Cairney, Trevor H.; White, Nora L.

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ERIC Number: EJ598838

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1999

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"Winners and Losers" in the Development of Home-School Literacy Partnerships: An Analysis of Discourses of Power.

Cairney, Trevor H.; White, Nora L.

English in Education, v33 n3 p82-102 Aut 1999

Reports on research into how parents take strategic action on their children's behalf to increase their educational opportunities. Presents two cases that reveal strikingly different responses to school-imposed literacy practices. Examines specific literacy practices that are honored and dishonored in the name of "parental involvement." (NH)

Descriptors: Case Studies, Elementary Education, Family School Relationship, Parent Participation, Parents as Teachers, Reading Aloud to Others, Reading Instruction

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative; Speeches/Meeting Papers

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Language: English

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Note: Paper from the International Federation for the Teaching of English Conference on the "Power of Language" (July, 1999, United Kingdom).