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"I Bring Them Here to Tell Their Stories": Transnational Latina Mothers' Critical Literacy Practices in an Intergenerational Storytelling Workshop
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Gonzales, Grace Cornell; Machado, Emily; Plitkins, Lauren – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2023
Family literacy programs are potential spaces of empowerment for transnational families, yet often draw from deficit logics that fail to acknowledge the rich language and literacy practices of Latinx communities. We brought together theories of critical literacy and theories of mothering as critical work to document how transnational Latina…
Descriptors: Family Literacy, Family Programs, Hispanic Americans, Immigrants
Immigrant Parent Involvement in Government Funded Early Childhood Education Programming: An Examination of FACES
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Leong, Anne Day; Berzin, Stephanie Cosner; Hawkins, Summer Sherburne – Early Child Development and Care, 2019
Head Start is a federally funded early childhood education programme that takes a unique 2-generation approach to working with families. Family engagement in early education like Head Start has been shown to improve academic and behavioural outcomes in children, with particular beneficial effects in the children of immigrant parents. This study…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Parent Participation, Federal Programs, Early Childhood Education
Hamburg's Family Literacy Project (FLY) in the Context of International Trends and Recent Evaluation Findings
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Rabkin, Gabriele; Geffers, Stefanie; Hanemann, Ulrike; Heckt, Meike; Pietsch, Marcus – International Review of Education, 2018
The authors of this article begin with an introduction to the holistic concept of family literacy and learning and its implementation in various international contexts, paying special attention to the key role played by the notions of lifelong learning and intergenerational learning. The international trends and experiences they outline inspired…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Family Literacy, Lifelong Learning, Intergenerational Programs
Reimagining Diversity Work: Multigenerational Learning, Adult Immigrants, and Dialogical Community-Based Learning
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Yep, Kathleen S. – Metropolitan Universities, 2014
Interactions between universities and surrounding communities have the potential to create empowering education through community engagement. Innovative "town/gown" relationships such as multigenerational learning communities with immigrant communities may foster positive student learning outcomes while at the same time strengthen local…
Descriptors: Intergenerational Programs, Immigrants, Adult Education, Community Education
Post-Secondary Educational Attainment of Immigrant and Native Youth
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Keller, Ursula; Tillman, Kathryn Harker – Social Forces, 2008
We examine immigrant generation differences in college attendance and college type among youth ages 18 through 26 who have graduated from a U.S. high school. Results indicate that first- and second-generation immigrants are significantly more likely to attend college than their third-plus generation counterparts of similar race/ethnicity,…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Family Characteristics, Educational Attainment, College Attendance
Book Bridges: Its First Phase. An Evaluation.
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Zakaluk, Beverley L. – 1991
The first phase of Book Bridges, an English-as-a-Second Language literacy project for immigrant women and their children, was evaluated. Fifteen clients completed the first 10-week, 60-hour program designed to increase English vocabularies, give clients opportunities to express ideas in English, and provide a framework for facilitating…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Cost Effectiveness, English (Second Language), Family Literacy