{"id":1135,"date":"2025-06-20T09:51:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T13:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ecinstitute\/?page_id=1135"},"modified":"2026-08-21T13:01:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T17:01:48","slug":"exploring-teachers-childhood-literacy-experiences-and-perspectives-on-teaching-young-bilingual-children","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ecinstitute\/programs\/exploring-teachers-childhood-literacy-experiences-and-perspectives-on-teaching-young-bilingual-children\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #397885;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">What is Exploring Teachers\u2019 Childhood Literacy Experiences and Perspectives on Teaching Young Bilingual Children?\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"border: none; border-top: 5px solid #E8EDED; width: 100%; margin: 12px 0 30px; padding: 0;\" \/>\n<p>It is\u00a0a study that seeks to examine how PK\u20133 teachers\u2019 lived experiences of immigration inform their instructional practices and pedagogical approaches in supporting young Spanish-speaking bilingual children. It aims to identify the strategies employed by teachers of Latin American descent to facilitate language and literacy development, foster cultural responsiveness, and promote the emotional well-being of their students. Specifically, the study focuses on gaining a nuanced understanding of these educators\u2019 childhood literacy experiences and their instructional methodologies.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #b48a00;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">Meet the team\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #397885;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Project PI\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"border: none; border-top: 5px solid #E8EDED; width: 100%; margin: 12px 0 30px; padding: 0;\" \/>\n<p><span>\n\t<div class=\"profile-listing\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ecinstitute\/profile\/dina-castro\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"150\" height=\"146\" src=\"\/ecinstitute\/files\/2021\/10\/DCastro-photo-2025-636x618.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Dina Castro<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">Director<\/p>\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div><!--\/.profile-listing-->\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span style=\"color: #397885;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Project Co-PI<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr style=\"border: none; border-top: 5px solid #E8EDED; width: 100%; margin: 12px 0 30px; padding: 0;\" \/>\n\n\t<div class=\"profile-listing\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"advanced\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<li class=\"has-title\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ecinstitute\/profile\/milagros-calderon-moya\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<figure><img width=\"145\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/ecinstitute\/files\/2025\/06\/Milagros-Calderon-Moya-May-25-613x636.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t\t<p class=\"profile-name\">Milagros Calderon Moya<\/p>\n\t\t<p class=\"profile-title\">Bahamdan Early Career Research Scientist<\/p>\t<\/a>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div><!--\/.profile-listing-->\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is Exploring Teachers\u2019 Childhood Literacy Experiences and Perspectives on Teaching Young Bilingual Children?\u00a0 It is\u00a0a study that seeks to examine how PK\u20133 teachers\u2019 lived experiences of immigration inform their instructional practices and pedagogical approaches in supporting young Spanish-speaking bilingual children. It aims to identify the strategies employed by teachers of Latin American descent to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19837,"featured_media":0,"parent":1519,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/no-sidebars.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ecinstitute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1135"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ecinstitute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ecinstitute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ecinstitute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19837"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ecinstitute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1135"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ecinstitute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1135\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1733,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ecinstitute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1135\/revisions\/1733"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ecinstitute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/ecinstitute\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}