Family Literacy: An Annotated
Bibliography
(August 2000)
Appendix A: Annotated Bibliographies
Gadsden, V. L., Scheffer, L. C. P., & Hardman, J. (1994).
Children, parents, and families: An annotated bibliography on
literacy development in and out of program settings. (Tech.
Rep. TR94–04). Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, National
Center on Adult Literacy.
In creating this annotated bibliography, the authors' purpose was
to pull together research from the differing perspectives on family
literacy and to offer an interdisciplinary document to the field.
The result is a compilation of 72 references broken into 7 categories
that primarily describe important studies and reports (a few program
descriptions are included) related to family literacy. All but five
references pertain to studies on programs conducted in the United
States. Part A, Parent-Child Relationships and Reading,
focuses on the relationship of this dyad concerning early childhood
development and education, problem solving techniques, strategies
mothers use to teach children, and the development of the parent-child
relationship. Part B, Parent-Child Reading/Emergent Literacy,
involves issues of parent literacy, parent-child storybook reading,
emergent literacy curricula, and parent-child reading interactions.
Part C, Parent and Family Beliefs and Socialization,
deals with parent beliefs regarding the relationship between literacy
and school performance and directions for literacy socialization.
Part D, Family and Intergenerational Literacy, focuses
on research, reviews, and high-efficiency family literacy programs.
Part E, Parent Involvement/Family-School Connections,
ties together the relationship between parent involvement and both
school performance and reading. Part F, Family and Parent
Education, offers family social development program descriptions.
Part G, Culture/ Context, includes cross-cultural
studies.
Mackin, K. J. (1995). Resources for Adult and Family Literacy.
Portsmouth, NH: RMC Research Corporation.
This document is a compilation of 118 publications about adult and
family literacy programs. In addition, a shorter listing of other
useful sources of information, including 6 additional publications
and a list of 10 nonprofit organizations involved with adult and
family literacy is provided. Mackin offers personal recommendations
throughout the document to help guide the reader to particularly
useful resources in certain areas of the field. The bibliography
encompasses a variety of areas concerning adult and family literacy
programs, including program planning and evaluation/assessment,
program research, workshop planning, curriculum and instruction,
staff development, government policy, adult and family literacy
programs and program coordinators, literature reviews, annotated
bibliographies, and background reading.
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