Family+Literacy

Family literacy:
Three major topics in the research:  1. the home learning environment and literacy learning  2. sociocultural studies related to learning at home  3. family literacy programs or models

IRA’s definition: [|__http://www.reading.org/downloads/parents/pb1044_involved.pdf__]



Some questions to consider:
 * what happens to culturally different children when they attend schools where teachers value and understand how different cultural ways and literacy models support early literacy learning and try to create congruence between learning at home and at school?
 * how can schooling be modified in ways that are appropriate to diverse settings where multiple paths toward literacy learning are accepted and celebrated?
 * What are different family attitudes towards literacy and learning and how does this affect their experiences within the educational system?
 * what would we learn from longitudinal studies that look at the effects of family literacy practices on schooling?
 * More research needed on what and how children learn literacy at home so schools learn how to make connections with home learning practices in diverse communities as steppingstones to school learning.