Why do we need to be conscious of the research and the tools connecting to our students' reality?
For anyone who has worked with pre-high school level students it is obvious. The reasons for separate, intentional and flexible programming reflects that the reasons behind adult basic education students not achieving success in prior schooling are many and varied.
"The lesson eventually learned is that ABE/GED students with high expectations and equally high vulnerability to physical, psychological, and family stress are less likely to believe that persistence pays. For many ABE students, getting through two classes may take more persistence and energy than it took their teachers to get through two years of college… imagine enrolling in a graduate program where you have no idea how many years it will take to get your master's, and seated beside you is a student who has been in the program for twelve years (Dr. Nancy Boraks)."
(Excerpted from "What I Wish They Had Told Me" by Dr. Nancy Boraks).
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