| This qualitative study examined one inner-city Homeless Education Program as funded under the Stewart B. McKinney Act. Educators from Wayne Community College in Goldsboro, NC, functioned as instructors in the program. Classes were held in the shelters with the transient students staying for one class, a month of classes, or sometimes, six months or more.;The study was conducted over a one-and-one-half year period and included both observation and in-depth interviews with over twenty of the students, teachers, administrators, and shelter directors. A conceptual framework was developed to assist the researcher in the development of questions and the organization of themes.;The findings indicated that, although the instructors were inexperienced in the classroom, their enthusiasm and dedication made up for it in their teaching. Teachers and administrators were found to have a humanistic view of education. Eight themes emerged in the course of this research. They included: (1) the delivery of education in the program; (2) the effectiveness of the program; (3) the inexperience of teachers; (4) the genuineness of the teachers; (5) the teaching of "at-risk" students; (6) the homeless who work; (7) God as a motivator in students' lives; and (8) the influence of drugs. |
