1st Edition
Literacy For Empowerment
By Concha Delgado-Gaitan University of California, Davis, USA.
Copyright 1990
191 Pages
by
Routledge
191 Pages
by
Routledge
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In this study the essence of literacy is observed in the Portillo Community when working-class Mexican-American parents empowered each other by sharing their experiences to help their children in school.
Introduction; Chapter 1 Portillo: A Community Responding to Diversity; Chapter 2 Inside Families and Schools; Chapter 3 Home and School Linkages to Literacy; Chapter 4 Classroom Literacy Activities; Chapter 5 Home Socialization to Literacy; Chapter 6 Parents’ Reponse to Homework Literacy Activities; Chapter 7 Understanding the School’s Communication; Chapter 8 Redefining Parents’ Role in the Schools; Chapter 9 Directions in Home and School Relationships;
Biography
Concha Delgado-Gaitan
