Transnational adult education for migrant populations: a realist evaluation of the programme “Education Model for Life and Work” (MEVyT Spanish acronym)

Hernandez Mendoza, Jose Sergio (2022) Transnational adult education for migrant populations: a realist evaluation of the programme “Education Model for Life and Work” (MEVyT Spanish acronym). PhD thesis, University of Glasgow.

Abstract

Adult education for migrant populations in a globalised economy is gaining relevance as a conduit to facilitate social cohesion and integration. For this reason, adult education is becoming part of the policy agendas in many countries. Different research projects have been launched by international organisations, governments, and higher education institutions to explore the effects of adult education on well-being and development. Nevertheless, there is still much to be studied about the implications of such interventions. This thesis draws on a realist evaluation of the programme “Education Model for Life and Work” (MEVyT) for migrant adults in the city of Los Angeles, California. This programme is operated transnationally by the National Institute for Adult Education (INEA for its acronym in Spanish), a Mexican agency providing literacy and basic education for adults who have been left out of the formal education system and have migrated to the United States. The objective is to identify if the programme improves the student's subjective well-being whilst fostering the creation of social capital. Moreover, through the realist evaluation, this research identified the context-mechanism-outcome pattern configurations that allow this programme to produce positive effects.

• Item Type: Thesis (PhD)
• Qualification Level: Doctoral
• Keywords: adult education, subjective well-being, social capital, migration, transnational education policy, realist evaluation, global education.
• Subjects: L Education > LC Special aspects of education
• Colleges/Schools: College of Social Sciences > School of Education
• Supervisor's Name: Osborne, Professor Michael and Odena, Professor Oscar
• Date of Award: 2022
• Depositing User: Theses Team
• Unique ID: glathesis:2022-83334
• Copyright: Copyright of this thesis is held by the author.
• Date Deposited: 05 Jan 2023 08:56
• Last Modified: 05 Jan 2023 09:40
• Thesis DOI: 10.5525/gla.thesis.83334
• URI: https://theses.gla.ac.uk/id/eprint/83334