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Swain, Jon; Cara, Olga – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2019
This paper is based on a large study of family literacy provision in England, which was carried out between July 2013 and May 2015. It explored the impact of classes on parents' relations with the school and their children, and their ability to support their children's literacy development. The study involved 27 school-based programmes for pupils…
Descriptors: Role, Family Literacy, Literacy Education, Parent School Relationship
Van Horn, Barbara; And Others – 1992
The Family Learning Project, a family literacy program, focused on providing Centre County, Pennsylvania, families with basic skills instruction within the context of family learning. Parents, working with specially trained family literacy tutors, received basic skills instruction tailored to their individual and family needs. Using the functional…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Family Involvement, Family Literacy
Virginia Adult Educators Research Network, Dayton. – 1994
This document reports findings of eight Virginia adult educators who designed and conducted research projects within their programs. Abstracts and bibliographies appear first. "Why Tutors Do What They Do" (Karen Cook, Jean Dooley, Charles Fuller) examines responses of volunteer literacy tutors to questions about their expectations and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Research