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Back to the Future: Putting Family Learning into Perspective by Adult Education

Back to the Future: Putting Family Learning into Perspective by Adult Education UP FRONT Back to the future ito Perspective by Adult Education Wing Family Learning and calls for research on the multi- could encourage other stab to including reading and writing. It’s as obvious as the nase on your institutionalize family literacy, she Since the family is the world and plier effect of adult educatiodfami- face, as they say-the needed rela- ly literacy efforts. Another recurring suggested trying to capture the parents the first and most impor- tionship between adult education theme is that approaches to family energy of the leadership in a state, tant teachers for young children, it and early childhood education, that or catch the energy of initiatives would be difficult to overstate the learning must be tailored by and is. However, for many years and that are already undernay. She importance of what is learned in for each community. Susan Rick- until recently, formal education abaugh advances the notion that emphasd the power of the con- families. efforts segregated adults from chil- cept of strengthening our nation The articles presented in th~s farmly education is the answer to dren and individuals from families. the retention issue in adult educa- by focusing on a family’s learning issue around the theme of family It is not clear exactly where the cur- needs. She said, ‘‘It’s interesting to learning examine: tion. The premise is supported that rent enlightenment concerning watch the power of family learning “it taka a village to raise a child.” family literacy and family learning the theoretical and philosoph- grow as practitioners from various When asked to comment on began, but the acknowledgement ical basis of family learning; disciplines come together to do family literacy, Sharon Darling of the centrahty of the family to the one state’s experience with something more powerful than of the National Center for Family sum of education efforts is cer- family literacy programs; they could do individually.” A Literacy said that she is encour- tainly front and center today. practitioner insights; and aged by what she is seeing, as the Proponents of the emergent lit- descriptions of community movement turns into a field that is eracy concept report that the devel- involvement in family embraced from all sectors. She sees opment of literacy and learning learning. that the seeds of farmly literacy skills begins as very young children Tom Sticht reminds us that the model programs have turned into become aware of their world and family is each society’s first and statewide policy in many stab. try to make sense of it through vari- most basic educational institution, When asked about strategies that ous forms of communicating, AB~tB&Pmgram, umtinuedfmmp. 21 The model is not law It is intended to be model, the author was able to keep the client flexible; you don’t need Senate or How project came in on-time, and on budget, and focused on the benefits of each step, and posi- approval to change it. You should probably it has received high rating from the client. tively impacted the final program outcome. use all the steps when developing big pro- In a second instance that helps illustrate grams, but feel free to abbreviate with smaller the flexibility of the model, another author THE STRENGTH OF OUR “BEST PRAC- projects. Just remember the advantages of edu- used the model in desigtllng a program for a TICES’’ MODEL is in the fact that it is a sys- cating your client along the way. small, but national, industry association. The tems approach to an open, integrated model You can use the model diagram to help project had many constraints, including a very of program development. The model is open tight schedule and severe cost constraints. Due to the internal and external fom of today’s improve communications with top manage- to these constraints, the author needed to gain rapidly changing business environment ment. Tailor the model to the program you are client agreement to abbreviate some steps in through its all-inclusive, continuous evalua- developing through the use of transparencies the model. In order to accomplish this the tion and feedback loop. overlaid by the details of your program. The model provides explicit exit points. Tador the model to the experience level author first explicitly covered the entire model These are key gohego decision points that of your program developers. Inexperienced with the client, so that they were aware of what take place early in the process. The continuous developers should document completion of they were giving up by eliminating some of p’ocess of needs analysis in the first three steps each step in the model to their own learning the steps. of the model provides the information needed and feedback. Senior developers, however, can As a result of this preliminary discussion, for these decision points. This design helps be given latitude to abbreviate steps, as the part way through the development, the client prevent the momentum of a program from program permits. A kame convinced that the abbreviated needs carrying it through to completion without suf- analysis added too much risk to the overall ficient data to justdj its continuance. project. “he client proceeded to modify the Based on our experience, w would encour- scope of the contract, adding money for an age you to use the model in your environment. expanded Performance Analysis, and extended Some thoughts and suggestions to keep in mind: the time for project completion. By using the 22 A Adult Learning http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Adult Learning SAGE

Back to the Future: Putting Family Learning into Perspective by Adult Education

Adult Learning , Volume 7 (2): 1 – Nov 1, 1995

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© 1995 American Association for Adult and Continuing Education
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Abstract

UP FRONT Back to the future ito Perspective by Adult Education Wing Family Learning and calls for research on the multi- could encourage other stab to including reading and writing. It’s as obvious as the nase on your institutionalize family literacy, she Since the family is the world and plier effect of adult educatiodfami- face, as they say-the needed rela- ly literacy efforts. Another recurring suggested trying to capture the parents the first and most impor- tionship between adult education theme is that approaches to family energy of the leadership in a state, tant teachers for young children, it and early childhood education, that or catch the energy of initiatives would be difficult to overstate the learning must be tailored by and is. However, for many years and that are already undernay. She importance of what is learned in for each community. Susan Rick- until recently, formal education abaugh advances the notion that emphasd the power of the con- families. efforts segregated adults from chil- cept of strengthening our nation The articles presented in th~s farmly education is the answer to dren and individuals from families. the retention issue in adult educa- by focusing on a family’s learning issue around the theme of family It is not clear exactly where the cur- needs. She said, ‘‘It’s interesting to learning examine: tion. The premise is supported that rent enlightenment concerning watch the power of family learning “it taka a village to raise a child.” family literacy and family learning the theoretical and philosoph- grow as practitioners from various When asked to comment on began, but the acknowledgement ical basis of family learning; disciplines come together to do family literacy, Sharon Darling of the centrahty of the family to the one state’s experience with something more powerful than of the National Center for Family sum of education efforts is cer- family literacy programs; they could do individually.” A Literacy said that she is encour- tainly front and center today. practitioner insights; and aged by what she is seeing, as the Proponents of the emergent lit- descriptions of community movement turns into a field that is eracy concept report that the devel- involvement in family embraced from all sectors. She sees opment of literacy and learning learning. that the seeds of farmly literacy skills begins as very young children Tom Sticht reminds us that the model programs have turned into become aware of their world and family is each society’s first and statewide policy in many stab. try to make sense of it through vari- most basic educational institution, When asked about strategies that ous forms of communicating, AB~tB&Pmgram, umtinuedfmmp. 21 The model is not law It is intended to be model, the author was able to keep the client flexible; you don’t need Senate or How project came in on-time, and on budget, and focused on the benefits of each step, and posi- approval to change it. You should probably it has received high rating from the client. tively impacted the final program outcome. use all the steps when developing big pro- In a second instance that helps illustrate grams, but feel free to abbreviate with smaller the flexibility of the model, another author THE STRENGTH OF OUR “BEST PRAC- projects. Just remember the advantages of edu- used the model in desigtllng a program for a TICES’’ MODEL is in the fact that it is a sys- cating your client along the way. small, but national, industry association. The tems approach to an open, integrated model You can use the model diagram to help project had many constraints, including a very of program development. The model is open tight schedule and severe cost constraints. Due to the internal and external fom of today’s improve communications with top manage- to these constraints, the author needed to gain rapidly changing business environment ment. Tailor the model to the program you are client agreement to abbreviate some steps in through its all-inclusive, continuous evalua- developing through the use of transparencies the model. In order to accomplish this the tion and feedback loop. overlaid by the details of your program. The model provides explicit exit points. Tador the model to the experience level author first explicitly covered the entire model These are key gohego decision points that of your program developers. Inexperienced with the client, so that they were aware of what take place early in the process. The continuous developers should document completion of they were giving up by eliminating some of p’ocess of needs analysis in the first three steps each step in the model to their own learning the steps. of the model provides the information needed and feedback. Senior developers, however, can As a result of this preliminary discussion, for these decision points. This design helps be given latitude to abbreviate steps, as the part way through the development, the client prevent the momentum of a program from program permits. A kame convinced that the abbreviated needs carrying it through to completion without suf- analysis added too much risk to the overall ficient data to justdj its continuance. project. “he client proceeded to modify the Based on our experience, w would encour- scope of the contract, adding money for an age you to use the model in your environment. expanded Performance Analysis, and extended Some thoughts and suggestions to keep in mind: the time for project completion. By using the 22 A Adult Learning

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