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Mater, Marty – Geography Teacher, 2017
A Family Geography Night (FGN) kit can be used to bring families together, teach about the world, give parents the opportunity to share their beliefs, and participate in the educational system while having fun! Geography is an essential element of twenty-first-century education. More than just maps, geography is the interaction of cultures,…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Geography Instruction, Geography, Family Programs
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Bates, Christine – International Journal of Community Music, 2012
This article examines learning outcomes in relation to the pedagogical methodologies employed in a community music project involving families. The research was designed with three stages. In the first stage case studies of existing family music projects were undertaken. In the second stage findings from the case studies were applied in the design…
Descriptors: Music Education, Social Environment, Music, Foreign Countries
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Lenters, Kimberly – Community Literacy Journal, 2008
This paper explores the following questions related to family literacy programs: How is family literacy linked with family literacy programs? What are the theoretical frameworks supporting the various models educators and researchers are using in their pedagogical approaches to family literacy programs? As these questions are explored several…
Descriptors: Program Development, Program Design, Family Literacy, Family Programs
Auerbach, Elsa Roberts – 1992
This guide offers ideas for adult literacy curriculum development using a participatory approach. Its intent is not to prescribe a curriculum but to raise issues associated with the varied needs of limited-literacy students and with development of curricula to address these needs. An introductory section discusses how the guide evolved and can be…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Classroom Techniques, Course Content
Macias, Reynaldo Flores; Alegria, Adelina; Resnik, Ana Maria Rodrigues – 1997
The 97 bilingual education program enhancement projects funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs in fiscal 1995 are analyzed for their demographic characteristics, goals and objectives, instructional characteristics, parent and family services, professional development, personnel…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Content Analysis, Demography, Elementary Secondary Education
McCollum, Heather; Russo, Alexander W. W. – 1993
This study reports on nine family literacy projects that focus on families whose primary language is not English. The first six projects fall under the Kenan service model, which sees that children receive more or as many services as adults and is organized around children's needs. These include the Canoncito Family Support/Early Childhood…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Bilingual Education