Zhijun Zheng
Biographic Data
| ID | 5889719 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Zhijun Zheng |
| GIVEN NAMES | Zhijun |
| FAMILY NAME | Zheng |
| SIGNATURE | ZHENG Z |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Canberra |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7731-5412 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Supporting Mature-Aged Early Childhood Students’ Online Learning in Australian Higher Education
In early childhood initial teacher education, a growing number of mature-aged students with diploma qualifications and years of professional experience are undertaking their early childhood teacher degrees through online modes. Given the national staff shortage of early childhood teachers and the important role of higher education in professional development, it is crucial to support these students’ success in their online learning. Drawing on th…
Conceptualising Multilingual Infants’ Language Learning in Ecec Through a New Ecobehavioural Model
As the number of multilingual children attending early childhood settings continues to grow, there has been an increasing focus on how to support their language learning experiences in early childhood education and care (ECEC) settings. This article proposes an ecobehavioural model for supporting multilingual infants’ language development in ECEC settings, which is inspired by and builds on Vygotsky’s cultural–historical approach, Bronfenbrenner’…
Examining the position of multilingualism in Australian national early childhood education curriculum through a language-as-resource lens
The position of multilingualism and home languages in the national early childhood education curriculum impacts how educators enact supporting multilingualism in everyday practices. This study conducts a critical discourse analysis on the status of multilingualism in the Australian national early childhood education curriculum, which is the Early Years Learning Framework for Australia, and the other policy documents through a multilingualism-as-r…
Teachers’ Beliefs About Multilingualism in Early Childhood Education Settings
There is an increasing number of multilingual children attending early childhood education and care (ECEC) settings around the world. Early childhood teachers play a crucial role in supporting these multilingual young children. As teachers’ teaching practices are directed by their beliefs, it is significant to understand early childhood teachers’ beliefs about multilingualism in the existing literature in order to better support multilingual chil…
What Factors are Associated with Young Children’s Language Learning Environment? A Systematic Review of Language Environment Analysis (Lena) Measures
Translanguaging practices in infant rooms
Many bilingual infants attend early childhood education centres (ECEC) with their monolingual peers. However, recent evidence reveals that bilingual infants vocalise significantly less than monolingual infants in ECEC settings (Zheng et al. 2023) [Effects of Multilingualism on Australian Infants' Language Environments in Early Childhood Education Centers. Infant Behavior and Development, 70, 101799.], suggesting that educators may need to provide…
Supporting multilingual development in early childhood education
A new proposal for Min subgrouping based on a maximum-parsimony algorithm for generating phylogenetic trees
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A new proposal for Min subgrouping based on a maximum-parsimony algorithm for generating phylogenetic trees
Supporting multilingual development in early childhood education
Translanguaging practices in infant rooms
Many bilingual infants attend early childhood education centres (ECEC) with their monolingual peers. However, recent evidence reveals that bilingual infants vocalise significantly less than monolingual infants in ECEC settings (Zheng et al. 2023) [Effects of Multilingualism on Australian Infants' Language Environments in Early Childhood Education Centers. Infant Behavior and Development, 70, 101799.], suggesting that educators may need to provide…
Teachers’ Beliefs About Multilingualism in Early Childhood Education Settings
There is an increasing number of multilingual children attending early childhood education and care (ECEC) settings around the world. Early childhood teachers play a crucial role in supporting these multilingual young children. As teachers’ teaching practices are directed by their beliefs, it is significant to understand early childhood teachers’ beliefs about multilingualism in the existing literature in order to better support multilingual chil…
What Factors are Associated with Young Children’s Language Learning Environment? A Systematic Review of Language Environment Analysis (Lena) Measures
Supporting Mature-Aged Early Childhood Students’ Online Learning in Australian Higher Education
In early childhood initial teacher education, a growing number of mature-aged students with diploma qualifications and years of professional experience are undertaking their early childhood teacher degrees through online modes. Given the national staff shortage of early childhood teachers and the important role of higher education in professional development, it is crucial to support these students’ success in their online learning. Drawing on th…
Conceptualising Multilingual Infants’ Language Learning in Ecec Through a New Ecobehavioural Model
As the number of multilingual children attending early childhood settings continues to grow, there has been an increasing focus on how to support their language learning experiences in early childhood education and care (ECEC) settings. This article proposes an ecobehavioural model for supporting multilingual infants’ language development in ECEC settings, which is inspired by and builds on Vygotsky’s cultural–historical approach, Bronfenbrenner’…
Examining the position of multilingualism in Australian national early childhood education curriculum through a language-as-resource lens
The position of multilingualism and home languages in the national early childhood education curriculum impacts how educators enact supporting multilingualism in everyday practices. This study conducts a critical discourse analysis on the status of multilingualism in the Australian national early childhood education curriculum, which is the Early Years Learning Framework for Australia, and the other policy documents through a multilingualism-as-r…
Early childhood education (6 works) · Multilingualism (5 works) · Early childhood (4 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (4 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · Language development (3 works) · Language Development and Disorders (3 works) · Pedagogy (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Language acquisition (2 works)