?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Parental+Perspectives+of+Family+Learning+%5BWider+Benefits+of+Learning+Research+Report+No.+2%5D&rft.creator=Brassett-Grundy%2C+Angela&rft.description=This+paper+reports+the+findings+from+a+qualitative+research+project+undertaken+to+investigate+parents'+perspectives+of+family+learning%2C+specifically%3A+what+family+learning+might+look+like+to+them%3B+what+their+expectations+of+it+might+be%3B+how+they+would+want+it+to+happen+and+where%3B+what+they+might+get+out+of+it%3B+and%2C+what+is+the+right+way+of+describing+it+from+their+point+of+view%2C+i.e.+a+bottom-up+approach.+Findings+are+reported+from+focus+group+discussions+carried+out+with+parents+who+were+participating+in+organised+family+learning+literacy+and+numeracy+programmes%2C+as+well+as+parents+who+were+not+involved+in+formal+family+learning+programmes.+Their+comments+relate+to%3A+definitions+of+family+learning%3B+motivations+and+barriers+to+learning%3B+advantages+and+disadvantages+of+family+learning+to+themselves%2C+children+and+others%3B+how+family+learning+courses+can+be+successful%3B+and%2C+how+to+encourage+others+to+participate+in+family+learning.+Recommendations+have+been+made+based+on+these+comments%2C+relating+to%3A+the+marketing+of+family+learning+courses%3B+the+design+of+family+learning+courses%3B+and%2C+the+training+and+qualities+of+family+learning+tutors.&rft.publisher=Centre+for+Research+on+the+Wider+Benefits+of+Learning%2C+Institute+of+Education%2C+University+of+London&rft.date=2002&rft.type=Report&rft.language=eng&rft.source=++++Centre+for+Research+on+the+Wider+Benefits+of+Learning%2C+Institute+of+Education%2C+University+of+London%3A+London.+++++&rft.format=text&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10014633%2F1%2FWBLResRep2.pdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10014633%2F&rft.rights=open