%0 Journal Article
%T Interactions between children and their early childhood educators: The effect of cultural match on communication
%A Cori Williams
%A Gwendalyn Webb
%J Australasian Journal of Early Childhood
%@ 1839-5961
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1836939119841471
%X This paper describes the findings of research into childrenĄ¯s interactions with educators who were of the same or different culture from that of the children. The research investigated the effect of cultural context on the childrenĄ¯s communication and the quality of their interactions in one mainstream early childhood setting. Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal educators were video-recorded interacting with Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children in an early childhood education and care setting. The interactions between the children and their educators were categorised according to whether the culture of the educator matched that of the child (cultural match), or not (cultural non-match). The interactions were transcribed and the childrenĄ¯s communication analysed across a variety of linguistic measures. Results indicated that the childrenĄ¯s communication with their educators differed in qualitative but not quantitative measures in response to cultural match. These findings support the need for further research in this area
%K Aboriginal
%K Indigenous
%K dialect
%K communication
%K culture
%K mainstream early childhood
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1836939119841471