Women in Pennsylvania's Family Literacy Programs: Effects of Participant Characteristics on Extent of Participation

Autor/inn/en	Askov, Eunice N.; Kassab, Cathy; Weirauch, Drucilla
Titel	Women in Pennsylvania's Family Literacy Programs: Effects of Participant Characteristics on Extent of Participation
Quelle	In: Adult Basic Education: An Interdisciplinary Journal for Adult Literacy Educational Planning, 15 (2005) 3, S.131-149 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1052-231X
Schlagwörter	High Achievement; Researchers; Participant Characteristics; Females; Adult Education; Family Literacy; Literacy Education; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Parent Child Relationship; Pennsylvania + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Researcher; Forscher; Weibliches Geschlecht; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung
Abstract	Using the database from the Pennsylvania statewide evaluation of family literacy programs, researchers studied types of participation in the adult education component engaged in by various subgroups of clientele. Adult education achievement (as measured by standardized tests) was related to the intensity of participation and less so to duration for certain groups. Women in ESL programs, however, participated more in both duration and intensity to attain high achievement levels. Employment and being a single head of household negatively affected both types of participation. Caucasian women participated more in parenting education and parent-child interaction time. Implications for providers and researchers include tailoring participation strategies to specific subgroups of clientele to increase achievement in adult education. (Author).
Anmerkungen	Commission on Adult Basic Education, 1320 Jamesville Ave., Syracuse, NY 13210. Tel: 315-422-9121; Web site: http://www.coabe.org.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10