Building family literacy in an urban community /

Building family literacy in an urban community /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Handel, Ruth D.
Imprint:	New York : Teachers College Press, c1999.
Description:	179 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Language and literacy series Language and literacy series (New York, N.Y.)
Subject:	Family literacy programs -- New Jersey -- Newark -- Case studies. Education, Urban -- New Jersey -- Newark -- Case studies. Education, Urban. Family literacy programs. New Jersey -- Newark. Case studies.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4219364

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ISBN:	0807738956 (cloth : alk. paper) 0807738948 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-165) and index.

Table of Contents:

1. The Multiple Meanings of Family Literacy
2. Development of Family Literacy Programs
3. Family Literacy in Schools
4. The Partnership for Family Reading
5. The Women of Family Reading
6. Voices of Mothers
7. Literacy Resources in the Home Environment
8. Home and School Relationships
9. Teachers as Family Literacy Learners
10. Reflections on Gender, Class, and Race
11. Small Wins and Large Circumstances
12. Whats in a Name?