Rachael Levy, Mel Hall

Family Literacies

Reading with Young Children

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book demonstrates, through reference to empirical research, how shared reading practices operate in a wide range of families, with a view to supporting families in reading with their pre-school children. It is essential reading for all those who are studying and researching literacy practices, especially those involving young children.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 166
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. April 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 259g
• ISBN-13: 9781138488472
• ISBN-10: 113848847X
• Artikelnr.: 60796988

Autorenporträt

Rachael Levy is Associate Professor at UCL Institute of Education. She has published widely in the field of young children's reading and is the author of Young Children Reading at Home and at School. She has worked closely with the United Kingdom Literacy Association and was editor for their Minibook series for 8 years. Mel Hall is a Senior Lecturer in Childhood and Education Studies at Manchester Metropolitan University. Mel's research has been devoted to lived experiences of young people and families, with a particular emphasis on how health and education are conceptualised in the context of the life course.

Inhaltsangabe

List of illustrations
Acknowledgements
1 Reading with young children: an introduction
2 Sociological perspectives on reading
3 Shared reading practices
4 Researching family lives
5 Shared reading as an everyday family practice
6 Doing and sustaining shared reading; parents' aims and motivations
7 Barriers to shared reading
8 Parents' relationships with reading and links with shared reading
practices
9 Working with families to promote shared reading
10 Shared reading and starting school - a conclusion
References
Index