Promoting Emergent Literacy Development on Early Childhood: a Case Study in Indonesian Families

DOI

10.2991/icece-16.2017.12How to use a DOI?

Keywords

case study, early childhood, emergent literacy skills, family environment, mothers' involvement

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to describe the experience of Indonesian's families which living in suburban area in promoting the emergent literacy skills for their children. The participants of this study consisted of 51 mothers and 51 students of kindergarten, which were their children. This research was conducted by a case study approached. Data were collected through mothers' questionnaire, initial literacy skills assessment for the children, and interview with the mothers. The findings showed that families, especially mothers performed activities of local nurturing practices that promote acquiring in emergent literacy skills to their children. In addition, result indicated a necessity to obtain emergent literacy education for the mothers.

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© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Tri Puji Astuti
AU  - Anita Listiara
AU  - Jati Ariati
PY  - 2016/11
DA  - 2016/11
TI  - Promoting Emergent Literacy Development on Early Childhood: a Case Study in Indonesian Families
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Early Childhood Education (ICECE 2016)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 69
EP  - 74
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/icece-16.2017.12
DO  - 10.2991/icece-16.2017.12
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