Family Literacy: Young Children Learning to Read and Write / Edition 2

by Denny Taylor

Overview

In her attempt to find out more about literacy activities within the family context, Denny Taylor spent three years doing field work with six families. At the time of the study, each of the families contained a child who was considered by his or her parents to be successfully learning to read and write. This study attempts to develop systematic ways of looking at reading and writing as activities which have consequences in, and are affected by, family life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780325000749
Publisher:	Heinemann
Publication date:	12/23/1998
Pages:	132
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.31(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Denny Taylor has received international recognition for her research and writing. Her awards include the Mina P. Shaughnessy Prize from the Modern Language Association, the Elva Knight Award from the International Reading Association, and the Richard A. Meade Award from the National Council of Teachers of English. Her field research is the basis of all her books, including Many Families, Many Literacies: An International Declaration of Principles (Heinemann, 1997) and Toxic Literacies: Exposing the Injustice of Bureaucratic Texts (Heinemann, 1996).

Table of Contents

1. The Families

Family Literacy: Conversation and Change in the Transmission of Literacy Styles and Values

Family Literacy and the Social Organization of Everyday Life

Family Literacy and the Children's Emerging Awareness of Written Language

Family Literacy in a Cultural Context

Family Literacy and Learning in School

Fieldwork Approaches to the Study of Literacy and the Family

Editorial Reviews

In 1983 when Family Literacy first appeared, the term was new. Denny Taylor not only coined a concept, but opened up a field of study that involves debate and discussion in public as well as academic circles. Encouraged by Taylor's probing questions, our understanding of the term "literacy" has deepened during the past two decades.”–Yetta M. Goodman, from the new foreword

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