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 RESEARCH  THEME V
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 THEME V

SOCIAL, ECONOMIC & PROGRAM INFLUENCES: FAMILIES, SCHOOL and COMMUNITIES

Theme Leaders: Teena Willoughby,Brock University Eileen Wood, Wilfrid Laurier University

Language and literacy occur in social and cultural contexts. Children live and learn in the context of a family, school and community. As such, research and interventions aimed at enhancing language and literacy skills must be sensitive to the needs and/or abilities of the individual child and social context in which the child resides.

The goal of Theme V is to better understand the contexts in which language and literacy occur and how to maximize the potential for children and their communities to become fluent and literate.

Project Abstracts

The Economic Value of Language Acquisition

Enhancing Computer Literacy in Early Childhood

A sociocultural investigation of language learning in the intermediate grades: Children of diverse origins in English medium and French immersion classrooms.

A Family Literacy Approach to Improving Children's Literacy Levels

A Systems View of Resource Access and Allocation Decisions in Families with Children who have Communication Delays

Last Modified: January 31 2002 15:41:10.

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