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Neumann, Michelle M. – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2016
Family socioeconomic status (SES) and home literacy practices impact upon children's early literacy development. The present study explored where current emergent literacy and home literacy differences lie in Australian preschoolers aged three to five years from lower SES (n = 49) and higher SES (n = 52) homes. Children were assessed on letter…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Family Literacy, Comparative Analysis, Socioeconomic Status
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Markose, Susan Jacqueline; Simpson, Alyson – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2016
In Australia, students from Chinese and Arabic language backgrounds form the largest minority language groups in the New South Wales (NSW) public school system. Yet the mainstream academic performance of students from these two communities show marked differences in their levels of attainment. This article explores the home literacy practices of…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Parent Aspiration, Parent Attitudes, Asians
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Chodkiewicz, Andrew; Widin, Jacquie; Yasukawa, Keiko – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2008
Engaging families in school-related programs, such as family literacy programs, has been promoted as an effective strategy to assist students who might otherwise fail to achieve success in school. The authors in this article report on an action research initiative with an urban Australian government community school in a relatively…
Descriptors: Popular Education, Critical Theory, Community Schools, Action Research