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The Role of Home Literacy Environment in Reading Beyond the Early Grades

Preschool and Primary Education
Most studies on home literacy environment (HLE) have examined its role in children’s language and literacy skills in the early childhood years. However, parents continue to be involved in their children’s learning later on.
George K. Georgiou, Li Zhang
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Transition From Primary to Secondary School: Igniting Attendance and Engagement Among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students Through National Policy Reform

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Australia's Closing the Gap reform aims to address disparities experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. There are specific targets focussed on key educational transitions; yet, the transition to secondary education is not a targeted priority.
Azhar Hussain Potia, Kai W. Wheeler, Tracy Woodroffe, Karen Thorpe   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Longitudinal Effects of the Home Learning Environment and Parental Difficulties on Reading and Math Development Across Grades 1–9

Frontiers in Psychology, 2020
This study focuses on parental reading and mathematical difficulties, the home literacy environment, and the home numeracy environment as well as their predictive role in Finnish children’s reading and mathematical development through Grades 1–9.
Daria Khanolainen, Maria Psyridou, Gintautas Silinskas, Marja-Kristiina Lerkkanen, Marja-Kristiina Lerkkanen, Pekka Niemi, Anna-Maija Poikkeus, Minna Torppa   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Measuring Child Disadvantage: Comparing Multidimensional and Socioeconomic Approaches for Predicting Developmental Outcomes

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Robust measurement of disadvantage is essential to identifying and addressing inequities in children's development. We tested how a multidimensional framework of child disadvantage performed relative to a traditional socioeconomic position (SEP) approach to predict developmental outcomes.
Wei Hong, Fiona Mensah, Elodie O'Connor, Shuaijun Guo, Sharon Goldfeld, Meredith O'Connor, Cindy Pham, Sarah Gray   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Association between home literacy environment and eye movements during storybook reading: Implications for vocabulary and word reading in Chinese preschoolers.

Acta Psychologica
This study explored the impact of different components of the Home Literacy Environment (HLE) -stimulation to use language, reading books and cultural engagement, joint activities and conversation, interactive reading, and zone-of-proximal development ...
Wen Xiao, Xiaoqing Chen, Yancai Wang
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Home to School and School to Home: Syncretised Literacies in Linguistic Minority Communities [PDF]

, 2001
This paper argues for the need to move beyond the paradigm of parental involvement in children's early literacy through story-reading practice, which presently informs home/school reading programmes, to consider a wider framework for family and community
Williams, Ann, Gregory, Eve E., Kelly, Clare   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Sitting in Many Camps—Innovative Approaches and Methods for First Nations‐Led Research Into Indigenous Peacebuilding

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In 2021, a desktop review was conducted of published references to First Nations peoples' approaches to conflict and its management in Australia (Project Stage One), culminating in a report published in 2024. This article focuses on Project Stage Two, a complex, innovative research undertaking building on the findings of Stage One, and being ...
Helen Bishop, Alysoun Boyle, Tania Sourdin, Bin Li   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Family Dispute Resolution in Australia: The Under‐Servicing of Indigenous, Migrant and Refugee Families Experiencing Family Violence

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Improving access to legal services for Indigenous, migrant and refugee women is critical to addressing family violence. In this context, Family Dispute Resolution (FDR) has long been discussed as a solution for separating families. This paper presents key findings of a research evaluation of an Australian Government $8.37 million pilot project
Siobhan McDonnell, Alyson Wright
wiley   +1 more source

Public Attitudes Toward Compassionate Release of Older People From Prison: Findings From a National Survey in Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The rapid increase in older people in prison populations worldwide is generating significant health, cost, and human rights pressures on custodial systems. Compassionate release for older, frail inmates is a potentially effective response, yet little is known about public support for this approach.
Ye In (Jane) Hwang, Natasha Ginnivan, Amanuel Kidane Hagos, Tony Butler   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Personal and social capabilities in early adolescents’ literacy practices at home

, 2020
Much literacy research has explored how young people’s literacy practices at home and in their communities may be more diverse and engaging than those experienced at school.
Ronksley-Pavia, Michelle, Barton, Georgina   +1 more
core   +2 more sources