The following is posted on behalf of Delane Weathersby.


>

>

> I have one father enrolled in my Even Start Family Literacy Program  

> - the first one ever I understand!  I will speak with him  

> tomorrow.  He may be willing to participate.

>

> Delane Weathersby

> Even Start Family Literacy Director

> Edgecombe County Public Schools

> Stocks Elementary School

> 400 West Hope Lodge Street

> Tarboro, North Carolina 27886

> 252-823-1620

>

> dweathersby at ecps.us

>

>

>

> Quoting Gail Price <gprice at famlit.org>:

>

>

>> 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.

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> 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?

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> The key objectives of my study are:

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> 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.

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> 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.

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> Kind Regards,

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> Eugenio Longoria Saenz

>>>

>>> Doctoral Candidate, Learning and Performance Systems

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>

>> 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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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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