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The Administrative Challenges of Building Community in Community‐Based Adult Literacy Programs that Serve Adolescent Youth‐at‐Risk
Author(s) -
Terry Marion
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
new horizons in adult education and human resource development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1939-4225
DOI - 10.1002/nha3.10197
Subject(s) - literacy , community education , community building , pedagogy , community college , literacy education , public relations , medical education , psychology , sociology , political science , medicine
Community‐based adult literacy education programs are rooted in the communities they serve. The commitment that community‐based adult literacy coordinators and administrative advisory groups make to nurturing community in their programs, moreover, is based on the firm belief that building community is an integral part of their mission. When their commitment to providing adult literacy education extends to adolescent youth‐at‐risk who are also in need of academic instruction outside of regular school, they invite new challenges for classroom community building. This article studies the administrative practices of community‐building, and the effects of including adolescent youth‐at‐risk, in community‐based adult literacy education programs.