Return-Path: <nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id eAGH6N922807; Thu, 16 Nov 2000 12:06:33 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 12:06:33 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <F278anR0bBnm1u2mQPo00000e4e@hotmail.com> Errors-To: rgspacone@worldnet.att.net Reply-To: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Leonard Begaye" <choshpro@hotmail.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-4EFF:1266] Re: keynote speaker ideas wanted X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Status: O Content-Length: 3924 Lines: 117 Bonnie I believe that education should educate people to view the world and not just the word, in the course of history western education has been the biggest enemy of Indian people as it has done more to destroy the languages and traditions and, subsequently, the self-esteem and pride of Native Americans. It has conformed our people to foreign ideas and we must remember that more atrocities have been committed in the name of conformity. I do not mean to say that we should do away with western education but education must be relevant to the region, to the cultures, and people it serves. Just some ideas! lnbegaye >From: Bonnie Odiorne <bodiorne@erols.com> >Reply-To: nifl-4eff@nifl.gov >To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov> >Subject: [NIFL-4EFF:1264] Re: keynote speaker ideas wanted >Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 08:24:10 -0500 (EST) > >I think that's a wonderful idea, and for all cultures. Your comment reminds >me >that I've been meaning to respond to the comment that the Standards/Role >Maps >would need to be translated not just into other languages, but through >other >cultures. I think this would mean looking again at the EFF original data >samples >to see how many cultures might already have been represented. And I accept >the >point also made that adult learners need to understand the expectations of >"American culture," but that assumes that there is such a thing. We might >perhaps look at how other cultures view the role maps especially, not >perhaps in >view of changing the maps, but in pointing out to practitioners where the >cultural differences would surface. Thanks for the comment reminding us >that we >serve not just those from other countries, but those in our own country who >have >had a significant culture for longer than Europeans and other settlers have >been >here. >Bonnie Odiorne >Families Forward Through Technology >Waterbury, CT > >Leonard Begaye wrote: > > > Hello > > > > What about the topic of A Traditional Native American (Navajo) >Philosophy of > > Learning? > > > > Leonard Begaye, Director > > CIT - EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTER > > Crownpoint, NM 87313 > > > > >From: Pat Nelson <patknelson@yahoo.com> > > >Reply-To: nifl-4eff@nifl.gov > > >To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov> > > >Subject: [NIFL-4EFF:1260] Re: keynote speaker ideas wanted > > >Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 15:40:44 -0500 (EST) > > > > > >Hi Patte, > > > > > >Are you looking for people specifically to talk about > > >eff or other topics or themes? > > > > > >PAt Nelson, NH > > >--- Patte Bowman <Patte_Bowman@umit.maine.edu> wrote: > > > > I am seeking recommendations for keynote speakers > > > > for both the Maine > > > > Adult Correctional Education Conference, May 10, > > > > 2000 > > > > > > > > and > > > > > > > > the Maine Adult Education Summer Institute, June > > > > 18-22, 2000 > > > > > > > > Please send your ideas to me: > > > > > > > > Patte Bowman > > > > Staff Development Specialist > > > > Center for Adult Learning & Literacy > > > > 5766 Shibles Hall > > > > University of Maine > > > > Orono, ME 04469-5766 > > > > 207-581-2498 ext. 15 > > > > 207-487-4769 home > > > > patte.bowman@umit.maine.edu > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >__________________________________________________ > > >Do You Yahoo!? > > >Yahoo! Calendar - Get organized for the holidays! > > >http://calendar.yahoo.com/ > > > > >_________________________________________________________________________ > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at >http://www.hotmail.com. > > > > Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at > > http://profiles.msn.com. > _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.
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