Kathleen Peets
Associate Director, Academic Leadership
Associate Professor
Faculty of Community Services
School of Early Childhood Studies
Toronto, Ontario
kpeets@torontomu.ca
Office:
(416) 979-5000 ext. 7646
Expert In
Bilingualism
Children from diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds
Children with language impairment
Children with language-based learning difficulties
Language development and early literacy
Listening and reading comprehension
Oral storytelling and relationship to text-based literacy
Theme: Health and wellbeing
Bio/Research
My training has been largely multidisciplinary, with a background in linguistics (BA, York University) developmental psychology and education within a cross-cultural model (EdM, EdD, Harvard University). As a result, my work is focused on the development of language and its relationship to early ...
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Bio/Research
My training has been largely multidisciplinary, with a background in linguistics (BA, York University) developmental psychology and education within a cross-cultural model (EdM, EdD, Harvard University). As a result, my work is focused on the development of language and its relationship to early literacy, and my work is rooted in both sociocultural and social interactionist theoretical frameworks. My work is in collaboration with many people in the Toronto Metropolitan University community and beyond, and is fueled very much by the contributions of many undergraduate and graduate student research assistants. For the last several years I have been collaborating with a community partner based in Canada and Nigeria, Early Childhood Development Initiative, led by Patrica Falope (leading policy innovation in Nigeria and a graduate of our Master’s program).
Currently Ms. Falope and I are engaged in data analysis for our SSHRC-funded project looking at the implementation of play-based learning in collaboration with local educators in Nigeria. Our work integrates children’s, teachers’ and parents’ perspectives as we look at aspects of language, literacy and cognitive development through play-based curricula. Next steps in this program of research are to bring insights gained from Nigerian perspectives and findings to the West African diaspora here in Toronto, and gain their perspectives on current practices in early learning for their children.
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Currently Ms. Falope and I are engaged in data analysis for our SSHRC-funded project looking at the implementation of play-based learning in collaboration with local educators in Nigeria. Our work integrates children’s, teachers’ and parents’ perspectives as we look at aspects of language, literacy and cognitive development through play-based curricula. Next steps in this program of research are to bring insights gained from Nigerian perspectives and findings to the West African diaspora here in Toronto, and gain their perspectives on current practices in early learning for their children.
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