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| Autor/in | Kerka, Sandra |
|---|---|
| Institution | ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult, Career, and Vocational Education, Columbus, OH. |
| Titel | Strategies for Retaining Adult Students: The Educationally Disadvantaged. ERIC Digest No. 76. |
| Quelle | (1988), (4 Seiten)
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| Reihe | ERIC Publications; ERIC Digests in Full Text |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Monographie |
| Schlagwörter | Adult Basic Education; Adult Students; Dropout Prevention; Educational Strategies; Educationally Disadvantaged; Program Content; Program Development; School Holding Power |
| Abstract | The literature on retention of adult learners strongly suggests that previous educational attainment is closely tied to participation and persistence. Educationally disadvantaged adults are more likely to lack self-confidence and self-esteem, have negative attitudes toward education, and need mastery of basic skills such as literacy before attaining job skills that could improve their economic circumstances. Adult educators seeking to improve retention rates of economically disadvantaged individuals in their classrooms should not attempt to seek 100 percent retention. Rather, they should identify which types of retention are harmful to the vitality of their program and to student objectives. They should begin their retention efforts with recruitment, target recruiting to those whom the program is best equipped to serve, emphasize placement and counseling early on, and follow up inactive students with phone calls. Special attention should be given to developing and using strategies to deal with students' low self-confidence, perception of social disapproval, situational barriers, negative attitudes, and low personal priority. Besides lists of specific strategies for these purposes, the literature also contains descriptions of adult basic education programs that have succeeded in retaining high numbers of educationally disadvantaged learners. (MN) |
| Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
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