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Berscheid, Michelle – Childhood Education, 2023
Family Literacy is an intergenerational program that brings parents and preschool- or elementary-age children to school together. It can provide a depth in education that allows learning opportunities for children and the adults in their lives. As relationships are built, learning becomes circular between parents, children, and teachers. This…
Descriptors: Family Literacy, Family Programs, Intergenerational Programs, Preschool Children
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Johanna Kiili; Tiina Lehto-Lundén; Johanna Moilanen; Sirpa Kannasoja; Kaisa Malinen – International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 2025
This article analyses intergenerational research encounters when collaborating with children. It contemplates the possibilities of applying participatory research methods in situations where the research agenda and main research methods have been decided before contacting the research subjects, as these must be explained in the ethical statement…
Descriptors: Intergenerational Programs, Children, Cooperation, Research Problems
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Silver, Michelle Pannor; Cronin, Shawna M. – Health Education & Behavior, 2019
Background: Evidence suggests that children and adolescents growing up in low-income families and those with underrepresented ethnocultural backgrounds tend to have high prevalence rates of obesity and more difficulty adhering to childhood obesity interventions. However, less is known about how intergenerational, family-based approaches to…
Descriptors: Allied Health Personnel, Compliance (Psychology), Obesity, Family Role
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Wall, Kate; Burns, Helen; Llewellyn, Anna – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2017
Mind the Gap is a family learning project aiming to facilitate intergenerational engagement with learning in schools through the vehicle of a stop-motion animation project. Implicit in the animation process is reflective and strategic thinking that helps to make the process of learning explicit (Learning to Learn: Wall et al.). The animation…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Family Programs, Animation, Program Descriptions
Hanemann, Ulrike, Ed.; Krolak, Lisa, Ed. – UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, 2017
This publication demonstrates the potential of dynamic literate environments and the importance of nurturing a culture of reading and writing, examining four different contexts: digital environments, intergenerational settings, community libraries and prisons. The case studies, from UNESCO's Effective Literacy and Numeracy Practices Database…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Literacy, Intergenerational Programs, Public Libraries
Bernard van Leer Foundation, 2016
"The demographics of families in poverty around the globe may be diverse, but parents' dreams for their children are similar everywhere: good health, a good education, economic stability, and a better future." This new report from the Bernard van Leer Foundation and Ascend at The Aspen Institute develops a "two generation"…
Descriptors: Poverty, Family Programs, Child Development, Partnerships in Education
Hanemann, Ulrike, Ed. – UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, 2015
Within a learning family, every member is a lifelong learner. A family literacy and learning approach is more likely to break the intergenerational cycle of low education and inadequate literacy skills, particularly among disadvantaged families and communities. The selection of case studies presented in this compilation show that for an…
Descriptors: Intergenerational Programs, Teaching Methods, Lifelong Learning, Family Literacy
Hanemann, Ulrike; McCaffery, Juliet; Newell-Jones, Katy; Scarpino, Cassandra – UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, 2017
This report highlights the critical role family literacy and learning play in breaking down barriers between different learning contexts and engaging hard-to-reach adults and children in education. This report was developed as part of a family learning project initiated by the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL) in 2016. Based on the…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Family Literacy, Intergenerational Programs, Barriers
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Mitchell, Wendy – Support for Learning, 2008
The twenty-first century family faces many demographic changes. Despite this, the importance of intergenerational relationships remains. This article initially reviews the literature surrounding the role that grandparents play in their children's families, highlighting a growing body of research demonstrating the important support role that…
Descriptors: Family Programs, Disabilities, Grandparents, Family Environment
Crowther, Patricia – Adults Learning (England), 1991
A British adult education center successfully offered foreign language instruction to children and adults together. Lessons learned from the experience include limiting attendance to 1 child per adult, targeting children aged 9-10, and extending the course to 20-25 weeks. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Involvement, Elementary Education, Family Programs
Chapman, Madie; Ferris, Angie – 1988
The Parents and Children Enjoy Reading project in the East End of London is an adult literacy and numeracy program based on the principle that one of the strongest motivations for adults entering a basic education program is the desire to be able to help their own children learn. Volunteers work in one-on-one or group tutoring settings to offer…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Family Programs, Foreign Countries
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Mayfield, Margie I. – International Journal of Early Childhood, 1999
Examines family literacy programs worldwide. Describes how principles of family literacy are reflected in the programs' intergenerational nature and flexibility. Describes strengths of such programs, including the inclusion of all family members, community participation, the accommodation to varying family interests and needs, provision of…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Family Literacy, Family Programs, Family School Relationship
Brassett-Grundy, Angela – 2002
Parental perspectives on family learning were examined through focus group discussions with parents who had participated in family learning courses at a nursery school, primary school, secondary school, and family support center in London, England. Five focus group discussions with a total of 25 family learning course participants, 2 in-depth…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Delivery Systems
Alexander, Titus; Clyne, Peter – 1995
This paper attempts to raise awareness and stimulate debate about the family as a focus for developing learning in the United Kingdom (U.K.). The discussion focuses on the following aspects of the issue: the nature and scope of family learning; families as a place for learning; context; development of family learning; patterns of provision;…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Change Strategies, Definitions
Tracy, Maurice; Ronayne, Tom – 2000
This booklet examines the definition of the term "empowerment" according to academics and policymakers and the relevance of empowerment to achieving social inclusion at the national and European Union levels. The findings of a study of the theory and practice of empowerment in five Integra projects in Ireland are reviewed and used to…
Descriptors: Action Research, Administrator Attitudes, Administrators, Adult Education