RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER STUDENTS All case study sites reported that peer relationships between students contribute to a learning environment that supports completion. The positive associations with student peer relationships include: having a sense of solidarity, sharing issues and supporting each other part of a team and working together as a team to solve issues being part of a tight community of learners, which is separate but not necessarily disconnected from community and family support creating a learning environment where these peer relationships can be developed It’s the environment that’s created. It’s a for people to come and have a yarn, a cup of tea, have a feed together; it’s just a community environment. (Yes I Can Literacy program) Figure 1 Case study locations Note: Each shaded area represents an area serviced by one of the five case study sites.
RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER STUDENTS All case study sites reported that peer relationships between students contribute to a learning environment that supports completion. The positive associations with student peer relationships include: having a sense of solidarity, sharing issues and supporting each other part of a team and working together as a team to solve issues being part of a tight community of learners, which is separate but not necessarily disconnected from community and family support creating a learning environment where these peer relationships can be developed It’s the environment that’s created. It’s a for people to come and have a yarn, a cup of tea, have a feed together; it’s just a community environment. (Yes I Can Literacy program) Figure 1 Case study locations Note: Each shaded area represents an area serviced by one of the five case study sites.
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