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 i87CkqR05892; Tue, 7 Sep 2004 08:46:52 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 08:46:52 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <web-12170506@gse.harvard.edu> 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: "Jennifer Roloff" <roloffje@gse.harvard.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-4EFF:2818] Re: ethical issues in ESOL X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"; format="flowed" X-Mailer: CommuniGate Pro WebUser Interface v.4.2 Status: O Content-Length: 2509 Lines: 61 Hi Jean, Another ESOL ethical situation that I have learned about is when one spouse is not supportive or is actually a barrier to a student's (usually a woman's) learning and attending classes. It is an ethical issue insofar as how and to what extent does the program need to counsel and protect the woman student's wishes to be there. A student like her may need more moral support just to show up every week when she is not receiving the support about her educational endeavors at home. It's a good question. Hope this helps. Jennifer On Tue, 7 Sep 2004 00:30:27 -0400 (EDT) PHCSJean.2156541@bloglines.com wrote: > Good day everyone. > I know that the EFF folks do a good amount of work with > ESL/ESOL work and I'm hoping to pick some experienced brains out there. > > > I'm wrapping up a paper for grad school on the ethics of the acculturation > process and I'm trying to come up with some sticky wicket ethical situations > that could occur in an ESL/ESOL situation. So far I have one about a faith-based > center allowing anyone to come without discrimination or requiring religous > conversion to participate. After that, I'm stumped. > > I've already discussed > what is culture, and what the acculturation process entails, and looked at > the differences between acculturation that expects abandonment of the original > culture and the more pluralistic perspective of adopting and embracing the > new culture into the learner's original culture. > > Since this is supposed > to be dealing with ethics, I'm looking for some ethical issues. Does anyone > have any issues you have dealt with? > > Here's the question: > Review the research > on ethics and multiculturalism. Identify several educational models related > to the acculturation process in working with multicultural adult literacy > students. Evaluate and analyze the critical ethical issues facing literacy > teachers in their work with culturally diverse students. > > The sad part is > that I wrote the question. Our set up is write 10 questions and the advisor > picks 6. I tossed this one in as a throw-away question. She loved it! :) > > So far, I haven't found more than one ethical issue and don't see it as > particularly problematic. I'd love to hear from you. > > Thanks! > Jean Marrapodi > > Providence Assembly of God Learning Center > > on-list > PHCSJean.2156541@bloglines.com > > > off-list > rejoicer@aol.com Jennifer Roloff Welch NCSALL fellow Doctoral Student, Harvard Graduate School of Education
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