Beyond Mother Education: Maternal Practices as Predictors of Early Literacy Development in Chilean Children from Low-SES Households
| Autor: | Susana Mendive, María Rosa Lissi, Roger Bakeman, Adriana Reyes |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Teaching method education 05 social sciences Primary education Psychological intervention 050301 education Vocabulary development Literacy Educational attainment Education Developmental psychology Developmental and Educational Psychology 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Language proficiency Psychology 0503 education Socioeconomic status 050104 developmental & child psychology media_common |
| Zdroj: | Early Education and Development. 28:167-181 |
| ISSN: | 1556-6935 1040-9289 |
| Popis: | Research Findings: To extend findings that are mainly based on North American studies with English speakers, we studied 989 Chilean mothers from households of low socioeconomic status and their prekindergarten children, posing 2 questions: (a) Do mothers’ self-reported practices about literacy development predict early literacy outcomes over and above child characteristics and maternal education? (b) Do these maternal practices mediate the relation between maternal education and these child outcomes? Confirming previous studies, exposure to texts and non-present talk predicted vocabulary, and teaching practices predicted child code-related skills. Contrary to previous studies, exposure to texts also predicted child code-related skills. We also found that maternal practices partially mediated the relation between maternal education and early literacy skills. Practice or Policy: Findings suggest the need to target children before prekindergarten with interventions that increase the studied maternal ... |
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