Family Literacy Packs - a collaborative research project of Foote, Garretson, Hammack, & Thompson
Back Packs To Family Nights.rtf - Outline of Presentation to NAEYC Annual Conference November 2004, by Foote, Garretson, & Hammack. This presentation is ready to be written up and published as a introductory "How-to" article. Possible target publications: Childcare Exchange, Dimensions, Texas Child Care Quarterly.
Family Involvement that Promotes Early Literacy Web resources for DISD Prekindergarten Conference, April 2005.
Recruiting volunteers for this research project! If you are a classroom teacher and want to promote Family Involvement then e-mail Josh_Thompson@TAMU-Commerce.edu today. We especially encourage READING FIRST and Title I schools to participate.
Literature Review.rtf Preliminary searches have produced few results - not many research projects, products, or publications about this topic. More systematic review is needed, utilizing keywords (parent pack, backpacks, homework projects, parent-school communication, parent participation in reflective practice, portfolio review by parents) within specific databases (CEEP, Academic Search Premier, Family Search).
Research Questions:
What do pre-service teachers learn about parental engagement through Parent Packs?
What do Mentor teachers learn about parental
engagement through Parent Packs?
What do parents learn about parental engagement through Parent Packs?
How do children benefit through Parent Packs?
Consent Form Sample: http://www.irb-irc.com/IRB/consent_form1_sample.html
Internal Grants: Faculty Research Enhancement Grant http://www7.tamu-commerce.edu/gradschool/research/enhancement.htm
External Grants: Keyword search on Grants Resource Center http://www.aascu.org/grclogin/LoginFirst.htm?reason=denied_empty&script_name=/grc/default.htm, Department of Education http://www.ed.gov/rschstat/research/pubs/rigorousevid/index.html, and National Endowment for the Humanities http://www.neh.fed.us/grants/grantsbydivision.html.