1st Edition

Global Literacy in Local Learning Contexts Connecting Home and School

By Mary Faith Mount-Cors Copyright 2016
236 Pages
by Routledge

234 Pages
by Routledge

234 Pages
by Routledge

Based on qualitative research focused on literacy and health from three schools in coastal Kenya, this book examines country, school, and family contexts to develop a dual-generation maternal-child model for literacy learning and to connect local-specific phenomena with national and international policy arenas.  In contrast to international development organizations’ educational policies and... Read more

1. Introduction: Global Literacy Landscape and Local Literacy Discovery 2. Theoretical Frameworks: Building a Cultural Model for Literacy 3. Context Matters: Relevant Trends in Kenya 4. Local Contexts: Rural School Communities 5. Reading Mothers’ Lives: Connecting Home and School 6. Conclusions: Children, Parents, and Learning Environments

Biography

Mary Faith Mount-Cors is the president of EdIntersect, USA and part-time faculty at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, USA.