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ERIC Number: EJ1422011
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024-Apr
Pages: 21
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0020-7187
EISSN: EISSN-1878-4658
Predictors of Literacy and Attitudes toward Reading among Syrian Refugee Children in Jordan
Kristin Hadfield; Mays Al-Hamad; Rinad Bakhti; Rana Dajani; Amal El Kharouf; Julia Michalek; Joana Mukunzi; Lina Qtaishat; Tanvi Sethi; Sophie von Stumm; Isabelle Mareschal
International Journal of Early Childhood, v56 n1 p19-39 2024
Refugee children often face disruptions to their education before and during displacement. However, little is known about either levels or predictors of refugee children's literacy or about their attitudes toward reading in low- or middle-income countries. To address this, we conducted in-home literacy assessments using the Holistic Assessment of Learning and Development Outcomes with 322 Syrian refugee mother-child dyads who lived in Jordan (child age range 4-8 years, M = 6.32 years, 50% female). Overall, the children had quite low levels of literacy, although they indicated a strong enthusiasm for reading. Child age, maternal education, and maternal ability to read all predicted child literacy, although maternal literacy predicted it only among children enrolled in school. Among those enrolled in school (64.9% of the total sample, 88.7% of those aged [greater than or equal to] 6), students attending hybrid classes had better literacy than those attending either solely in-person or solely online, although the frequency of school attendance did not predict literacy. A less consistent pattern emerged for predicting children's attitudes toward reading. Our results suggest an urgent need to improve literacy skills among refugee children in Jordan, as well as a need for validated measures of attitudes toward reading for use with Arabic-speaking youth.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Jordan
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