Representing and Promoting Family Literacy on the World Wide Web: A Critical Analysis

Autor/inn/en	Anderson, Jim; Streelasky, Jodi; Anderson, Terry
Titel	Representing and Promoting Family Literacy on the World Wide Web: A Critical Analysis
Quelle	In: Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 53 (2007) 2, S.143-156 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0002-4805
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Internet; Family Literacy; Computer Uses in Education; Web Sites; Family Programs; Family Influence; Parent Influence; Mothers; Misconceptions; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Computernutzung; Web-Design; Family program; Familienprogramm; Mother; Mutter; Missverständnis; Kanada
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to examine critically how family literacy is promoted and represented through the images and written texts on Web sites developed by providers of family literacy programs. Naturalistic research over the last 20 years or so demonstrates that the family is a rich site for supporting children's literacy development across socioeconomic and cultural contexts. This research suggests that families engage children in a wide array of literacy activities in their daily experience. Furthermore, many significant others in addition to parents play important roles in children's literacy development. In this study we examined a representative sample of family literacy Web sites from across Canada. Findings suggest that literacy tends to be narrowly defined; responsibility for children's literacy is usually ascribed to mothers; and troubling assumptions about families as being deficient still persist. (Author).
Anmerkungen	Alberta Journal of Educational Research. 845 Education Centre South, Faculty of Education, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2G5, Canada. Tel: 780-492-7941; Fax: 780-492-0236; Web site: http://www.education.ualberta.ca/educ/journals/ajer.html
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10