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EJ979784 - Young Learners: The Home Literacy Environments of Australian Four-Year-Olds

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ERIC #:	EJ979784
Title:	Young Learners: The Home Literacy Environments of Australian Four-Year-Olds
Authors:	Brown, P. Margaret; Byrnes, Linda J.; Raban, Bridie; Watson, Linda
Descriptors:	Foreign Countries; Family Environment; Childhood Interests; Reading Habits; Questionnaires; Interviews; Childhood Attitudes; Correlation; Emergent Literacy; Beginning Reading; Preschool Children; Parent Child Relationship; Parents; Early Childhood Education; Reading Aloud to Others; Story Reading; Reading Skills; Predictor Variables; Family Literacy; Parent Attitudes
Source:	Journal of Research in Childhood Education, v26 n4 p450-460 2012
More Info: Help Peer Reviewed:	Yes
Publisher:	Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 325 Chestnut Street Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Fax: 215-625-2940; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals
Publication Date:	2012-00-00
Pages:	11
Pub Types:	Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Abstract:	This study investigated the home literacy environments (HLEs) of 4-year-old children attending an early childhood program prior to school entry and the association between the HLE and children's interests in and attitudes to literacy. One hundred and thirty-eight parents and 140 children participated in the study. Parents completed a questionnaire and children were interviewed. Results showed that, generally, these parents created "somewhat rich" literacy environments, and that traditional literacy (as opposed to techno-literacy) materials predominated. Frequency of the parents' own reading was positively associated with the frequency with which parents read to their children. Richness of parents' reading habits was positively associated with the frequency with which parents read to their children, but not necessarily associated with the children's own interests in or orientation to literacy. (Contains 3 figures.)
Abstractor:	As Provided
Reference Count:	21

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Identifiers:	Australia
Record Type:	Journal
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ISSN:	ISSN-0256-8543
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Languages:	English
Education Level:	Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education
Direct Link:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02568543.2012.712086

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