scholarly journals Hymns, prayers and Bible stories: the role of religious literacy practices in children’s literacy learning

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Uta Papen
Keyword(s):  
Literacy Practices ◽  
Literacy Learning ◽  
Religious Literacy ◽  
Children's Literacy ◽  
Bible Stories

scholarly journals Family Literacy Programs in Qatar: Teachers’ and Parents’ Perceptions and Practices

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 283
Author(s):  
Fatima Al-Maadadi ◽  
Fathi Ihmeideh ◽  
Maryam Al-Falasi ◽  
Chris Coughlin ◽  
Tamader Al-Thani
Keyword(s):  
Early Literacy ◽  
Family Literacy ◽  
Literacy Learning ◽  
Literacy Programs ◽  
Strong Positive Correlation ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Literacy Programs ◽  
Children's Literacy ◽  
Teachers And Parents

The importance of the role of the family in the development of children’s early literacy has been widely recognized. Therefore, schools have frequently attempted to establish programs that help families promote their children’s literacy learning. This study explored early childhood teachers’ and parents’ perceptions about family literacy programs in which they got involved. It also examined practices used by teachers and parents to promote children’s literacy learning as well as to support the role of the family in the development of literacy. The sample included all teachers and parents who participated in the family literacy programs in two independent preschool settings in Qatar. A total of 16 teachers and 156 parents completed the self-reported questionnaires. Moreover, interviews with 10 teachers and 20 parents were conducted. Results indicated that teachers’ and parents’ perceptions and practices of family involvement programs were ranged from high to fairly moderate. A strong positive correlation was found between parents’ perceptions of family literacy programs and their practices, while teachers’ perceptions were not correlated with their practices. In light of the study findings, implications for expanding family literacy programs are described.

Basic Skills, Literacy Practices and the ‘Hidden Injuries of Class’

2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Cieslik ◽  
Donald Simpson
Keyword(s):  
Life Course ◽  
Literacy Practices ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Literacy Learning ◽  
Social Identities ◽  
Life Chances ◽  
Corrosive Effect ◽  
The Life Course ◽  
The Impact

This paper draws on qualitative data from three research projects that examined the impact of poor skills on the life chances of adults living in two disadvantaged areas of England. We employed the theories of Goffman and Bourdieu to document how problems with literacy have a corrosive effect on the identities of interviewees, threatening their wellbeing. Though learning difficulties occur across all social backgrounds, the poor family resources and educational opportunities of our respondents meant they struggled to overcome their literacy problems when young, thus shaping later life course transitions. Thus the origins of the shame that our adults felt about their poor skills lie in part in the distinctive classed experiences they had when young. However, the resourcefulness of our respondents meant that many had secured employment, bought homes and become parents which obscured the ongoing psychic problems that a lifetime of poor skills had bestowed on our sample. The disjuncture between the apparent material standing of our sample and the ‘hidden injuries of class’ raises questions about how we understand the operation of class across the life course and the role of literacy, learning and wellbeing in the shaping of social identities.

scholarly journals Becoming Literate in Taiwan: Kindergarten Experiences as the First Part of a Long Literacy Journey

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-71
Author(s):  
Yi-Hung Liao ◽  
Chin-Chi Lai
Keyword(s):  
Early Literacy ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Literacy Practices ◽  
Practical Knowledge ◽  
Literacy Learning ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Parent Child Relationship ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
Children's Literacy

The lifeworlds of children incorporate home, school and community locations. They are different environments and each has different contexts and goals. In Taiwan, while school is more focused on an overt exchange of teaching and learning, home is more informal and generally characterized by unstructured contexts and parents' attention that encourages and enhances their children's learning with practical knowledge. Consequently, while literacy is taught in school via a well-planned curriculum, at home it is expected to happen via everyday communications and family activities that promote a close parent-child relationship. This ethnographic study was designed to consider emerging literacy practices in two main venues of kindergarten children's life (school and home) to get a greater understanding of how early literacy is evident in Taiwan. In addition, patterns and practices of children's literacy learning in both urban and suburban areas of Taiwan are scrutinized and analyzed to provide a rationale for early literacy learning and teaching in a time of governmental mandates and global literacy efforts.

scholarly journals RLE-lærere som bibellesere

Prismet ◽  
1970 ◽  
pp. 5-17
Author(s):  
Ole Kolbjørn Kjørven
Keyword(s):  
Education Research ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Religious Education ◽  
Literacy Practices ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Prodigal Son ◽  
Religious Literacy ◽  
Teachers As Readers

In this article I present and discuss the findings from an empirical study on RE teachers as readers and interpreters of religious narratives, in this particular case, the biblical parable The Prodigal Son. I explore and describe the role of the RE teachers and the role of this particular text, and most importantly, the transaction between the two in the process of meaning-making (Rosenblatt, 1994). The main purpose is to expose the complexity in meaning-making processes and from that basis discuss what could be the implications for engaging in religious narratives, and also subject matters in general, in school and in teacher education.Keywords: Religious education, religious education research, religious literacy, literacy practices, religious education teachersNøkkelord: Religionsdidaktikk, religiøs literacy, tekstolkning, religionslærere

scholarly journals Unfolding joy in young children’s literacy practices in a Finnish early years classroom

2021 ◽  
pp. 146879842110386
Author(s):  
Alexandra Nordström ◽  
Kristiina Kumpulainen ◽  
Antti Rajala
Keyword(s):  
Literacy Practices ◽  
Literacy Learning ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Material Resources ◽  
Children's Literacy

This article examines the unfolding joy in young children’s literacy practices in a Finnish early years classroom. We focus on the unfolding of joy in intra-action among children, adults and materials during literacy learning endeavours by thinking with new materialist theories, and the data from an early years multiliteracies project named The Storybook. Our goal is to draw attention to the material and relational dimensions of young children’s joy in its moment-to-moment unfoldings by examining how joy unfolds unexpectedly in a moment when children, adults, Storybooks and other material resources intra-act.

The role of communities in Uganda’s mother tongue-based education: Perspectives from a literacy learning enhancement project in Arua district

2020 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Willy Ngaka
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Primary Education ◽  
Mother Tongue ◽  
Literacy Learning ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Cultural Resources ◽  
Learning Enhancement ◽  
2030 Agenda ◽  
Medium Education

AbstractThis paper explores some of the factors that limit the effectiveness of Uganda’s mother tongue-based education policy, where instruction in lower primary classes is provided in the mother tongue. Using socio-cultural and ethnographic lenses, the paper draws from the experiences of a study implemented by a Ugandan NGO in one primary school in Arua district. Findings revealed weaknesses in implementation of the MTBE policy, highlighting deficiencies in the training of teachers, and lack of sensitization of local communities to the value of MTBE. The study also highlights the need for greater involvement of many kinds of stakeholder, and in particular, it focuses on how communities can be encouraged to work together with schools. A clearer understanding of what literacy involves, and how subjects can be taught in poorly-resourced communities, can be gained by considering the contribution of funds of local knowledge and modes of expression that build on local cultural resources. However, the strategies proposed are insufficient given the flawed model of primary education that the present MTBE policy embodies. A reenvisioning of how MTBE articulates with English-medium education is also needed. Substantial rethinking is needed to address target 4.6 of SDG 4 (UNDP, Transforming our world: The 2030 agenda for sustainable development. https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/post2015/transformingourworld (accessed 30 November 2015), 2015) which aims to ensure that “all youth and a substantial proportion of adults achieve literacy and numeracy by 2030”.

scholarly journals Rethink about Heritage Language Learning: A Case Study of Children’s Mandarin Chinese learning at a Community Language School in Ontario, Canada

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoxiao Du
Keyword(s):  
Language Learning ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Heritage Language ◽  
Literacy Learning ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
Knowledge Mobilization ◽  
Heritage Language Learning ◽  
Children's Literacy ◽  
And Migration

On-going knowledge mobilization and migration take place on a daily basis in the globalized world. Canada is a multilingual and multicultural country with a large number of visitors and immigrants. One in five Canadian speaks a foreign language other than English and French (Postmedia News, 2012). This case study examined six-year-old Chinese children’s heritage language learning in a community school from multiliteracies perspective using observations, interviews, and artefacts to understand children’s literacy learning. The findings indicated that Chinese children’s literacy learning was not in the traditional repetitive way but involved multimodal communication at school. Useful implications are made for heritage language educators regarding ways to support meaningful heritage language teaching and learning.  

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