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Time: 10 hours Level: Advanced
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Introduction Resource
- This unit examines the importance of the relationship between the family and literacy. You will examine how families and schools work together to establish the links that underpin childhood literacy development...
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| | 1 The family and literacy
1 The family and literacy Resource
- It is important that we acknowledge the relationship between family and literacy in our teaching practices and in the school context. We would now like to examine two issues related to this theme. First...
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| | 2 Involving parents and carers in students' literacy learning
2 Involving parents and carers in students' literacy learning Resource
- Before you begin to read this section reflect on the following questions:
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| | 3 Identifying theoretical models of parent–school partnerships
3 Identifying theoretical models of parent–school partnerships Resource
- Which, if any, of the five models of parent–professional partnerships identified by Dale above is reflected in the way in which your school works with parents?
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4 Family literacy Resource
- Please visit the Taylor and Francis Ltd website to read ‘Rhetoric and research in family literacy’ by Peter Hannon, British Educational Research Journal, Volume 26, Issue 1 January 2000 , pp. 121–138.
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| | 5 Supporting the literacy acquisition of travellers' children
5 Supporting the literacy acquisition of travellers' children Resource
- As you read ‘Partnership approaches: new futures for travellers’, by Elizabeth Jordan, reflect on the issues Jordan raises that relate to literacy acquisition and family background. In what ways are the...
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| | 6 Collaboration between teachers and parents
6 Collaboration between teachers and parents Resource
- As you read ‘Collaboration between teachers and parents in assisting children's reading’, by Tizard, Schofield and Hewison, reflect on the following questions:
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| | References and Acknowledgements
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