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

该奖项支持为期9天的国际计划访问，旨在开发一个关于父母参与和母语识字在发展幼儿认知技能方面的作用的合作两国研究计划。四名美国研究人员和两名研究生将前往墨西哥梅里达，与梅西科国立大学的伊斯梅尔·M·梅博士合作。这次计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，以及(B)母语识字作为发展不同社区的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，那里的母语是濒危语言尤卡特玛雅语。作为这次计划访问的主要成果，美国和墨西哥的研究人员打算制定一项建议，举办一次研讨会，分享公立学校玛雅语言融合的研究和实践，加强保护和记录尤卡泰克玛雅语言的研究计划，并就新项目和下一步交换意见。该奖项由行为和认知科学部(BCS)和国际科学与工程学办公室(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).