Early Literacy in Everyday Settings: Creating an Opportunity to Learn for Low-Income Young Children

Autor/inn/en	Neuman, Susan B.; Knapczyk, Jillian
Titel	Early Literacy in Everyday Settings: Creating an Opportunity to Learn for Low-Income Young Children
Quelle	In: Reading Research Quarterly, 57 (2022) 4, S.1167-1186 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0034-0553
DOI	10.1002/rrq.468
Schlagwörter	Young Children; Low Income Groups; Literacy Education; Emergent Literacy; Informal Education; Neighborhoods; Educational Opportunities; Learning Activities + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Frühe Kindheit; Frühleseunterricht; Informelle Bildung; Nichtformale Bildung; Neighbourhoods; Nachbarschaft; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Lernaktivität
Abstract	Persistent concerns about income and social inequality have raised questions about how to address opportunity gaps in access to literacy learning for low-income young children. Recognizing the need to strengthen learning opportunities, this study examines how specially designed hybrid spaces within the 'everyday' place of a neighborhood laundromat might support children's literacy development. Twenty laundromats in high-poverty neighborhoods from a large urban city participated in the research: 10 in which small spaces were reconfigured to create literacy-related play settings; 10, in which remained "business as usual" control sites. Conducted over two phases, the 7-month study examined changes in children's literacy activities resulting from the physical design changes alone, and subsequent changes when combined with a trusted messenger, a public librarian, who assisted in their activities. Results indicated that these hybrid spaces dramatically increased children's time on literacy-related activities, especially when given adult assistance, averaging 47-minutes per child of sustained activity. These results suggest that intentionally-designed everyday spaces may play an important role in increasing young children's access to resources and opportunity to learn. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01