Learners' Engagement in Adult Literacy Education. A NCSALL Research Brief

Autor/inn/en	Beder, Hal; Tomkins, Jessica; Medina, Patsy; Riccioni, Regina; Deng, Weiling
Institution	National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy, Boston, MA.
Titel	Learners' Engagement in Adult Literacy Education. A NCSALL Research Brief
Quelle	(2006), (2 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Group Instruction; Adult Literacy; Literacy Education; Educational Environment; Self Efficacy; Adult Educators; Context Effect; Learning Motivation; Adult Students; Teaching Methods; Time on Task; Teacher Role + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gruppenunterricht; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Adult education teacher; Adult education; Adult training; Teacher; Teachers; Adult educator; Erwachsenenbildner; Erwachsenenbildung; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Motivation for studies; Lernmotivation; Adult; Adults; Student; Students; Erwachsenenalter; Studentin; Schüler; Schülerin; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Zeitaufwand; Lehrerrolle
Abstract	This research brief highlights findings from a qualitative study of the contextual factors that shape engagement in adult literacy education. Engagement is mental effort focused on learning and is a precondition to learning progress. Some researchers focus on engagement as a cognitive, or mental, process closely related to such things as motivation and self-efficacy. They seek to understand how the engagement process works and how it is related to learning. Others examine how learning context shapes engagement-how the educational environment affects how and whether learners engage. This study focused on the second tradition, how learning context shapes engagement, for a very practical reason: to a great extent adult educators control the educational context. Thus if they understand how the educational context shapes engagement, they can influence engagement in positive ways. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL). 44 Farnsworth Street, Boston, MA 02210. Tel: 617-482-9485; e-mail: ncsall@worlded.org; Web site: http://www.ncsall.net.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10