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Parent empowerment for family literacy: a European initiative
Author(s) -
Camilleri Juan,
Spiteri Sandro,
Wolfendale Sheila
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
literacy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.649
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1741-4369
pISSN - 1741-4350
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-4350.2005.00403.x
Subject(s) - empowerment , literacy , multiculturalism , family literacy , the internet , european union , pedagogy , psychology , sociology , political science , public relations , business , world wide web , law , computer science , economic policy
The article describes the genesis of, rationale for and running of the Parent Empowerment for Family Literacy Project (PEFaL), a European‐Union funded six‐nation family literacy initiative that took place between 2001 and 2004. Whilst a number of features of the project are typical of family literacy programmes, some aspects of PEFaL are identifiably distinctive. These include the multicultural, trans‐cultural and linguistic dimensions, and an innovative attempt to encourage parent and child participants to communicate with each other across countries by email and the Internet. These features and some of the project outcomes are discussed and prospects for follow‐on activities are examined.