Participant Perceptions of a UACS Afterschool Program: Extending Learning beyond the Classroom

Autor/inn/en	Luter, D. Gavin; Lester, Jessica Nina; Lochmiller, Chad R.; Kronick, Robert
Titel	Participant Perceptions of a UACS Afterschool Program: Extending Learning beyond the Classroom
Quelle	In: School Community Journal, 27 (2017) 1, S.55-82 (28 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1059-308X
Schlagwörter	After School Programs; After School Education; Student Attitudes; Parent Attitudes; Case Studies; College School Cooperation; Partnerships in Education; Community Schools; Participant Observation; Qualitative Research; Elementary School Students; Urban Schools; College Faculty; Parents; Principals + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? After school education; After-school programs; Program; Programs; Programme; Außerschulische Jugendbildung; Programm; After school programs; Out of school education; Out-of-school education; Schülerverhalten; Elternverhalten; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Community school; ; Gemeindeschule; Gemeinschaftsschule; Teilnehmende Beobachtung; Qualitative Forschung; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Fakultät; Eltern; Principal; Schulleiter
Abstract	To date, relatively little research has examined the perceptions of children and parents involved in university-assisted partnership programs. In this paper, we present findings from a case study of a university-assisted community school (UACS) afterschool program wherein we interviewed participating students and their parents. We also completed participant observations at the school site and included the perspectives of the two central administrative staff (i.e., the school principal and the afterschool program coordinator), as this served to deepen our understanding. Our findings highlight how the students and parents positioned the UACS afterschool program as being significantly different from the regular school day, while also noting how the program positively shaped the children's lives. Further, we highlight how the administrative staff positioned the university as central to the afterschool program; in contrast, the students and parents did not mention the resources that were bound to the university. We conclude with implications for practitioners and scholars engaged in university-assisted partnership work. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01