[Reading-hall-of-fame] Mother's day 2023

[Richard Anderson]

Tom, you’re amazing! Thanks for the continuing education (pardon the pun)
on adult education.

On Fri, May 12, 2023 at 4:14 PM Thomas Sticht <tgsticht at gmail.com> wrote:

> *5/12/2023*
>
> *Mother’s Day: Celebrating Mothers as the Elixir of Children’s Literacy*
>
> Tom Sticht, International Consultant in Adult Education (Ret.)
>
> Sunday May 14, 2023 is Mother’s Day in the United States. Adult literacy
> educators have long known about the importance of educating mothers or
> mothers-to-be for the educational development of children. Here is a small
> selection of articles and other published works spanning almost a century
> demonstrating the importance of mother’s education on the subsequent
> development of children's literacy.
>
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>
> *1929 - Stewart, C. (1929). Mother’s First Book: A First Reader for Home
> Women. (Available online using a Google search).  *
>
> In 1929, Cora Wilson Stewart, founder of the famous Moonlight Schools of
> Kentucky, wrote a book called “Mother’s First Book: A First Reader for Home
> Women.” The lessons are centered around the home and the daily activities …
> they aim not only at teaching women to read and write, but at leading them
> to better home practices and higher ideals in their home and community
> life” (Stewart, 1929, pp. 5-6).
>
> *1990 - Sticht, T. & McDonald, B. (1990). Teach the Mother and Reach the
> Child: Literacy across  Generations. Literacy Lessons, UNESCO. Online
> at: https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED321063
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>
> Significant reductions in adult illiteracy can be achieved most
> cost-effectively by focusing more resources on the education of women.
> These monies contribute not only to women's development but also to the
> educational achievement of their children. Educated mothers have more
> influence on their children's education; the children become literate
> adults who, in turn, produce more educable children. Maternal education
> also has an effect on fertility rates and the mortality and health of
> children. The contribution of educated mothers to the cognitive and
> language skills of preschool children gives the children an advantage and
> continues to affect their educational success.
>
>
> *2012 - LeVine, R., LeVine, S., Schnell-Anzola, B., Rowe, M., & Dexter, E.
> (2012.Literacy and Mothering: How Women’s Schooling Changes the Lives of
> the World's Children. Oxford University Press. **Online
> at: https://academic.oup.com/book/3384
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>
> Data are presented on the literacy skills and maternal behavior of mothers
> in four countries – Mexico, Nepal, Venezuela and Zambia – finding that
> literacy and language skills acquired in school were retained into a
> woman’s child-bearing years, that literacy mediates the effect of schooling
> on a mother’s comprehension of health messages in print and broadcast media
> and on her health navigation skill … Literacy also influences mothers’
> tendencies to talk and read to their young children. (see review of book
> online at: https://www.gse.harvard.edu/news/ed/12/09/illiteracy
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> )
>
>
>
> *Sticht, T. (2018), Educating mothers to increase family literacy. Online
> at: **https://www.proliteracy.org/Blogs/Article/373/Educating-Mothers-to-Increase-Family-Literacy
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> Research by Wider Opportunities for Women found that mothers enrolled in
> basic skills (literacy, numeracy) education, often integrated with job
> training, reported that they spoke more with their children about school,
> they read to them more, they took them to the library more and so forth.
> These increases in cognitive and non-cognitive behaviors of the mothers’
> children happened even though there was no teaching of these types of
> parenting activities. These types of changes in the parenting behaviors of
> the mothers was obtained for free as a spin-off of adult basic skills
> programs.
>
> *2022 – Lyesmaya, D., Musthafa, B., & Sunendar, D. (2022. The Role of
> Mother’s Education and Early Skills in Language and Literacy Learning
> Opportunities, International Journal of Learning, Teaching and Educational
> Research. Online
> at: https://www.ijlter.org/index.php/ijlter/article/view/5752
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> Mother’s education and learners’ early abilities were positively
> correlated with learners’ language and literacy learning opportunities.
> Learners who have mothers with a high level of education receive
> significant opportunities to learn language and literacy compared to those
> with mothers with a low level of education. Therefore, their language
> skills are superior…. Mother’s education and child’s early skills really
> help children in language and literacy learning.
>
>
>
> *2023 – Yu, S. (2023). The Influence of Mothers’ Educational Level on
> Children’s*
>
> *Comprehensive Quality. **Journal of Education, Humanities and Social
> Sciences. Online at: **https://drpress.org/ojs/index.php/EHSS/article/view/4461
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> Effects  of mothers’ education on the comprehensive quality of children in
> three dimensions: Firstly, with regard to physical quality, mothers’
> education level strengthens the prevention and treatment of illness and
> diseases and also fosters a healthier living lifestyle for children.
> Secondly, mothers’ education level benefits the development of children’s
> cognitive quality, individuality quality, and adaptability quality.
> Thirdly, children’s science and cultural literacy are affected by educated
> mothers.
>
>
>
> Yu’s paper sums up many reasons for celebrating the contributions of
> mothers to the literacy development and other developmental outcomes of
> children:
>
>
>
> *“In conclusion, mothers with higher educational attainment can promote
> the comprehensive quality of their children and help support the
> sustainable development of society.”*
>
>
>
> *Thanks for everything, Moms!*
>
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>
>
> *Definition: Elixir: Cambridge English Dictionary:  a substance, usually a
> liquid, with a magical power to cure, improve, or preserve something.*
>
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Richard C Anderson
University Scholar and Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois
Member, National Academy of Education
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