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ERIC Number: EJ650300
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2001
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ISSN: ISSN-1086-296X
Carmen Montana, the General Education Diploma, and Her Social Network.
Dowdy, J. Kilgour
Journal of Literacy Research, v33 n1 p71-98 Mar 2001
Focuses on the experience of a Black woman who returned to school for her General Education Diploma (GED) certificate. Sees the way she changes her social network of friends and herself over time. Reveals the themes of improved literacy skills, heightened confidence, community activism, and youth leadership, as she circulates in her community and congregation a year after the GED. (RS)
Descriptors: Activism, Adult Education, Black Students, Females, High School Equivalency Programs, Interpersonal Relationship, Leadership, Literacy, Self Esteem
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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