Finding Voice: Shared Decision Making and Student Leadership in a Family Literacy Program

Autor/inn/en	Toso, Blaire Willson; Prins, Esther; Drayton, Brendaly; Gnanadass, Edith; Gungor, Ramazan
Titel	Finding Voice: Shared Decision Making and Student Leadership in a Family Literacy Program
Quelle	In: Adult Basic Education and Literacy Journal, 3 (2009) 3, S.151-160 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1934-2322
Schlagwörter	Adult Education; Program Effectiveness; Family Literacy; Student Leadership; Decision Making; Research Projects; High School Equivalency Programs; Parent Participation; Pennsylvania + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Studentenwerk; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Forschungsvorhaben; Elternmitwirkung
Abstract	Drawing on literature in participatory adult education, this article reports the findings from a collaborative research project exploring family literacy participants' experiences in their program's parent advisory council. The findings reveal that involvement in the council enhanced program effectiveness, increased learners' investment in the program, and fostered capacities that transferred to personal, educational, and social domains. However, learners had little influence over some programmatic areas. The study suggests that having a meaningful say in programmatic matters can prepare learners to speak out and exercise more control over decisions in their lives and communities. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Commission on Adult Basic Education and ProLiteracy America. 1320 Jamesville Avenue, 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