The Ethics of Preschool Intervention: Project Enrichment of Childhood, Bourke, N.S.W

In: Australian journal of social issues: AJSI, Band 9, Heft 1, S. 29-34

Abstract

The present paper examines the question of intervention in the learning process of disadvantaged children by presenting a description of programmes and results from the experimental preschool at Bourke, N.S.W. The preschool attempts to provide the children with a choice of linguistic codes by teaching them the characteristics of elaborated formal English. The programme does not replace the restricted code but builds on it. Results are presented which indicate that a highly structured programme is most effective in accomplishing this goal. The problems associated with the research project and attempts to solve these difficulties are also discussed.