Research / Resources

Title Website Address Description
Collaboration in Adult ESL and Family Literacy Education www.cal.org/ncle/digests/schlessm.htm “…discusses the distinctions among cooperation, coordination, and collaboration; presents a framework for collaboration; reports on uses of technology for collaboration; and explores ethical considerations, evaluation concerns, and policy issues.”
Family and Intergenerational Literacy in Multilingual Communities. www.cal.org/ncle/digests/FamLit2.HTM “This Q&A reviews selected research, current policies, goals, models for program design and curriculum approaches in intergenerational literacy work. It concludes with a discussion of promising practices in family literacy efforts.”
Family Literacy and Childcare
(READ Saskatoon)
www.nald.ca/CLR/Flac/flac.pdf Suggestions on how to incorporate family literacy activities in childcare programs.
Family Literacy: Directions in Research and Implications for Practice: January 1996: Summary and papers of a national symposium www.ed.gov/pubs/FamLit/index.html Information and research on family literacy.
Family Literacy Directory www.nald.ca/famlit/search.htm A comprehensive database with contact information about family literacy projects across Canada.
Family Literacy Frequently Asked Questions www.lindr.on.ca/literacy/faq.htm Introduction to family literacy and family literacy services.
Family Literacy in Canada: Profiles of Effective Practices www.nald.ca/fulltext/family/famlit/cover.htm Sample of family literacy programs that represents the range of family literacy approaches in different communities across Canada.
Family Literacy Programs: Creating a Fit with Families of Children with Disabilities www.ed.gov/pubs/FamLit/create.html A research paper examining how family literacy programs can be designed to adapt to families with children with disabilities.
Family Literacy Programs: Who Benefits? http://literacy.kent.edu/Oasis/Pubs/WhoBenefits2003.pdf Children benefit from family literacy programs – Parents benefit from family literacy programs – Families benefit from family literacy programs.