Newsletter: Thursday, 10th Jun 10
Clare Family Learning Project
Summer 2010 E-newsletter
Research:
1.How can parents escape from recurrent poverty? The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has just published research into the reasons behind the low-pay/no-pay cycle and recurrent poverty among parents. The study, compiled predominantly of qualitative interviews with disadvantaged parents, focus groups and existing research, revealed that parents remained in the low-pay/no-pay for three main reasons: job characteristics (pay, stability etc); lack of affordable childcare and the operation and monetary levels of benefits and tax credits. The analysis also found that the quantitative analysis found that mothers less likely to get work included those who: had no qualifications; had been out of paid employment longer; had more and younger children; and/or were under 19 or over 45 years old.
2. At home with literacy: A study of family literacy practices NALA Dublin 2010 Visit http://www.nala.ie/research/home-literacy-study-family-literacy-practices. this is the latest research by NALA in family literacy.
3. New research published during National Family Week (June 2nd 2010) highlights the role of family in supporting literacy. Visit the following link for more information: http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/campaigns-policy/media/2050_children_three_times_more_likely_to_say_reading_is_boring_if_not_encouraged_by_mum
4. Interesting report on self regulated learning from UK in 2009. There are good outlines of programmes in Appendix 2. Some of the content might be incorporated into family learning in helping parents support their children learn.
http://www.learningbenefits.net/Publications/ResReps/ResRep33.pdf
Resources:
5. Clare Family Learning Project have online resources for evaluation and progression for projects to use in Ireland. Having the same type of evaluation and progression sheets can help make it easier for projects to collate data. We would welcome any shared resources that others have and these can be uploaded and shared whilst acknowledging their source. See http://www.clarefamilylearning.org/resources/evaluation_and_progression for three forms.
6. With people stretching money in this recession, NALA has a support website called www.makingcents.ie . This can be used to support families in a family learning maths session. There is access to a variety of online resources.
7. http://www.familylearningnetwork.com/ is the link for the just launched Family Learning Network in England. It has useful resources and links.
8. World Cup football is going to take over television for a month. http://www.readingforlife.org.uk/ has good info for all the family on the World Cup, see icon on the left of the screen. There is also a link to Love Football Love Reading.
9. http://campaign-for-learning.org.uk/cfl/CorporateNewsletter/March/learning_news.asp
accessed 26th March 2010. Scroll down further on above link to find info on Dads in Demand, and Dads at Work info.
10. Idea: Plan a Family Learning Celebration of work in your centre for part of NALA’s Literacy Awareness Week 6 – 10th September 2010. Showcase any work completed over the year.
11. New look NALA website visit the family literacy page visit http://www.nala.ie/family_literacy
New Publications
12. Bringing Literacy Home KaiLonnie Dunsmore and Douglas Fisher Editors (2010). International Reading Association:USA
This new book is divided into three areas: Supporting families in school based literacy practices, Connecting school with home culture, Implications for family literacy research and scholarship. The first article is by Shirley Brice Heath and the book ends with an article by Denny Taylor. The work is available at:
13. Essential Readings on Early Literacy 2010 compiled and introduced by Dorothy S. Strickland. This includes a number of articles on family literacy and parents roles.
14. Families and Educators as Partners. Second Edition, by Robert E. Rockwell, Lynda C.Andre, Mary K.Hawley 2010. Wadsworth, Cengage Learning: USA.
US research on
Why family involvement? Special considerations when partnering with families,
working with parents from diverse cultures, working with parents of children who have special needs, how schools and families communicate. http://books.google.ie/books?id=1bJmSefbS0QC&pg=PA71&dq=Family+Literacy+publications+2010&hl=en&ei=8tndS4z8Bo-c
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