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Children researching links between poverty and literacy

This study explores what can be learnt about education and poverty from children's own perspective when they are empowered as active researchers. It focuses on reading and writing proficiency as a potential route out of poverty and studies two schools in contrasting socio-economic areas.

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Published: 
2007
Author: 
Mary Kellett
Aqsa Dar
Publisher: 
Joseph Rowntree Foundation