Participant Leadership in Adult Basic Education: Negotiating Academic Progress and Leadership Responsibilities

Autor/inn/en	Drayton, Brendaly; Prins, Esther
Titel	Participant Leadership in Adult Basic Education: Negotiating Academic Progress and Leadership Responsibilities
Quelle	In: International Journal of Lifelong Education, 30 (2011) 3, S.349-365 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0260-1370
Schlagwörter	Academic Achievement; Adult Basic Education; Leadership Responsibility; Adult Educators; Student Leadership; Role Conflict; Barriers; Performance Factors; Student Responsibility; Case Studies; Student Government; Student Participation; Adult Literacy; Self Management; Adult Programs; New York + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulleistung; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult education; Erwachsenenbildung; Adult education teacher; Adult training; Teacher; Teachers; Adult educator; Erwachsenenbildner; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Studentenwerk; Rollenkonflikt; Leistungsindikator; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Schülerparlament; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Selbstmanagement
Abstract	This article examines the conflicts and challenges that student leaders in adult basic education and literacy programs experience in balancing their leadership responsibilities with academic endeavours. Based upon a case study of an adult basic education student leadership council in New York City, the article shows that leadership activities can both support and impede academic progress. The mediating factors were time requirements for implementation of leadership activities and the perceived priorities of the participants, who used various strategies to manage their academic and leadership responsibilities. Council involvement also supported and changed their academic, vocational and personal aspirations. This study alerts adult educators to the ways in which leadership activities can complicate learners' academic pursuits, the need both to respect student leaders' choices and to provide guidance on balancing their multiple responsibilities, and the importance of cultivating literate capabilities through leadership activities. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10