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Peer reviewedMcGee, Karen A. – Educational Leadership, 1996
Poised to help legally homeless parents become their children's best teachers, instructors in a Nevada literacy program found that human relationships took precedence over academics. Instructors learned the importance of renaming the program (to avoid association with prior academic failure) and blending literacy activities with hot meals, family…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Affiliation Need, Elementary Education, Friendship
