Families’ roles in children’s literacy in the UK throughout the 20th century

Cathy Nutbrown; Peter Clough; Rachel Levy; Sabine  Little; Julia Bishop; Terry  Lamb; Dylan Yamada-Rice

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Families’ roles in children’s literacy in the UK throughout the 20th century

Cathy Nutbrown, Peter Clough, Rachel Levy, Sabine Little, Julia Bishop, Terry Lamb, Dylan Yamada-Rice

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This paper explores the changing roles of families in children’s developing literacy in the UK in the last century. It discusses how, during this time, understandings of reading and writing have evolved into the more nuanced notion of literacy. Further, in acknowledging changes in written communication practices, and shifting attitudes to reading and writ- ing, the paper sketches out how families have always played some part in the literacy of younger generations; though reading was frequently integral to the lives of many families throughout the past century, we consider in particular the more recent enhancement of children’s literacy through targeted family programmes. The paper considers policy implications for promoting young children’s literacy through work with families.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	551-569
Number of pages	18
Journal	Journal of Early Childhood Literacy
Volume	17
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1468798416645385
Publication status	Published - 5 May 2016

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Literacy
reading
writing
family literacy
early childhood
young children

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