How about all of you who are working in programs? Do you have any  
fathers in your program who might be willing to be part of Eugenio's  
study? She would be meeting with those fathers who volunteer and  
asking them questions about the program. To learn more about how she  
will be interacting with fathers, give her a call or e-mail her as  
she suggested.


On Nov 27, 2006, at 12:03 PM, Eugenio Longoria Sáenz wrote:


> Dear Family Literacy Community.

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>

>

> I am doctoral student at Penn State University in the College of  

> Education’s Department of Learning and Performance Systems and  

> formerly served as a research assistant at the Goodling Institute  

> for Research in Family Literacy.  I am writing to ask for your help  

> in recruiting participants to interview for my dissertation  

> research.  The focus of my dissertation research is fathers’  

> participation in family literacy programs.  I am specifically  

> looking to recruit fathers for this study.  If your program, or any  

> program you know, currently has fathers enrolled please contact  

> me.  If you have any questions, would like to read the abstract of  

> my study proposal, or preview my formal recruitment letter, you can  

> call me at (814)321-3515 or write to me at EZL109 at psu.edu.

>

>

>

> My research question is:

>

> What is the experience of students as fathers as this is shaped by  

> the construction of parent(ing) in family literacy programs?

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> The key objectives of my study are:

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> This study will explore how students as fathers interpret and make  

> sense of their experiences within the context of family literacy  

> programs by recording their stories

> By providing insight into the experiences of fathers participating  

> in family literacy programs, I will help practitioners, policy  

> makers, and researchers in the field better align expectations with  

> program and policy designs.

> This research aims to describe how fathers respond to the  

> expectations of the four components of family literacy, to reveal  

> how fathers participating in family literacy programs process their  

> experiences to see how (and if) they change and learn, to  

> contribute to the breath and depth of the existing body or research.

> The goal is to expand current research related to this issue beyond  

> the limited focus of program description.

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>

>

> Your help in this endeavor is greatly appreciated.  Once again, if  

> you have any questions you can call me at (814)321-3515 or write to  

> me at EZL109 at psu.edu.

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> Kind Regards,

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>

> Eugenio Longoria Saenz

>

> Doctoral Candidate, Learning and Performance Systems

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Gail J. Price
Multimedia Specialist
National Center for Family Literacy
325 West Main Street, Suite 300
Louisville, KY 40205

Phone: 502 584-1133, ext. 112
Fax: 502 584-0172


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