 | Janette Pelletier phone: (416) 934-4506 email: jpelletier@oise.utoronto.ca Departments: Applied Psychology and Human Development Dr. Eric Jackman Institute of Child Study | |
|
Research Overview Dr. Pelletier research interests are in the area of early child development and education. She has been examining models of full-day early learning for kindergarten, child care and parent support programs in Toronto First Duty and in the Region of Peel. A related research area is the role of parent involvement and family literacy in children's learning in kindergarten and primary classes. Her interest in cognitive development concerns young children's developing understanding of print communication through writing and drawing. She is also interested in how childrens' developing metacognitive awareness relates to story comprehension and to home literacy practices. Toronto First Duty policy research describes the design, implementation and evaluation of an innovative integrated approach to kindergarten, child care and parenting supports in school -as-hub model. Ontario's Best Start research in the Region of Peel examines how schools, municipalities and community and agencies come together to provide opimtal early learning and care. In applied practice, she is a former elementary classroom teacher in English and French immersion contexts and a former school psychologist. Her research is carried out in and applies directly to kindergarten and primary classrooms. She is also engaged in program and policy research in the area of early learning and care. Research Projects/Activities: ·Ontario Best Start Peel integrated full-day early learning Toronto First Duty: See http://www.toronto.ca/firstduty integrated full-day early learning Toronto First Duty: See http://www.toronto.ca/firstduty ·Promoting Family Literacy in Diverse Canadian Contexts ·Young Children’s Theories about Print ·Kindergarten Children’s Drawings ·School Readiness for Diverse Families ·Toronto First Duty: See http://www.toronto.ca/firstduty> Teaching Overview Dr. Pelletier teaches graduate courses in the MA program in Child Study and Education, geared to professional preparation of educators. She also teaches courses in Developmental Psychology and Education, geared to understanding early child development and applications to learning. Her specialty courses include: HDP1211: Early Development & Education [see: http://hdap.oise.utoronto.ca/jpelletier/hdp1211.doc] HDP2210: Introduction to Curriculum: Kindergarten [see: http://hdap.oise.utoronto.ca/jpelletier/hdp2210.doc] Professional Activities Janette Pelletier teaches graduate courses in the MA program in Child Study and Education, geared to professional preparation of educators. She also teaches courses in Developmental Psychology and Education, geared to understanding early child development and applications to learning. Dr. Pelletier’s current research projects include: longitudinal studies of school-based family literacy interventions for diverse populations; Ontario’s Best Start early learning initiative; a case study of Toronto First Duty’s integrated full-day early learning including kindergarten, child care and parent-child centres; and kindergarten parenting and child care services; and kindergarten children children’s writing, drawing and metacognitive development. Representative Publications
Pelletier, J., Doyle, A., & Hipfner-Boucher, K. (2010 in press). Family Literacy in Action: A Guide for Literacy Program Facilitators. Toronto, ON: Scholastic Education.
Pelletier, J. (2010 in press). New directions in integrated early childhood services in school-as hub models: Lessons from Toronto First Duty and Peel Best Start. To appear in N. Howe and L. Prochner (Eds.), New Directions in Early Childhood Care and Education in Canada. Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press.
Harper, S., Platt, A., & Pelletier, J. (2010 in press). The effect of a family literacy intervention on the early reading development of English Language Learners. Early Education and Development.
Janmohamed, Z., & Pelletier, J. (2010 in press). Implementing early learning programs in Ontario schools: Lessons from Toronto First Duty and Peel Best Start. Ontario Principal’s Council Register. Toronto, Ontario.
Arimura, T., Corter, C., Pelletier, J., Janmohamed, Z., Patel, S., & Ioannone, P. (2010 in press). Schools as integrated hubs for young children and families: A Canadian Experiment in Community Readiness: The Toronto First Duty Project. In D. Laverick & M. Jalongo (Eds.), Transitions to care and early education. Springer Science.
Corter, C., & Pelletier, J. (2009). Toronto First Duty Phase 2 Final Report. Toronto, ON: Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. http://www.toronto.ca/firstduty/reports.htm
|
||
|
||||||
|
||||||
|
||||||
|
|
||||||