Educational Goals and Motivational Determinants Inherent in Participants in Volunteer Literacy Education.

Autor/in	Buttz, John Raymond
Institution	Indiana Univ., Bloomington.
Titel	Educational Goals and Motivational Determinants Inherent in Participants in Volunteer Literacy Education.
Quelle	(1968), (146 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adult Literacy; Age Differences; Doctoral Dissertations; Educational Background; Illiteracy; Income; Investigations; Literacy Education; Marital Status; Motivation; Objectives; Participant Characteristics; Participation; Race; Sex Differences; Indiana + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Doctoral dissertation; Doctoral thesis; Doctoral theses; Dissertationsschrift; Vorbildung; Analphabetismus; Einkommen; Untersuchung; Familienstand; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Goal definition; Zielsetzung; Teilnahme; Rasse; Abstammung; Sex difference; Geschlechtsunterschied
Abstract	This investigation sought to determine and assess educational goals and motives of adults enrolled in Indiana adult literacy programs, analyze implications for increasing the effectiveness of such programs, and explore procedures for improving program design and operation. Participants were interviewed concerning their personal characteristics, expressed educational and economic goals, reasons given for inability to read, and the length of time already spent in a given program. These were some of the conclusions: (1) respondents varied widely in age, sex, educational achievement, annual income, and marital status, indicating that participants are not necessarily homogeneous in any of these respects; (2) economic and educational goals may be more important to married than to single persons; (3) respondents may not necessarily be receiving incomes commensurate with their educational backgrounds; (4) achievement of a high school diploma is only one of the motivational factors in volunteer literacy education; (5) those who have completed the sixth grade or above may have different motives for learning to read than those with less schooling. (author/ly)
Anmerkungen	University Microfilms, 300 N. Zeeb Rd., Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48106 (Order No. 68-17,258, Microfilm $3.00; Xerography $7.00)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC