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A Comparison of Adult Basic Education Programs and Their Relationship to Parental Attitudes Toward Children and Life Satisfaction
Abstract
Adult Education Programs may already be having an effect on parents and their children. Osborn (1971) in a study of "The Impact of Differing Parental Educational Levels on the Educational Achievement, Attitude, Aspira- tion, and Expectation of the Child" found a relationship between the aspirations, attitudes and expectations of the child and the same sex parent.Bloom (1964) identified six characteristics of the home which had an influence on the educational achievement of the child. The six included: parents' aspirations for the child and for themselves, language quality of the parents and their language expectations of their children, quality and availability of educa- tional guidance in the home, the extent and quality of family activities, the nature and quality of materials in the child's environment, and the family work habits in the home. Bloom found evidence that parents with relatively low educational and occupational status have very few resources for supplying a home environment that will stimulate educational achievement, and thought the home environment to be a very powerful determinant of a child's educational achievement.
Subject Area
Continuing education
Recommended Citation
GINGLES, JAMES MERLE, "A Comparison of Adult Basic Education Programs and Their Relationship to Parental Attitudes Toward Children and Life Satisfaction" (1977). ETD collection for University of Nebraska-Lincoln. AAI7808160.
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/dissertations/AAI7808160