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Jen Stacy – Educational Linguistics, 2021
Adult refugees often turn to informal learning opportunities, such as family literacy programs, to learn English. These programs often promote dominant, neoliberal ideologies and invoke a deficit lens that intends to fix newcomers. This chapter looks at the learning experiences of Kurdish refugees who participated in a family literacy program in…
Descriptors: Adults, Refugees, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Boss, Rod; Powell, Glen – 1991
This paper describes the Partners in Literacy Project developed by Phelps County, Nebraska R-6 School District. This project involves a partnership among the school, the parents, and students in promoting the literacy development of students. This rural school district serves a student body of 43 and consists of 6 staff members. The students are…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Family Involvement, Family Literacy, Parent Participation