Practitioners Speak: Contributing to a Research Agenda for Adult Basic Education. NCSALL Reports #4.

Autor/inn/en	Bingham, Mary Beth; Smith, Cristine; Stewart, Kimberly; Burnett, Anne; Devereux, Helena; Gooden, Judy; Hayes, David; LaChance, Arthur; LaMachia, Joan; Meader, Pam; Tate, Alan; Tiedeman, Kristin
Institution	National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy, Boston, MA.
Titel	Practitioners Speak: Contributing to a Research Agenda for Adult Basic Education. NCSALL Reports #4.
Quelle	(1998), (40 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adult Basic Education; Adult Educators; Cooperative Planning; Educational Cooperation; Educational Research; Focus Groups; Information Networks; Research Needs; Teacher Attitudes; Theory Practice Relationship + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult education; Erwachsenenbildung; Adult education teacher; Adult training; Teacher; Teachers; Adult educator; Erwachsenenbildner; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; cooperation; Kooperation; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Informationsnetz; Forschungsbedarf; Lehrerverhalten; Theorie-Praxis-Beziehung
Abstract	To obtain practitioner input on the research agenda for adult basic education (ABE), practitioner leaders from the Practitioner Dissemination and Research Network (PRDN) conducted nine focus groups with ABE practitioners in their states. The focus groups examined three topics: issues that concern practitioners in ABE; ways practitioners see their concerns being addressed by current and future research; and the PRDN's role. Overall, the practitioners in ABE were looking for answers and stepping stones to improve ABE practice. They expected research to address their concerns and were generally anxious to work with researchers in designing and conducting studies that address their concerns. The following were among the practitioner concerns identified: student recruitment, retention, and motivation; program and policy (program structure and funding); curriculum and instruction; assessment of student and program performance; "special" students' needs; staff issues and professional development; impact of ABE on students' lives outside the classroom; and ways of working with a variety of learners in one class. (Appended are the following: focus group protocol; tables detailing the focus group participants by state and number of affinity diagram items by state; questions for the research agenda; and categories of issues of concern to focus group participants.) (MN)
Anmerkungen	NCSALL/World Education, 44 Farnsworth Street, Boston, MA 02210-1211 ($5).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01