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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
Working with English Learners Using a Two-Generation Approach
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He, Ye; Wilson, Deborah; Scott, Amanda; Zhao, Xingyi – School Community Journal, 2019
The increasing number of English learners in local communities in the U.S. include both children and their family members. There is an urgent need to provide educational support for both generations of English learners. In this report from the field, a partnership program using a two-generation approach is described. Based on interviews,…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Intergenerational Programs, Cultural Capital, Partnerships in Education
Learning "with" Immigrant Children, Families and Communities: The Imperative of Early Childhood Teacher Education
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da Silva Iddings, Ana Christina; Reyes, Iliana – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2017
This article reports on a longitudinal study spanning over 5 years, involving the design and implementation of an early childhood teacher education program model that engages a critical-ecological theoretical approach, a funds of knowledge perspective, and design-based methodology. This project aimed to promote equitable education for all…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Early Childhood Education, Teacher Education, Family Literacy
From the "Ivory Tower" to the "University of the Poor": A Professor's Educational Journey
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Schoorman, Dilys – Urban Education, 2016
Adopting a Freirean perspective, the purpose of this autoethnography is to reframe the typical relationship between university educators and communities in poverty by highlighting the educative impact of such a community on a university professor's academic, cross-cultural critical and civic learning. By reframing communities in poverty as sources…
Descriptors: Ethnography, College Faculty, Poverty, School Community Relationship
Toward a New Pluralism in ABE/ESOL Classrooms: Teaching to Multiple "Cultures of Mind." Executive Summary. NCSALL Reports #19a
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Kegan, Robert; Broderick, Maria; Drago-Severson, Eleanor; Helsing, Deborah; Popp, Nancy; Portnow, Kathryn – National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL), 2001
The authors carefully followed for a year or more the inner experiences of learning and change of 41 ABE/ESOL (Adult Basic Education/English for Speakers of Other Languages) learners from all over the world. They were enrolled in three distinct U.S. programs (a community college, a family literacy site, and a workplace site), each oriented to…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students
Toward a New Pluralism in ABE/ESOL Classrooms: Teaching to Multiple "Cultures Of Mind." Research Monograph. NCSALL Reports #19
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Kegan, Robert; Broderick, Maria; Drago-Severson, Eleanor; Helsing, Deborah; Popp, Nancy; Portnow, Kathryn – National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL), 2001
How do ABE/ESOL (Adult Basic Education/English for Speakers of Other Languages) programs shape adult learners, and how do adult learners, in turn, shape their programs? Beyond the acquisition of important skills (such as greater fluency in the English language) what are the bigger internal meanings for adults of participating in ABE/ESOL…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students