International Conferences

*Graduate student co-authors

Anderson, A., & Anderson, J. (2019, August). Parents in culturally and linguistically diverse neighbourhoods supporting preschoolers’ vocabulary development in shared book reading. Paper presented at the 21st  European Conference on Literacy, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Anderson, J., & Anderson, A. (2018, April). Promoting first language maintenance in a bilingual family literacy program with immigrant and refugee families: What do parents say? Poster presentation at the Annual Conference of the American Education Research Association, New York, NY.

Anderson, A. & Anderson, J. (May 2018).“Pedagogical” mathematics during play at home”: An exploratory study.  Paper presented at Perspectives on Early Mathematics (POEM) conference, Kristiansand, Norway.

Anderson, J., Anderson, A., Friedrich, N., & *Teichert, L (2017, July). Parents As Literacy Supporters (PALS) in immigrant and refugee communities. Paper presented as part of a symposium, “Working with immigrant and refugee families in family literacy programs: Transnational perspectives”, at the 20thEuropean Conference on Literacy, Madrid, Spain.

McTavish, M., Anderson, A., Anderson, J., & Hare, J. (2017, July). Early childhood educators’ use of digital technologies in the classroom:  A paradox? Paper presented at the 20thEuropean Conference on Literacy, Madrid, Spain.

Anderson, J., & Anderson, A. (2016, September). Immigrant and refugee families and family literacy programs: Perspectives, possibilities and challenges. Paper presented at the 40th Annual Conference of the Literacy Association of Ireland, Dublin.

Anderson, J., & Anderson, A. (2016, April). Some findings from a three-year study of a bilingual family literacy program with immigrant and refugee families: Possibilities and challenges. Paper presented as part of the opening plenary panel of the 18th International Roundtable on School, Family and Community Partnerships, Washington, DC.

Kim, J. E., & Anderson, J. (2016, April). Parent-child shared reading of print, electronic, and digital books: Examination of questioning. Paper presented as part of the symposium, Young children’s literacy practices with digital books at home and at school: International evidence at the Annual Conference of the American Education Research Association, Washington, DC.

Anderson, J., & Anderson, A. (2016, March). Parents as literacy partners in immigrant communities: A bilingual family literacy programme. Paper presented at the 60th Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society, Vancouver, British Columbia.

Anderson, A., Anderson, J., *Friedrich, N., & *Teichert, L. (2015, July). “When they grow up and they have education here, then after that, they won’t speak Mandarin at all. They will lose it”:  Some lessons learned from a bilingual family literacy program promoting home language maintenance. Paper presented at the 19th European Conference on Literacy, Klagenfurt, Austria.

Anderson, J., *Friedrich, N., & *Teichert, L. (2015, July). Young  bilingual children’s textual artefacts. Paper presented at the 19th European Conference on Literacy, Klagenfurt, Austria.

Anderson, J., & Anderson, A. (2015, June). Building capacity with immigrant and refugee families in a bilingual family literacy program: Some insights and perspectives.  Paper presented at the  Pathways to Resilience III Conference: Beyond Nature vs Nurture, Halifax, NS.

Anderson, J., Anderson, A., & Gear, A. (2015, May). Working with young children and families in culturally responsive family literacy programs: Some lingering questions. Paper presented at the Mapping the Landscapes of Childhood II Conference, Lethbridge, AB.

Anderson, J., Anderson, A., *Friedrich, N., & *Teichert, L. (2015, April). “Now he knows that there are two kinds of writing, two kinds of reading”: Some lessons learned in a bilingual family literacy program with immigrant and refugee families. Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Education Research Association, Chicago, IL.

Anderson, A., & Anderson, J. (2014, July). Parent-child Mathematics: A study of mothers’ choices. Paper presented at the joint meeting of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME 38) and the North American Chapter the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME-NA 36), Vancouver, BC.

Anderson, J., Anderson, A., Morrison, F., *Friedrich, N., & *Tiechert, L. (2013, August). Three decades in: Developing and maintaining a social and culturally responsive family literacy program. Paper presented at the 18th European Conference on Reading, Jonkoping, Sweden.

Anderson, A., Anderson, J., Hare, J., & McTavish, M. (2013, August). Literacy research with young children and their families in immigrant, indigenous, and refugee communities. Paper presented at the 18th European Conference on Reading, Jonkoping, Sweden.

Hare, J., &  Anderson, J. (2013, April). Multiple perspectives on the transition to kindergarten for Indigenous children and families. Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Education Research Association, San Francisco, CA.

Anderson, J., Morrison, F., *Friedrich, N., & *Nichols, L. (2012, December). Working with families and communities  in a bilingual family literacy program: Findings from a three year project. Paper presented  at the World Education Research Association Focal Meeting/Australian Association for Research in Education Annual Meeting, Sydney, Australia.

Anderson, J., Morrison, F., *Friedrich, N., & *Kim, J. (April, 2012). Parents As Literacy Supporters (PALS): A bilingual family literacy program with immigrant and refugee families. Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Education Research Association, Vancouver, British Columbia.

Anderson, A., & Anderson, J. (October, 2011). Listening to parents’ voices: A retrospective analysis of a family literacy program. Paper presented at the 35th Annual Conference of the Reading Association of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.

Anderson, J., Morrison, F., *Friedrich, N., & *Kim, J. (September, 2011). Promoting children’s early literacy development and first language maintenance in a bilingual family literacy program: Some results of a three year project with immigrant and refugee families. Paper presented at the 35th Annual Conference of the Reading Association of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.

Anderson, A., *Kim, J., Anderson, J, & Shapiro, J. (2011, July). Parents mediating print and mathematical literacy with their four-year-old children while playing a board game: A multi-literacies perspective. Paper presented at the 17th European Conference on Reading, Mons, Belgium.

Anderson, J., Morrison, F., *Friedrich, N., & *Kim, J. (2011, July). Supporting children’s bilingual and biliteracy development in a family literacy program with immigrant and refugee families. Paper presented at the 17th European Conference on Reading, Mons, Belgium.

*Kim, J., & Anderson, J. (2010, July). Labeling during repeated shared reading of print and digital storybooks. Paper presented at the biannual conference of Cultural Attitudes Towards Technology and Communication, Vancouver, BC.

Purcell-Gates, V., & Anderson, J. (2010, July). Literacy for life: A family literacy program based on reallife literacy for parents and young children. Paper presented at the Cultivating Connections: Global Perspectives and Practices in Family Literacy Conference, Edmonton, AB.

Anderson, J., Anderson, A., Lynch, J., *Kim, J., & Shapiro, J. (2009, July). Do parents’ questions in shared book reading relate to children’s early literacy knowledge? Paper presented at the 16th European Conference on Reading, Braga, Portugal.

Anderson, J., Anderson, A., *Kim, J.E., Lynch, J., & Shapiro, J. (2009, April). Questioning in shared book reading: Gender, genre and children’s early literacy achievement. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.

Anderson, J., & Morrison, F. (2007, August). Parents As Literacy Supporters: Context matters. Paper presented at the 15th European Conference on Reading, Berlin, Germany.

Anderson, J., *Lenters, K., & *McTavish, M. (2007, August). How family literacy is portrayed on the WWW: A critical analysis. Paper presented at the 15th European Conference on Reading, Berlin, Germany.

Anderson, J.,*Lenters, K., & *McTavish, M. (2007, April). Constructing families, constructing literacy: A critical analysis of family literacy websites. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.

Anderson, J., & Morrison, F. (2006, April). Working and researching with families and communities: Issues and perspectives. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.

*Moffatt, L., Anderson, A., Anderson, J., & Shapiro, J. (2006, April). Gender and math at play: Parents’ constructions of their daughters and sons as capable, potentially capable and not capable of mathematics while playing a board game. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.

Anderson, J. *Moffatt, L., & Shapiro, J. (2005, April). Reconceptualizing language education in early childhood: Socio-cultural perspectives. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, QC.

Anderson, J., Morrison, F., & *Manji, T. (2005, April). Valuing family literacy: What parents have to say. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, PQ.

Anderson, J., Anderson, A., *Moffatt, L., & Shapiro, J. (2004, July). Co-constructing understanding of literacy and mathematics: An analysis of parent-child discourse while playing a board game. Paper presented at the 10th International Congress on Mathematics Education, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Lynch, J., Anderson, J., Anderson, A., & Shapiro, J. (2004, April). Parents literacy beliefs and behaviors: A study with families from diverse cultural backgrounds. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.

Anderson, J., Shapiro, J., *Smythe, S., & Morrison, F. (2001, July). Parents as Literacy Supporters: A Family literacy program in inner city Canadian schools. Paper presented at the 12th European Conference on Reading, Dublin, Ireland.

Anderson, J., Anderson, A., Shapiro, J. (2000, July). Parents using picture books to support mathematical thinking. Paper presented at the 9th International Conference on Mathematics Education, Tokyo, Japan.

Anderson, A., Anderson, J., & Shapiro, J. (1999, May). Contexts for early mathematics: A study of parents and preschoolers during shared storybook reading. Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, PQ.

Fagan, B., Cronin, M., & Anderson, J. (1997, March). Parents as copartners, learners and helpers in early literacy development in two low-income community centers. Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.

Anderson, J., & *Matthews, R. (1996, April). Re-examining emergent storybook reading: A socio-cultural perspective. Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY.

Anderson, J. (1995, April). Parents’ perspectives on literacy acquisition: A cross-cultural study. Paper presented at the annual conference of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.