Local Literacies in Early Childhood: Inequalities in Place, Policy and Pedagogy

by Helen Smith

This book contributes to current debates about the importance of early literacy and the different ways that literacy resources offer support to parents with young children. It sheds light on the impact of policy discourse and austerity measures on community resources designed to support children's early literacy learning.

Based on an ethnographic study carried out in a small town in the East Midlands, UK, the book shows how government policy...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367469391
• ISBN13: 9780367469399
• Release Date: September 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 162 Pages