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 f2CMlgg14047; Mon, 12 Mar 2001 17:47:42 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 17:47:42 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <saad0a97.066@jsi.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Andy Nash" <andy_nash@jsi.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-4EFF:1424] Resource X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise 5.2 Status: O Content-Length: 1597 Lines: 38 Here's a resource that might help you address one of the standards that doesn't get enough attention - observe critically. "The Change Agent" is a biannual newspaper published by the New England Literacy Resource Center. Its mission is to provide news, issues, ideas and other teaching resources that inspire and enable adult educators and learners to make civic participation and social justice-related concerns part of their teaching and learning. Each issue of the 24-page newspaper focuses on a different social justice topic, and the current issue is about "media literacy." The editor makes the connection to EFF this way: What Is Media Literacy and Why Teach It? For adult educators, media literacy is an important approach to building the Equipped for the Future communication skills. The standard, observe critically, directly parallels media literacy skills which teach students how to "access, analyze, evaluate, and communicate information in a variety of formats including print and non-print." Media literacy builds adults' abilities to question how the media operate, what messages they convey, whom the messages target, and why. These critical thinking and observational skills*which are fundamental to adult education*are similarly necessary for reading (interpreting the underlying meaning of a short story or historical narrative) or listening (noticing what's not being said, as well as what is being said). You can find a copy of each Change Agent plus an interactive web page with online activities related to the most recent issue at: www.nelrc.org. Andy Nash
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