Abstract
This chapter adopts a cultural perspective to report on a study of teaching and learning early Chinese literacy for young children in one Hong Kong kindergarten. Instead of viewing literacy education as a neutral and standardised cultural process across Chinese speaking communities, I draw on a Sinophone perspective and post-colonialism to investigate how the linguistic dissonance and cultural hybridity of Hong Kong influences teaching practices in one local kindergarten. Copyright © 2017 Springer Science+Business Media Singapore.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Contemporary issues and challenge in early childhood education in the Asia-pacific region |
| Editors | Minyi LI , Jillian L. FOX , Susan GRIESHABER |
| Place of Publication | Singapore |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Pages | 83-102 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9789811022050, 9789811022074 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2017 |
Citation
Tam, P. C. (2017). A Hong Kong version of early Chinese literacy education: A Sinophone perspective. In M. Li, J. Fox, & S. Grieshaber (Eds.), Contemporary issues and challenge in early childhood education in the Asia-pacific region (pp. 83-102). Singapore: Springer.Keywords
- Early childhood education
- Chinese character
- Literacy event
- Traditional Chinese culture
- Write Chinese
