Improving the Attendance Rate for African American Male Students in an After School Reading Program through Parental Involvement, Positive Male Role Models, and Tutorial Instruction.

Autor/in	Tanksley, Mary Dennard
Titel	Improving the Attendance Rate for African American Male Students in an After School Reading Program through Parental Involvement, Positive Male Role Models, and Tutorial Instruction.
Quelle	(1995), (36 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Praktikumsbericht; After School Education; After School Programs; Blacks; Elementary Education; Males; Parent Participation; Parents as Teachers; Reading Attitudes; Reading Programs; Role Models; Student Motivation; Student Participation; Tutoring; Tutors + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? After-school programs; After school programs; Out of school education; Out-of-school education; Außerschulische Jugendbildung; After school education; Program; Programs; Programme; Programm; Black person; Schwarzer; Elementarunterricht; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Elternmitwirkung; Reading behavior; Rading behaviour; Leseverhalten; Identifikationsfigur; Schulische Motivation; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Förderkonzept; Nachhilfeunterricht; Förderlehrer; Lehrender; Tutor
Abstract	This practicum was designed to improve the attendance rate for African American male students in the After School Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) program. The attendance rate for male students was far below that of female students. The following strategies to increase male participation in the reading program were developed: local businesses and foundations were sought to fund the program; parent groups were organized to assist with book distributions, field trips, and assembly programs; and African American males were recruited to serve as tutors. Analysis of the data revealed that the attendance rate for African American male students improved. This improvement appears related to both the strong parental involvement in this program and the presence of male role models as tutors. Student interaction with adult males is discussed as a particularly important factor behind the success of this program. Contains 11 references. (Author/TS)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC