Jon Swain|Olga Cara
Changing the home literacy environment through participation in family literacy programmes
paper presents findings study family literacy provision england focuses effects family literacy programmes home literacy environment fieldwork took place september 2013 december 2014 involved 27 schoolbased programmes pupils aged 5 7 parents study used mixed methods involved observations family literary sessions quantitative pre postsurvey 118 parents pre posttelephone qualitative interviews subsample 24 parents building previous theoretical work study conceptualises home literacy environment four areas family resources parental literacy behaviours attitudes parental beliefs understandings family literacy activities practices paper develops understandings parents translate implement messages family literacy home setting shows participation programmes leads changes family literacies across four areas identified