Return-Path: <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id i8SEaT810902; Tue, 28 Sep 2004 10:36:29 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 10:36:29 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <415983E2.3564.126FD79@localhost> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "PETER HANNON" <P.Hannon@sheffield.ac.uk> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:1959] Re: ESL Family Literacy Program Research X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Status: O Content-Length: 1923 Lines: 53 Marcy, I suggest that the best starting point for your research would be the recent handbook edited by Barbara Wasik. It contains a massive amount of information and provides leads to lots more. Wasik, B.H. (Ed.) (2004) Handbook of family literacy: research and practice. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. Peter Hannon Date sent Tue, 28 Sep 2004 07:40:06 -0400 (EDT) Send reply to: nifl-family@nifl.gov From: "Marcy L. Kinnaman" <mkinn003@umaryland.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:1957] ESL Family Literacy Program Research > Hi, > My name is Marcy Kinnaman and I am a graduate student at the > University of Maryland, Baltimore School Of Social Work. As part of my > curriculum I have been assigned to do research for an ESL family > literacy program. The program is run by the Carlos Rosario > International Career Center in Washington, D.C. They are a model > program for adult ESL education, however, this is their first > experience with family literacy. They just started their literacy > program last year and they have asked me and two other students to > conduct research on programs like theirs throughout the country to > determine best- practices as well as tools to measure effectiveness. > Currently, the program is run in two local elementary schools. The > students are parent's of the children that attend these schools. They > have had problems with retention, recruitment practices, and measuring > outcomes. I am looking for any information or resources that would > assist me in this research. I appreciate any help that I can get. > Thanks a lot! > > Marcy Kinnaman > ------- End of Forwarded Message ------- > ------------------------ Professor Peter Hannon Department of Educational Studies University of Sheffield Sheffield S10 2JA England Tel. 0114 222 8117 Fax. 0114 279 6236
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