Author(s): Aysel TÃFEKCÄ° AKCAN
The study was conducted to explore literacy perceptions of elementary school principals and teachers. The research was conducted using interpretive methodology. The data were collected through questionnaires and semi-structured interviews. The findings indicate that participants placed greater emphasis on the academic and functional values of literacy than on its experiential value. In addition, they highlighted child-related and family- and home-life-related factors, touching only briefly on some of the larger institutional and socio-cultural factors contributing to literacy success/failure of their student
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