Early Literacy Work with Families - Nutbrown, Cathy

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.

The book also includes:

- An informative update on research in the field

- A description of the family literacy programme

- Useful activities for family literacy work

- Guidelines for interviewing parents and children

- Suggestions for how to evaluate family literacy work

- Ideas for practical sessions for professional development for family literacy workers

- A Guide to further reading

This is an important book and should be read by anyone wishing to keep pace with the field of family literacy in early childhood education....

Biographie:
Dr Cathy Nutbrown is Senior Lecturer and Director of Studies for the Early Years Programmes and Co-ordinator of the Early Childhood Research Group at University of Sheffield School of Education. She is also co-editor of the Journal of Early Childhood Research. She is author of 5 books and over 30 papers in the field.

Professor Peter Hannon has been involved in developmental research with practitioners in a series of studies at Sheffield in parent involvement and family literacy. He is the author of two books and over 80 other publications in the field....

Sommaire:
Dr Cathy Nutbrown is Senior Lecturer and Director of Studies for the Early Years Programmes and Co-ordinator of the Early Childhood Research Group at University of Sheffield School of Education. She is also co-editor of the Journal of Early Childhood Research. She is author of 5 books and over 30 papers in the field.

Professor Peter Hannon has been involved in developmental research with practitioners in a series of studies at Sheffield in parent involvement and family literacy. He is the author of two books and over 80 other publications in the field....