[FamilyLiteracy 448] Re: Searching for Fathers in Family LiteracyGail Price gprice at famlit.orgTue Nov 28 11:36:09 EST 2006
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 >> > > > > > > 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.nifl.gov/pipermail/familyliteracy/attachments/20061128/0ce3c3f2/attachment.html
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