Last Chance Gulch: Youth Participation in Urban Adult Basic Education Programs

Autor/inn/en	Perin, Dolores; Flugman, Bert; Spiegel, Seymour
Titel	Last Chance Gulch: Youth Participation in Urban Adult Basic Education Programs
Quelle	In: Adult Basic Education: An Interdisciplinary Journal for Adult Literacy Educational Planning, 16 (2006) 3, S.171-188 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1052-231X
Schlagwörter	Academic Persistence; Dropouts; Dropout Research; Dropout Programs; High School Equivalency Programs; High Risk Students; Influences; African American Students; Hispanic American Students; Enrollment Trends; Urban Youth; Young Adults; Graduation; Attendance Patterns; Interviews; Case Studies; Student Adjustment; Adult Basic Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Problemschüler; Influence; Einfluss; Einflussfaktor; African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Hispanic; Hispanic Americans; Hispanoamerikaner; Urban area; Urban areas; Youth; Stadtregion; Stadt; Jugend; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Abschluss; Graduierung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Adjustment; Adaptation; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult education; Erwachsenenbildung
Abstract	In a case study of four urban adult basic education programs in a northeastern state, large increases in the participation of 16- to 20-year-old students were found. Many of these students were reading below the fifth-grade level despite aspiring to the General Education Development (GED) diploma. Reasons for youth participation included increased high school graduation standards, high school adjustment difficulties, pregnancy, poverty, court referral, misperceptions of the GED, preference for an adult environment, and program marketing. Low retention and GED attainment rates were reported by staff. Attempts to serve this vulnerable population included segregating classes by age, providing individualized assistance in class, offering computer-based practice, and hiring teachers who had experience with students with special education or correctional backgrounds. The findings suggest that the ABE programs were poorly equipped to assist urban youth in their attempts to complete secondary education. (Contains 3 notes.) (Author).
Anmerkungen	Commission on Adult Basic Education. 1320 Jamesville Avenue, Syracuse, NY 13210. Tel: 315-422-9121; Web site: http://www.coabe.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10