Parents' Experiences of a Family Literacy Programme

Autor/inn/en	Hannon, Peter; Morgan, Anne; Nutbrown, Cathy
Titel	Parents' Experiences of a Family Literacy Programme
Quelle	In: Journal of Early Childhood Research, 4 (2006) 1, S.19-44 (26 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1476-718X
DOI	10.1177/1476718X06059788
Schlagwörter	Control Groups; Early Childhood Education; Economically Disadvantaged; Home Visits; Parent Attitudes; Family Literacy; Parent Participation; Foreign Countries; Interviews; Intervention; Preschool Children; Models; Feedback (Response); Program Effectiveness; Writing (Composition); Reading; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Hausbesuch; Elternverhalten; Elternmitwirkung; Ausland; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Analogiemodell; Schreibübung; Leseprozess; Lesen
Abstract	Relatively few studies of family literacy programmes have investigated parents' views, despite their importance for the future development of this kind of programme in early childhood education. This article reports on a family literacy programme from the perspectives of the parents involved in it. The study was carried out in socio-economically disadvantaged communities in a northern English city. Parent experiences were investigated through interviews at the beginning and end of the programme (N = 85) and home visit records. Interviews with a control group (N = 73) of parents who had never participated in a family literacy programme were also conducted at the end of programme. Take-up and participation rates were extremely high for child-focused components of the programme, but the adult (parent-focused) education component had lower take-up. Parents expressed extremely positive views about the child-focused component of the programme and all felt it had benefited children. There was evidence, according to parent report, of programme impact on family literacy practices. Implications for family literacy programmes are discussed. (Contains 8 figures and 2 tables.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10