Helen Victoria Smith

Local Literacies in Early Childhood

Inequalities in Place, Policy and Pedagogy

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book contributes to current debates about the importance of early literacy and the different ways that literacy resources offer support to parents with young children. It sheds light on the impact of policy discourse and austerity measures on community resources designed to support children's early literacy learning.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 162
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Mai 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 254g
• ISBN-13: 9781032072128
• ISBN-10: 1032072121
• Artikelnr.: 67824358

Autorenporträt

Helen Victoria Smith is Assistant Professor at the School of Education, University of Nottingham, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: Introduction 1. Ethnography in place 2. How policy represents the
problem of poor parenting 3. Getting children ready for school literacy?
Part 2:The case studies - enacting policy 4. Sharing storybooks in the
public library 5. Moving with mummy in the privately-run parent and child
early education classes 6. Educating poor mothers in the Sure Start
children's centres 7. Leaving it to the pre-school professionals 8. The
power of policy, pedagogy and place: Positioning parents, professionals and
local resources Part 3: Conclusion 9. Repositioning parents, professionals
and resources