Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS)

Bridging the gap: improving literacy outcomes for Indigenous studnets /, Louella Freeman, Sandra Bochner

eng

Bibliography p. 15-16

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non fiction

Bridging the gap: improving literacy outcomes for Indigenous studnets /

Louella Freeman, Sandra Bochner

Reports on the Bridging the Gap project which encouraged Indigenous families to use a home book-reading program to minimise the disadvantage often experienced by their cuildren when learning to read; project was implemented in Western Sydeny by Aboriginal Education Assistants (AEAs) sfrom the Indigenous Catholic Education Unit; children's literacy increased and had a positive impact on self-esteem, interest in books, experiences with books at home, and home-school links; the project also had a positive impact on the role of the AEAs