US Mexico Planning Visit to develop Project Tulaaklo'one'ex - TODOS: July 2010, Merida, Mexico.

该奖项支持为期九天的国际规划访问，旨在开发一个关于父母参与和母语素养在幼儿认知技能发展中的作用的合作性两国研究计划。 四名美国研究人员和两名研究生将前往墨西哥的梅里达，与伊斯梅尔·M. 5月，梅西科国立自治大学-梅里达。 规划访问的目标是制定一个研究框架，涉及：（a）母亲和大家庭成员在幼儿学习母语方面所发挥的作用;（B）母语扫盲作为发展不同社区K-6学生认知技能的可行工具的潜力。 该项目将重点关注墨西哥尤卡坦/坎佩切地区的儿童、家庭和学校，那里的母语是尤卡坦玛雅语，这是一种濒危语言。 作为规划访问的主要成果，美国和墨西哥的研究人员打算制定一个研讨会的建议，以分享关于玛雅语言在公立学校整合的研究和实践，加强研究计划，以保护和记录尤卡坦玛雅语言，并就新项目和下一步交换意见。 该奖项由行为与认知科学部（BCS）和国际科学与工程办公室（OISE）共同支持。

This award supports a nine-day International Planning Visit aimed at developing a collaborative bi-national research program on the role of parental engagement and native language literacy in developing cognitive skills in young children. Four U.S. researchers and two graduate students will travel to Mérida, Mexico, to work with Dr. Ismael M. May of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México - Mérida. The goal of the planning visit is to develop a research framework related to (a) the role played by mothers and extended family members in young childrens acquisition of their native language, and (b) the potential for native language literacy as a viable vehicle for the development of cognitive skills in K-6 students in diverse communities. The project will focus on children, families, and schools located in the Yucatan/Campeche region of Mexico where the native language is Yucatec Mayan, an endangered language. As primary outcomes of the planning visit, the U.S. and Mexican researchers intend to develop a proposal for a workshop to share research and practice on Mayan language integration in public schools, strengthen research initiatives to preserve and document the Yucatec Mayan language, and exchange ideas on new projects and next steps. This award is being jointly supported by the Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences (BCS) and the Office of International Science and Engineering (OISE).