Gabrijela Aleksic
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| Faculty or Centre | Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences | ||||
| Department | Department of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences | ||||
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Université du Luxembourg Maison des Sciences Humaines 11, Porte des Sciences L-4366 Esch-sur-Alzette |
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| Campus Office | MSH, E04 25-170 | ||||
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| Telephone | (+352) 46 66 44 9679 | ||||
I obtained my degree in pedagogy at the University of Novi Sad, Serbia, and in leadership and developmental youth work at the University of Jönkoping, Sweden. As a young youth worker, I was active in war-affected areas in the former Yugoslavia by creating workshops for children. My interest in early childhood education and the critical preschool years started to develop. I obtained my Master’s degree in psychology at the University of Luxembourg, with my thesis focusing on cultural differences in empathy, self-esteem, and self-disclosure of adolescents from different countries. Cultural psychology took an important position in my research endeavors. The importance of home languages of immigrant children for their school success was the focus of my PhD thesis at the University of Luxembourg. My doctoral dissertation won the award for scientific excellence and novelty in all disciplines. I developed a particular interest in multilingualism, socioemotional skills, home literacy environment, family language policy, and early literacy and numeracy of preschool immigrant children during the course of this work. Following the award, I received an FNR grant to work as a visiting researcher at the City University of New York focusing on multilingual pedagogies and practices of young immigrant children.
My most significant publications include a meta-analysis on the effectiveness of bilingual programs in Europe for immigrant students’ school success (2015; Review of Educational Research), the book Drama of Multilingualism: Literature Review and Liberation (2021; Information Age Publications), the book for immigrant preschool children Mara’s song (2021), the book for immigrant parents Sumak (2021), and the website for teachers working with multilingual children (www.transla-program.org).
To explore the richness of topics on multilingualism in early education, I develop interdisciplinary projects in which I include preschool immigrant children and their parents and teachers. There are two projects of this kind: Home Literacy Environment and Family Language Policy of Language Minority Children in Luxembourg (HOMELY) and Translanguaging Program for Teachers Working with Language Minority Preschool Children (TRANSLA and TRANSLA-PROGRAM).
Interdisciplinarity, availability, curiosity, empathy, and intellectual flexibility are important for my work. Researching in this domain is exciting for me as I believe in discovery and sharing.
See my profile on https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5382-6637
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2022
Translanguaging pedagogy and creative activism for early education in multilingual LuxembourgScientific Conference (2022, September 07)
Translanguaging pedagogy and creative activism for preschool teachers, parents, and childrenScientific Conference (2022, July 14)
Translanguaging pedagogy and creative activism for preschool teachers, parents, and childrenScientific Conference (2022, April 18)
Drama of Multilingualism: Literature Review and LiberationBook published by Information Age Publications (2022)
Translanguaging stance of preschool teachers working with multilingual children in Luxembourg;
in International Journal of Multilingualism (2022)
Language beyond flags: Teachers misunderstanding of translanguaging in preschools;
in International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism (2022)
2021
The impact of translanguaging course on preschool teachers, parents, and childrenPresentation (2021, November 17)
A professional development course in translanguaging: Teachers, parents and children working together.Scientific Conference (2021, September 04)
A professional development course in translanguaging: Teachers’ beliefs and attitudesScientific Conference (2021, August 16)
Teacher education in translanguaging to achieve social justice?Scientific Conference (2021, April 29)
The role of LEGO in numeracy development: A case study; ;
in Xu, Shuang Shuang; Marsico, Giuseppina (Eds.) Where culture grows: Social ecology of a Chinese kindergarten (2021)
Multilingual education in early years in Luxembourg: a paradigm shift?;
in International Journal of Multilingualism (2021)
Collaboration between home and crèches: perspectives, experiences and expectations of educators in Luxembourg;
Scientific Conference (2021)
Perspectives on multilingualism and multilingual literacies from early childhood educators in Luxembourg; ; ; ;
Scientific Conference (2021, September 04)
Multilingual practices and literacies in Luxembourg: perspectives from teachers, parents and children; ; ; ;
Scientific Conference (2021, April 21)
2020
Translanguaging course for preschool teachers to disrupt inequalities;
Presentation (2020, November 12)
A professional development course in translanguaging: Teachers’ beliefs and attitudes;
Scientific Conference (2020, August)
A professional development course in translanguaging: Challenges and opportunities;
Scientific Conference (2020, April)
Developing multilingual practices in early childhood education through a professional development in Luxembourg; ; ;
in International Multilingual Research Journal (2020), 4
Collaboration with parents and multiliteracy in early childhood education; ; ; ;
Scientific Conference (2020, October 09)
2019
Developing Multilingual Pedagogies in Early Childhood: a review of the project MuLiPEC; ; ; ;
Scientific Conference (2019, November 27)
A professional development course in translanguaging: Teachers’ stance, design, and shiftsScientific Conference (2019, December 14)
Home literacy environment and family language policy of immigrant families in Luxembourg;
Scientific Conference (2019, December 18)
Teachers’ translanguaging stance, design, and shifts in a professional development course;
Scientific Conference (2019, October 28)
The Importance of Socio-Emotional Skills and Behaviour in Preschool for Later Outcomes; ;
Scientific Conference (2019, April 18)
A professional development course in translanguaging: Challenges and opportunities;
Scientific Conference (2019, November 27)
2018
Home Literacy Environment and Family Language Policy of Preschool Language Minority Children in LuxembourgPresentation (2018, June 05)
Emergent Multilinguals Learning Languages with the iPad app iTEO;
Scientific Conference (2018, June 22)
Links between socio-emotional skills, behaviour, mathematics and literacy performance of preschool children in Serbia; ; ; ;
in European Journal of Psychology of Education (2018)
The effect of Professional Development on Multilingual Education in Early Childhood in Luxembourg;
in Review of European Studies (2018), 10(4), 148-163
The influence of a professional development on teachers’ and carers’ multilingual practices in early childhood education in Luxembourg; ;
Scientific Conference (2018, November 08)
Dialog. Une publication du projet « Developing multilingual pedagogies in early childhood »; ; ;
Learning material (2018)
2017
The role of humour in intimate intercultural relationshipsin The 9th European IACPP Conference (2017, July)
2016
Family literacy programme for Portuguese preschool children in LuxembourgPresentation (2016, May 02)
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2015
A meta-analysis of the effectiveness of bilingual programs in Europe; ;
in Language, Education and Diversity Conference (2015, November)
The Importance of home language for academic achievement of language minority children; ;
in 10th International Symposium on Bilingualism (2015, May)
A meta-analysis of the effectiveness of bilingual programs in Europe; ;
Scientific Conference (2015, March)
A meta-analysis on the effectiveness of bilingual programs in Europe; ;
in Review of Educational Research (2015), 85(1), 92-128
Personalization of Virtual Coaching Applications Using Procedural Modeling; ; ; ; ; ; ;
in ICT4AgeingWell 2015 (2015, May)
2014
A meta-analysis of the effectiveness of bilingual programs in Europe; ;
in International Congress on Education, Innovation and Learning Technologies (2014, July)
A meta-analysis of the effectiveness of bilingual programs in Europe; ;
Scientific Conference (2014, June)
2013
Importance de la langue maternelle pour le development des enfants au LuxembourgArticle for general public (2013)
A meta-analysis of the effectiveness of bilingual programs in Europe; ;
in The 9th International Symposium on Bilingualism (2013, June)
Identification of predictors of emergent literacy; ; ; ; ;
in The 16th European Conference on Developmental Psychology (2013, September)
Evaluation of V2me: A Virtual Coaching System for Loneliness Prevention and Intervention; ;
in Medicine 2.0: Social Media, Mobile Apps and Internet/Web 2.0 (2013, September)
2012
Stay connected! Preventing social isolation in old age: Potential of the ICT use in AAL;
Scientific Conference (2012, March)
Stay connected! Preventing social isolation and loneliness in old age by using virtual networks;
Scientific Conference (2012, March)
“Why do we need it?” – An analysis of the affective-motivational factors in the use of assistive technologies; ;
Scientific Conference (2012)
Social media use in old age: User profiles, effects, best practices; ;
in Gerontologist (2012), 52(S1), 563-564
“Where do we go from here?” – A preliminary evaluation of the EU Ambient Assisted Programs; ;
in Abstract paper of the AAL Forum 2012 (2012)
2011
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2009
Theater and performance in Eastern Europe, the changing scene - A book review.;
in The Journal for Drama in Education (2009), 25(2), 54-61
2008
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2007
Are there cross-cultural differences in empathy, self-esteem and distress disclosure?Bachelor/master dissertation (2007)
Undated
"Yes, I'm willing": Experiencing Culture in Intimate Intercultural RelationshipsBook published by Information Age Publications (n.d.)
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