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Facilitating Critical Literacy among Preliterate Maya Immigrants through Family Literacy: Implications for University-Community-School Partnerships
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Schoorman, Dilys; Zainuddin, Hanizah; Sena, Sister Rachel – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2020
This study investigates the role of a family literacy program in facilitating critical literacy among Maya immigrant parents as evident in their ability to navigate inhospitable institutional structures, re-writing their role as advocates for their children in school decision making. The study highlights the conscientization that emerged among…
Descriptors: Critical Literacy, Maya (People), Immigrants, Family Literacy
What Does Empowerment in Literacy Education Look Like? An Analysis of a Family Literacy Program for Guatemalan Maya Families
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Schoorman, Dilys; Zainuddin, Hanizah – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2008
Educators in the field of "family literacy" have identified multiple approaches to family literacy programs (FLPs), and have underscored the need to identify and make explicit the philosophical orientations of their own programs. This was the task undertaken in this article, which focused on a FLP in south Florida that served the needs…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Maya (People), Empowerment, Educational Practices