Barriers to Access in Public Adult Literacy Education

Autor/in	Pickard, Amy
Titel	Barriers to Access in Public Adult Literacy Education
Quelle	In: Educational Policy, 35 (2021) 5, S.721-747 (27 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0895-9048
DOI	10.1177/0895904819843602
Schlagwörter	Adult Education; Adult Literacy; Literacy Education; Barriers; African Americans; Hispanic Americans; Public Education; Educational Policy; Access to Education; Eligibility; Accountability; Federal Legislation; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Community Programs; Reading Difficulties; Access to Information + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Afroamerikaner; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Öffentliche Erziehung; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Eignung; Verantwortung; Bundesrecht; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Reading difficulty; Leseschwierigkeit
Abstract	This qualitative research article explores barriers experienced by a group of African American and Latinx adults who sought to enroll and stay enrolled in a publicly funded literacy class and how these barriers were related to policy. Barriers included (a) an inadequate number and type of available classes, (b) a lack of community awareness of classes, and (c) institutional procedures that determined class eligibility. Barriers were created as practitioners attempted to comply with government accountability policy and funding requirements. These findings provoke questions about whether accountability policies promote inequitable access to public adult literacy services for racially minoritized adults. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01