Teaching our Traveller children to read: an action research project.

• Autores: Mary Nugent
• Localización: Support for learning, ISSN 0268-2141, Vol. 25, Nº. 2, 2010, págs. 55-62
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • In both Ireland and the UK, Traveller children reportedly suffer the lowest rates of educational attainment of any group. This study aimed to promote evidence-based practice in the teaching of reading to Traveller children and thereby to raise their levels of achievement. This involved teachers delivering an evidence-based intervention over a specified time frame (three months) and collecting pre- and post-intervention data. The project involved 11 teachers in ten settings. There were seven primary and two secondary schools and one Youthreach project involved in the study. Participants were in the age range 6–17 years. Research findings indicated that participants made very significant gains in reading, and their rates of progress compared well with best international standards. The implications of these findings are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]