Many Pathways to Literacy: Young Children Learning with Siblings, Grandparents, Peers, and Communities
- ISBN-10
- 0415306167
- ISBN-13
- 9780415306164
- Category
- Community and school
- Pages
- 276
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Publisher
- Psychology Press
- Authors
- Eve Gregory, Susi Long, Dinah Volk
Description
Based on extensive research that proves that children actively make sense of literacy outside the official schooling and parental tuition they receive, this book examines how young children take literacy learning into their own hands.
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