Social capital and home literacy engagement: Case studies of low-SES single mothers’ access to literacy resources

English in Education

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-36

  Li, Guofang ^a   Christ, Tanya ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to literacy resources; Home literacy practices; Low ses single mothers; Social capital; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868548004     PISSN: 04250494     EISSN: 17548845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-8845.2007.tb00807.x     Document Type: Article

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