The Development of School-based Literacy

Originally published in 1998. This book presents a model of social-contextual influences on children's literacy and literate language. Based on a longitudinal study in homes and schools, it looks at how diverse and close social relationships influence learning through the first three years of formal schooling and discuss implications for teaching.

Anthony Pellegrini, Lee Galda

1. Early Literacy: Background and Theory 2. Methods in the Study of Children's Literacy Development at Home and at School 3. Joint Reading Between Parents and Children 4. Peer Interaction, Play, and Literate Language: Naturalistic and Experimental Evidence from Preschool and Primary School Classrooms 5. Social Networks at Home and School: Diverse Social Contacts as Affordances for Literacy Development 6. Role of Social Relationships in Literacy Development 7. Relationships, Individual Differences, and Children's Use of Literate Language 8. A Case Study of School-based Literacy Learning 9. What is to be Done?