Search results

Advanced search   My selection

Voices from the fields: community-based migrant education

The theme of this issue is 'A community-based approach to literacy programs: taking learners' lives into account'. Selected chapters are indexed from TD/TNC 64.145 to TD/TNC 64.149. This chapter explores the complex interaction of factors that shapes migrant adults' participation in adult basic education (ABE) programs and makes recommendations for effectively meeting migrant farmworkers' educational needs. The author situates migrants within a demographic and cultural context and examines migrant adults' perceptions of schooling, learning and education through the experiences of one Hispanic migrant community. Recommendations for effective education for migrants are drawn from a discussion of a successful ABE program designed for migrant adults.

The theme of this issue is 'A community-based approach to literacy programs: taking learners' lives into account'. Selected ...  Show Full Abstract  

Authors: Velazquez, Loida C.
Date: 1996
Geographic subjects: North America; United States
Journal title: New directions for adult and continuing education
Resource type: Article
Subjects: Participation; Disadvantaged; Culture;
Students; Adult and community education; Teaching and learning; Migration; Research; Management show more

VITAL Object