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Voices from the coast : drawing on family funds of knowledge to build ocean literacy and home school partnerships

Creator:

Roebber, Susan Merwin

Abstract:

In this qualitative study, ethnographic methods were used to identify parent funds of knowledge related to ocean literacy in a rural, coastal context. Participants included 16 parents of students in the teacher-researcher's third-grade classroom. Interactions between parent-child, parent-parent, and parent and the teacher-researcher were studied in order to determine factors...

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Dissertation

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parent perspectives of their experience following participation in ocean literacy activities with their
Women, poverty, and educational success : a critical exploration of low-income women's experience in community colleges

Creator:

Barry, Kate R.

Abstract:

The purpose of this study is to critically explore low-income women's experience as they negotiate post secondary education in community colleges. Three research questions explore the context through which low-income women have entered the college experience, what that experience is like for them, and how the community college experience has...

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Dissertation

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low-income women’s participation in post secondary education, and low-income women’s issues and