Parent empowerment for family literacy: A European initiative

Literacy

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 74-80

  Camilleri, Juan ^a   Spiteri, Sandro ^a   Wolfendale, Sheila ^b  

^a Foundation for Education Services   (Malta)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Europe; Family literacy; Parental empowerment

Indexed keywords

EID: 27944473228     PISSN: 17414350     EISSN: 17414369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-4350.2005.00403.x     Document Type: Review

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