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"Oh, So Lucky To Be Like That, Somebody Care": Five Case Studies of Selected Mid-Life Women Learners Seeking Care in a Literacy Program.
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Cuban, Sondra – 2001
This paper problematizes the role of caring in women's persistence in literacy programs. The paper draws from the author/researcher's doctoral research, a study of 10 mid-life multi-ethnic Adult Basic Education and English as a Second Language women learners and their lifelong experiences of literacy, schooling, and learning, both inside and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Ethnography, Family Caregivers