Literacy in Washington State
Document Type
Oral Presentation
Campus where you would like to present
SURC 137A
Start Date
17-5-2012
End Date
17-5-2012
Abstract
The purpose of my research is to investigate the status of adult literacy in Washington State. Working from existing literature I intend to develop an interview guide to answer questions not currently addressed within the existing literature. Specifically, I intend to interview librarians, teachers and nonprofit organization personnel that are striving to increase adult literacy rates in the greater Seattle area. I’ll contact librarians, teachers, and nonprofit organization personnel that are linked to adult literacy in the greater Seattle area. Sample recruitment will occur from a combination of cold calling appropriate libraries and nonprofits to secure an initial interview. Once I have secured initial interviews, I’ll ask my respondents for names and contact information for others that are also involved in adult literacy. In this way, I’ll be utilizing a snowball sample. You’re then going to want to discuss some of the anticipated findings of your study. You don’t have to have a clear-cut set of findings yet, just talk about what you think you’ll find and/or discuss what you’d like to know more about.
Recommended Citation
Vickrey, Taylor, "Literacy in Washington State" (2012). Symposium Of University Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE). 66.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/source/2012/oralpresentations/66
Additional Mentoring Department
Sociology
Literacy in Washington State
SURC 137A
The purpose of my research is to investigate the status of adult literacy in Washington State. Working from existing literature I intend to develop an interview guide to answer questions not currently addressed within the existing literature. Specifically, I intend to interview librarians, teachers and nonprofit organization personnel that are striving to increase adult literacy rates in the greater Seattle area. I’ll contact librarians, teachers, and nonprofit organization personnel that are linked to adult literacy in the greater Seattle area. Sample recruitment will occur from a combination of cold calling appropriate libraries and nonprofits to secure an initial interview. Once I have secured initial interviews, I’ll ask my respondents for names and contact information for others that are also involved in adult literacy. In this way, I’ll be utilizing a snowball sample. You’re then going to want to discuss some of the anticipated findings of your study. You don’t have to have a clear-cut set of findings yet, just talk about what you think you’ll find and/or discuss what you’d like to know more about.
Faculty Mentor(s)
Michael Harrod