The reason why this topic was choosen were discussions about the PISA study, a new curriculum in which literacy is one of six basic components in National Curriculum and the investigator‘s interest in the role of parents in their children's education.
Hvatinn að henni voru umræður um niðurstöður PISA rannsóknarinnar, ný Aðalnámskrá þar sem læsi er einn af grunnþáttunum sex og áhugi rannsakanda beinist að þætti foreldra í lestrarnámi barnanna.