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 h8SKuQV29337; Sun, 28 Sep 2003 16:56:26 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 16:56:26 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <113.294aa7cd.2ca8a42c@aol.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: MWPotts2001@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-4EFF:2562] Literacy perspectives X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Mac sub 39 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Status: O Content-Length: 2252 Lines: 55 Colleagues, This message is a crosspost, written by Sylvie Kashdan, and the subject is the quality of English/language arts instruction at all educational levels. She refers us to the National Council Teachers of English statement, which can be found in greater detail on the WEB at this address. http://www.ncte.org/profdev/onsite/readinit/groups/cc/111131.htm The document, from which there is an excerpt below, is entitled, "NCTE: The Voice of Literacy." The description of what literacy education is all about sounds very much like Equipped for the Future. NCTE ensures that literacy is every citizen's inalienable right. As such, NCTE is dedicated to protecting the profession by improving the quality of English/language arts instruction at all educational levels. Specifically, the Council promotes the study and teaching of literacy as a tool of inquiry and learning, as a means of aesthetic and cultural understanding, and as an inalienable first right to full participation in a democratic and diverse society. NCTE's core values and member benefits focus on: *writing-as a tool for learning, thinking, and communication *literature-using trade books and quality literature across the curriculum *integrated language arts-including reading, writing, speaking, listening, as well as viewing, interpreting, and creating media *diversity-abhorring censorship while valuing difference, multiple forms of literacy, and students' rights to their own language *knowledgeable professionals-supporting quality programs of teacher education and effective forms of professional development where teachers' voices are heard *advocacy-for students, teachers, the English/language arts and the profession, and quality public education and assessment-supporting quality assessment and inclusive instruction which puts students first and is run in such a way that teachers can teach and students can learn. * Sylvie also suggests a book: Beyond Reading and Writing: Inquiry, Curriculum, and Multiple Ways of Knowing Authors: Beth Berghoff, Kathryn A. Egawa, Jerome C. Harste, Barry T. Hoonan We are interested in your perspectives on these perspectives. All the Best, Meta Potts, Moderator 4-EFF List FOCUS on Literacy Glen Allen, VA
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