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Dissertation Information for Jane Adashko Avner

NAME:
- Jane Adashko Avner

DEGREE:
- Ph.D.

DISCIPLINE:
- Library and Information Science

SCHOOL:
- University of Pittsburgh (USA) (1992)

ADVISORS:
- Margaret M. Kimmel

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
- E. Blanche Woolls
- Carla Diane Hayden
- Sara Fine
- Brian Ray

MPACT Status: Fully Complete

Title: Information needs and information-seeking behavior as a factor in the educational program of home schooled children: A qualitative study of five families educating at home

Abstract: The purpose of this research was to generate hypotheses about the development of information needs and information seeking behavior of children who are educated at home. Five families were selected for interviewing and participant observation using qualitative research methods. Written field notes were analyzed after each observation and interview session until a hypothesis was generated grounded in the written data and previous research. The hypothesis suggested that there were four identifiable stages in the development of the home school program. Those stages were: (1) An adjustment period which was sometimes characterized by conflict between parent and child, (2) the identification of the child's information needs, (3) the satisfaction of those information needs, and (4) the integration of the child's information needs into the home school curriculum. When the child's information needs were integrated into the home school curriculum, both parent and child exhibited satisfaction with the program.

MPACT Scores for Jane Adashko Avner

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TA = 0
calculated 2008-06-10 19:51:49

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