Supporting cultural diversity with a literature project in multicultural environment

The role of parents and the home environment is paramount in conveying the first literary experience, but for children attending crèche it is the early childhood teachers’ and careers’ responsibility to select the best gems of literary culture for the daily program of the crèche, and to present them in an emotionally rich manner to allow the aesthetic experience to unfold in the course of daily activities. Good works of children’s literature have multiple layers and are enjoyable and useful also for adults. Whether read for the first or the twenty-first time, they do not disappoint (Boldizsár, 2004, p. 147). Creating early literacy experience responding children’s needs and supporting literacy skills in a multi-faceted fashion as part of the daily routine requires appropriate professional knowledge of teachers, who embrace new information. 

At the end of this module students should be able to acquire the following learning

objectives:

 - Have basic understanding of what literacy experience is, what its role in a

social and national context, and the different educational context.

 - Understand key concepts of literacy experience

 - Use concepts and theories of literacy experience to develop more effective cooperation techniques

 - Become increasingly more culturally aware and sensitive.

 - Demonstrate effective presentation skills

- Demonstrate effective and integrative team work

 - Develop a critical attitude towards the way inter and cross-cultural elements

can be used to either reinforce social cohesion