Educating Out and Giving Back: Adults' Conceptions of Successful Outcomes of African American High School Students from Impoverished Rural Communities

Autor/inn/en	Farmer, Thomas W.; Dadisman, Kimberly; Latendresse, Shawn J.; Thompson, Jana; Irvin, Matthew J.; Zhang, Lei
Titel	Educating Out and Giving Back: Adults' Conceptions of Successful Outcomes of African American High School Students from Impoverished Rural Communities
Quelle	In: Journal of Research in Rural Education, 21 (2006) 10, S.1-12 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1551-0670
Schlagwörter	Outcomes of Education; High School Students; Rural Education; Rural Areas; African Americans; Adolescents; Focus Groups; Parents; Secondary School Teachers; Community Leaders; Poverty; Career Choice; Employment Patterns; Family Involvement; Community Involvement; Educational Opportunities; Attitude Measures; Parent Attitudes; Teacher Attitudes; Education Work Relationship; School Community Relationship; African American Community; Career Development + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Ländliche Erwachsenenbildung; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Afroamerikaner; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Eltern; Community leadership; Gemeindeleitung; Armut; Beschäftigungsstruktur; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Elternverhalten; Lehrerverhalten; Berufsentwicklung
Abstract	This study examined community adults' conceptions of successful early adult outcomes for rural African American adolescents from 2 low-resource communities in the Deep South. Focus groups were conducted with parents, teachers, and community leaders. Parents also completed semistructured phone interviews. The focus groups identified 2 general types of successful outcomes. One type involved youth leaving their hometowns to attain their educations and establish careers and then reconnecting with the community (i.e., "giving back"). The 2nd type involved youth establishing themselves in the community as employed adults to support themselves and their families. Parents also described a variety of successful outcomes related to education, employment, living arrangements, and family and community involvement. Barriers to success included involvement with drugs and alcohol, peer pressure, and a lack of community-level supports (e.g., jobs, youth programs, extracurricular activities, educational opportunities). (Contains 1 table.) (Author).
Anmerkungen	College of Education and Human Development. 5766 Shibles Hall, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469. Tel: 207-581-2761; Web site: http://www.umaine.edu/jrre/.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10