Source Description Date

• Christina Clark and George Dugdale  Young People's Writing: Attitudes, behaviour and the role of technology
  The first significant UK study on the subject of young people's attitudes towards writing, this report outlines the findings from 3001 pupils aged 8-16 from England and Scotland, who completed an online survey in May 2009. 6 Dec 2009
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• Christina Clark  Why Fathers Matter to Their Children's Literacy
  This paper briefly summarises the findings from the field of father involvement that also address the issue of children’s literacy practices. 25 Jun 2009
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• Christina Clark, Sarah Osborne and George Dugdale  Reaching Out with Role Models
  Do children and young people have reading role models? If so, do these role models come from their immediate social environment? Or are celebrities also influential? We addressed these questions in a recent survey of 2,176 seven to 15-year-olds. 2 Apr 2009
• National Literacy Trust  What's Hot, What's Not 2009
  The second year of a policy-scoping survey of 35 leading literacy professionals that explored which literacy issues are currently hot or not hot and what 2009 might bring 11 Dec 2008
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• Christina Clark and George Dugdale  Literacy Changes Lives: The role of literacy in offending behaviour
  This brief paper examines the link between literacy and offending, and briefly outlines findings from the available research. It shows that the evidence is inconclusive, and suggests areas for further exploration. 15 Nov 2008
• Christina Clark and Sarah Osborne  How Does Age Relate to Young People's Self-Perceptions as Readers
  This short research brief outlines an analysis of our self-perception survey in relation to the differences between primary and secondary pupils. 5 Nov 2008
• George Dugdale and Christina Clark  Literacy Changes Lives: An advocacy resource
  This document pulls together existing research about the impact of literacy on five areas in a person's life: economic well-being, aspirations, family life, health and civic/cultural engagement. 2 Sep 2008
• Christina Clark and Caroline Phythian-Sence  Interesting Choice
  This desk research explores the importance of book choice in children's and young people's literacy lives, what choice strategies are and how book choice relates to interest and self-awareness 20 Jul 2008
• Christina Clark  Britain's Next Top Model: Role models and their impact on literacy
  Forming the basis for a subesequent survey of young people and their role models, this brief paper outlines the available research on the impact of role models on young people's literacy. 29 Apr 2008
• Christina Clark and Rodie Akerman  Being a Reader: The relationship with gender
  This brief paper re-focuses our self-perception research and examines the link between gender and reader self-perception 4 Apr 2008