The Children's Research Initiative -- Integrative Approaches -- CRI: The Ecology of Early Language Development

早期语言发展的生态学 在幼儿期建立熟练的沟通技能为社会和情感发展以及随后的学业成就奠定了重要基础。在儿童的家庭、文化和社区背景下出现的早期语言技能的巨大个体差异非常重要，因为它们对儿童的入学准备和随后的适应具有长期影响。 规划补助金的目标是从多学科的角度来研究早期语言发展中个体差异的原因和后果。语言的某些方面特别脆弱，特别容易受到剥夺条件的影响。几十年来，各个学科的优秀研究，包括心理学，教育学，语言学，家庭生态学，医学，遗传学，护理学以及言语和语言科学都描述了早期语言的发展。 然而，对正在出现的过程的解释必然会跨越学科界限（Chapman，2000）。每个学科使用不同的理论框架，不同的词汇，并提出不同的问题。 指导这项研究的生态和发展框架将汇集来自密歇根州立大学的16名教师学者的各个学科的观点。规划过程将（a）通过与全国著名访问学者举行会议，为这项工作建立多学科背景;（B）通过规划会议，重点是建立一个早期语言发展生态研究中心。(c)这项工作将通过研究集群整合生物学，家庭，文化和社区等领域，这些研究集群致力于完善和整合其科学，重点是评估，研究设计，抽样策略和试点研究。在规划期间，（d）将加强与密歇根州立大学其他研究机构和系以及密歇根州其他高等教育机构，特别是提供幼儿教育证书和学位的社区学院的联系。(e)一个社区论坛将从密歇根州的一个广泛的合作伙伴联盟征求有关早期语言发展的信息。(f)已经与密歇根州立大学推广部建立了传播联系，与各州儿童保育和开端网络、每个县的人类服务规划小组以及53个中级学区开展了合作。(g)与密歇根州立法机构儿童核心小组、处理社会服务、社区卫生和教育问题的州部门以及几个州一级的宣传组织建立了政策联系。(h)将组建一个国家咨询委员会和一个社区咨询委员会。 密歇根州立大学人类生态学院内的儿童、青年和家庭研究所（ICYF）拥有30年的多学科研究和推广历史，是本提案的基础。对早期语言发展生态学的研究将明确联系到密歇根州立大学10岁的多学科跨部门研究生专业化婴儿研究。它还将链接到MSU应用发展科学，认知科学和神经科学的多学科研究生培训计划。

AbstractThe Ecology of Early Language DevelopmentMarguerite Barratt Establishing proficient communication skills in early childhood provides a critical foundation for social and emotional development and for subsequent academic achievement. The vast individual differences in early language skills that emerge in the context of children's families, cultures, and communities are important because of their long-term implications for children's school readiness and subsequent adaptation. The goal of the planning grant is to bring multidisciplinary perspectives to bear on the causes and consequences of individual differences in early language development. Some aspects of language are particularly fragile, particularly vulnerable to deprived conditions. Decades of excellent research within individual disciplines, including psychology, education, linguistics, family ecology, medicine, genetics, nursing, and speech and language science have described early language development. However, the explanations of processes that are emerging necessarily cross disciplinary boundaries (Chapman, 2000). Each discipline uses different theoretical frameworks, different vocabularies, and asks different questions. The ecological and developmental framework that will guide this research will bring together the perspectives of the various disciplines of 16 faculty scholars from Michigan State University. The planning process will (a) build the multidisciplinary context for the work through sessions with nationally prominent visiting scholars and (b) through planning sessions focused on development of a Center for the Study of the Ecology of Early Language Development. (c) The effort will integrate the domains of biology, family, culture, and community through research clusters that work to refine and integrate their science, with a focus on assessments, research designs, sampling strategies, and pilot research. During the planning period, (d) linkages will be strengthened with other research institutes and departments at MSU and with other Michigan institutions of higher education, particularly community colleges that provide certificates and degrees in early childhood education. (e) A Community Forum will solicit information about early language development from a broad coalition of Michigan partners. (f) Dissemination linkages are already in place with MSU Extension, collaborations with the state networks for child care and Head Start, the human service planning groups in each county, and the 53 Intermediate School Districts. (g) Policy linkages are in place with the Michigan legislative Children's Caucus, the state departments addressing social services, community health, and education, and several state level advocacy organizations. (h) A National Advisory Committee and a Community Advisory Committee will be assembled. The Institute for Children, Youth, and Families (ICYF), within the College of Human Ecology at Michigan State University, has a 30-year history of multidisciplinary research and outreach that serves as the foundation for this proposal. The research on the ecology of early language development will explicitly link to MSU's 10-year-old multidisciplinary Interdepartmental Graduate Specialization in Infant Studies. It will also link to MSU multidisciplinary graduate training programs in applied developmental science, cognitive science and neuroscience.