PEAL Research
A full list of references used to inform the
PEAL project is given in Appendix 1 in the PEAL Reader, which is
given out in the afternoon of the training course. Examples are
available from the Sample Pages page.
Download three of the key pieces of
underpinning research:
Desforges, C with Abouchaar, A
(2003) The Impact of Parental Involvement,
Parental Support and Family Education on Pupil Achievements and
Adjustment: A Literature Review
[PDF 773KB]
Sylva, K; Melhuish, Edward; Sammons, Pam;
Siraj-Blatchford, Iram and Taggartand, Brenda (2004) The
Effective Provision of Pre-School Education (EPPE) Project: Final
Report
Summary Report [PDF
1.3MB]
Final
Report [PDF 2MB]
Moran, P, Ghate,
Deborah and van der Merwe, Amelia, (2004) What Works in
Parenting Support? A review of the international
evidence
[PDF 1.3MB]
Other research links include:
Tunstill, J and others (2005)
Implementing Sure Start Local Programmes: An integrated
overview of the first four years
http://www.ness.bbk.ac.uk/implementation/documents/1185.pdf/
Blanden, J (2006)
Bucking the Trend: What enables those who are disadvantaged in
childhood to succeed in later life?
http://research.dwp.gov.uk/asd/asd5/WP31.pdf
Department of Education and Skills
(2003)
The Skills for Life Survey: A national needs and impact survey
of literacy, numeracy and ICT skills.
http://www.education.gov.uk/publications/standard/publicationDetail/Page1/RR490
National Literacy Trust (2001)
Parental Involvement and Literacy Achievement: The research
evidence and the way forward. A review of the literature
prepared by the National Literacy Trust.
http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/research/nlt_research/279_parental_involvement_and_literacy_achievement
Research published since
print of the PEAL material 2006 which is now included and referred
to by trainers:
Melhuish, E and others (2006)
Outreach and Home Visiting Services in Sure Start Local
Programmes, National Evaluation of Sure Start (NESS) Report
FR017
http://www.ness.bbk.ac.uk/implementation/documents/1387.pdf
Sammon, P and others (2007)
Effective Pre-school and Primary Education 3-11 Project (EPPE
3-11) Summary Report Influences on Children’s Attainment and
Progress in Key Stage 2: Cognitive Outcomes in Year 5, Research
Report RR828
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/educol/documents/161851.htm