The home school knowledge exchange project: Linking home and school to improve children's literacy

Support for Learning

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 12-18

  Feiler, Anthony ^a   Andrews, Jane ^b   Greenhough, Pamela ^c   Hughes, Martin ^c   Johnson, David ^c   Scanlan, Mary ^d   Yee, Wan Ching ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WINCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extended schools; Home school partnership; Literacy learning; Parents

Indexed keywords

EID: 65349165310     PISSN: 02682141     EISSN: 14679604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9604.2008.00363.x     Document Type: Article

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