounds face significant challenges because of language. Few documents regarding
the provision of pre-primary education to ethnic minority children and no policies
to support Chinese language acquisition exist. To keep up with international developments
in early childhood education and facilitate integration and/or inclusion of ethnic
minorities into society, the Hong Kong education system should review its policies
and provide support for language diverse children from the earliest years.

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