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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"literacy support"”.
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What happens when parent volunteers provide literacy support for preschool students using interactive read alouds in a private reading?
… to elicit the experiences of parents who provide literacy support to their preschool children.
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Emotional Literacy Support Assistant (ELSA) programme:Child-centred approach, building trust, listening and valuing children’s voices: A grounded theory analysis.
The Emotional Literacy Support Assistant (ELSA) programme was developed in 2001 with the aim to increase schools’ capacity to support children and young people (CYP) with social emotional mental health (SEMH) difficulties. The majority of the current research includes staff’s views (Bravery & …
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What is really going on in the group supervision of Emotional Literacy Support Assistants (ELSAs) - an exploratory study using thematic analysis.
… of group supervision sessions for Emotional Literacy Support Assistants (ELSAs) to further understand ‘what is really going on’. There has recently been a re-emergence of interest in group supervision and Educational Psychologists are increasingly involved in this work (Dunsmuir, Lang and …
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‘Undergoing' as posthuman literacy research in an in/formal settlement primary school in South Africa
… in education and the educator's role in teaching literacy. Analysis is predominantly enabled through the critical theories and philosophies of Tim Ingold, Rosi Braidotti and Karen Barad. Eight years later, having moved back to South Africa, my research continued in an in/formal settlement …
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Literacy Learning Experiences of Four Language Minority Students: The Principles of Importance
… that complicate the participating students' literacy learning. First, literacy progress is impacted by language programs provided at school and parental literacy support at home. Second, the parents' views or beliefs concerning first and second language acquisition have an impact on the …
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Readers Matter: The Development of an Individualized Professional Development Model
… university faculty alike are responsible for the literacy levels of graduating students; however, many educators are not implementing the adequate literacy supports within their content area courses. This project used current research on best practice in literacy instruction, as well as the …
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An outcome evaluation of the Shine Centre's literacy hour programme
… on an outcome evaluation of The Shine Centre's literacy intervention, Literacy Hour. The Shine Centre is a South African non-governmental organisation that offers literacy support to Grade 2 and 3 learners at risk of reading failure. The programme takes the form of one-to-one or one-to-two …
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PERCEPTION MATTERS: A CASE STUDY EXPLORING HOW BELIEF SYSTEMS AFFECT FAMILY-SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS AND FAMILY LITERACY INITIATIVES IN A TITLE I SCHOOL
… have not used partnerships effectively to support literacy learning, particularly for Black families. Teacher bias, negative perceptions, and lack of cultural responsiveness hinder teachers’ effort to build meaningful relationships with Black families to best support family literacy. This …
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Sustained Effects of Reading Recovery®: Beyond the Intervention
… of the sustained effects of Reading Recovery® on literacy achievement beyond the initial intervention period. It examines the program’s long-term effectiveness, assessing whether early literacy gains are maintained and identifying key factors that contribute to sustained progress. This study, …
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Social Support Networks for Literacy Engagement among Culturally Diverse Urban Adolescents
… the influences of social networks and social support on the literacy engagement of 7 high school students from a multicultural, multilingual, and economically disadvantaged urban neighborhood in a large, diverse North American city. Specifically, this study describes (1) students’ social …
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A study of English workshop provision
… past decade students with particularly low-level literacy skills have imposed special demands, some colleges of Further Education meeting their needs by means of workshops. There was an information-gap about how best to enable linguistic acquisition in 16+ mainstream students and that need …
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Practitioners' reflections on the benefits of and obstacles to Integrating Literacy.
… educators who have been working to integrate literacy support and development with other teaching and learning on accredited vocational education and training courses. The overall purpose of this study was to learn from the insights and experience of the practitioners in order to inform the …
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Rewriting Hmong womanhood: literacy that mediates borders
… dissertation addresses questions related to how literacy transforms cultural gender roles as it also speaks to the more broad changes that occur when widespread literacy is introduced to a migrant group. To make this case, I draw from an ethnographic study of twenty-three women who are daughters …
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Implementation and Evaluation of a Chinese Language Family Literacy Program: Impact on Young Children's Literacy Development in Chinese and English
Previous research on family literacy in North America has generally been conducted in English, even if the program targets English for speakers of other languages. However, the differences in English proficiency among parent participants may vary enormously in ways that are not easily predictable. …