The Effects of an Home Enrichment Program on Literacy ：对素质的一个家铀浓缩计划的影响.ppt

EVALUATION OF  A FAMILY LITERACY PROGRAM (MOCEP): The Turkish Example AYHAN AKSU-KO? Yeditepe University Bo?azi?i University koc@.tr in collaboration withSEV?M CESUR SAB?HA ?RüN? Istanbul University 5th Meeting of the “QualiFLY” Project Hamburg, 19-22 February 2007 Overview of talk My experiences in evaluation: Two family literacy interventions launched by MOCEF Mother Child Education Program (MOCEP): home-based Evaluation study only Summer School Intervention Program: center based Program development and evaluation study Focus on issues of sample selection, measures, analyses, and outcomes FAMILY LITERACY: a multi-dimensional concept Beliefs about and practices of literacy among family members and its intergenerational transfer to children. (Wasik Herrmann, 2004). Research in this domin covers (Morrow and Paratore, 1993): Naturally occuring literacy and language practices within families, Family and parent influences on children’s literacy, language and reading. Intergenerational literacy intervention programs, Home-school partnerships. LITERACY Literacy is a set of complex multi-dimensional skills that improve over an individual’s lifetime such as Reading, writing, use of analytical skills and knowledge in a given subject matter (Anderson Pearson,1984; Snow, Burns , Griffin, 1998) Learning how to read and write calls for grammatical and discourse competence achieved at home Literacy: a social practice that varies with the family’s socio-economic level, social and political relations, cultural beliefs and values, (Berman Slobin, 1994; Dickinson Tabors, 2001; Gee, 1989; Heath, 1983; Wigglesworth Stavans, 2001; Minami, 2002, Snow Dickinson, 1990) NATURALLY OCCURRING LITERACY PRACTICES in the FAMILY Importance of social and cultural contexts (Gadsden, 1995, 1996; Hart Risley, 1995; Heath, 1983; Taylor, 1983) MC regard literacy as entertainment; promote play with print, more independent reading by child LC: regard literacy as work