Poverty, Residential Mobility, and Persistence across Urban and Rural Family Literacy Programs in Pennsylvania

Autor/inn/en	Schafft, Kai A.; Prins, Esther S.
Titel	Poverty, Residential Mobility, and Persistence across Urban and Rural Family Literacy Programs in Pennsylvania
Quelle	In: Adult Basic Education and Literacy Journal, 3 (2009) 1, S.3-12 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1934-2322
Schlagwörter	Poverty; Academic Persistence; Adult Basic Education; Adult Learning; Adult Students; Family Literacy; Student Mobility; Urban Areas; Rural Areas; Interviews; Literacy Education; Family Programs; Student Attitudes; Teacher Attitudes; Student Motivation; Pennsylvania + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Armut; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult education; Erwachsenenbildung; Adulte education; Adult training; Student; Students; Erwachsenenalter; Studentin; Schüler; Schülerin; Mobility; Mobilität; Urban area; Stadtregion; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Family program; Familienprogramm; Schülerverhalten; Lehrerverhalten; Schulische Motivation
Abstract	This study investigates how poverty and residential mobility affect adult persistence and participation in family literacy (FL) programs. Combining data from interviews with directors and participants from a sample of FL sites in Pennsylvania, this study examines (a) the perceptions of practitioners and adult learners regarding the role of residential instability in shaping FL program persistence for low-income adults, and (b) how determinants of persistence may vary across urban and rural contexts. We argue that poverty mobility coupled with particular structural features of community is often more salient to program persistence than are features of individual programs and/or participant "motivation." (Contains 2 tables and 3 endnotes.) (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