The National Literacy Trust are launching an online survey which will look at attitudes towards reading, attitudes towards writing and the extent to which pupils engage in literacy activities at home with their families.  (Can you tell they were only thinking of asking children in school?) They are looking for 9-16 year old boys and girls from a variety of socio-economic and ethnic backgrounds to participate in the study.

They say, "Anyone participating will need to provide children with access to the online survey and will receive a report that will outline some of the findings.  The survey will be running from 16th November to 4th December and can be accessed here  http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/research/attitudes2009.html?dm_i=73S,21DL,OVJAI,6I4S,1

Those wishing to take part need to register their interest before 23rd October."

I wrote to enquire if there would be opportunities for home educated children to participate in the study.  The reply was favourable with the only comment being that, "The only requirement is access to a computer with an internet connection."  So, if you are interested please contact Christina Clark (PhD), Head of Research on christina.clark@literacytrust.org.uk
and she will send you a link to the survey. 

I think it would be fascinating to see how different the attitudes are between home and school educated children, if at all.  Mine are too young to join in at the moment.
 
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Sarah