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A "must read" for practitioners, policy makers and researchers interested in the detail and the theory underpinning this important family literacy initiative' - Neil McClelland OBE, Director, National Literacy Trust `The REAL Project is one of the best conceptualized, most intensively documented and successful British family literacy initiatives and the book provides a comprehensive overview of all aspects of this powerful project. It is essential reading for anyone working alongside families to promote children's early development' - Professor Nigel Hall, Institute of Education, Manchester Metropolitan University Anyone involved in the field of early-childhood literacy should be familiar with the work of the REAL (Raising Early Achievement in Literacy) Project. Here, leading members of the project team Cathy Nutbrown, Peter Hannon and Anne Morgan, discuss the research. An essential guide to the subject, this book will be of great practical use to all in the field of early childhood literacy: students, practitioners and course leaders on literacy and early childhood courses. The authors discuss the policy contexts of early-childhood and literacy today and use their experience of the REAL project to discuss and illustrate practical research and evaluation strategies for family literacy workers. They examine the issues from all perspectives: teachers, parents and young children. The book concludes with examples of how the theoretical framework of the REAL Project (ORIM) has been used by other practitioners and an examination of the implications of such work for the future of early-childhood and literacy policy development.
Teachers' Experiences of Family Literacy
Teachers' Experiences of Family Literacy
Chapter Summary
- Introduction
- Involving teachers in family literacy evaluation
- National policy and the research context
- A multi-method approach to eliciting teachers' views on their experience
- What conditions support teachers' family literacy work?
- Time
- Relationships
- Home visiting
- teachers' attitudes, knowledge and skills
- How useful is the ORIM framework in developing family literacy work?
- Lessons from teachers on developing successful family literacy work
Introduction
As we have seen in Part I of this book, the scope and nature of early childhood education have broadened with recent policy developments, and early childhood teachers are increasingly involved in non-traditional roles in new developments and initiatives. Such is the case, too, with family literacy programmes, with many early childhood educators becoming involved in a variety of family literacy programme delivery ...
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