I would like to apologize to Eugenio for inadvertently referring to  
him with feminine pronouns. I didn't pay close enough to the spelling  
of his name and am sorry. I also thought that you List subscribers  
should know that it is a male who is conducting the study on fathers'  
involvement in family literacy programs.

I hope you are still looking for fathers to participate in his study.

Once again, sorry Eugenio.



On Nov 28, 2006, at 7:31 AM, Gail Price wrote:


> 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

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>

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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
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