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ERIC Number: EJ588823
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4871
Teachers and Family Literacy: Bridging Theory to Practice.
Patton, Mary Martin; Silva, Cecilia; Myers, Sandy
Journal of Teacher Education, v50 n2 p140-46 Mar-Apr 1999
Describes a family-literacy experience created through collaboration between a university and a community agency. College students enrolled in English-as-a-Second-Language and Early-Childhood courses participated in weekly literacy experiences with refugee families. Thematic coding of students' written reflections on the experience identified two major themes: intercultural understandings and teaching pleasures. (SM)
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, College Students, Cultural Awareness, Early Childhood Education, English (Second Language), Family English Literacy, Higher Education, Literacy Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Refugees, School Community Relationship, Teacher Attitudes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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