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 i883lYR18191; Tue, 7 Sep 2004 23:47:34 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 23:47:34 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <1094615151.2955542543.10863.sendItem@bloglines.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: PHCSJean.2156541@bloglines.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-4EFF:2826] Re: ethical issues in ESOL X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain Status: O Content-Length: 2010 Lines: 69 Great point, Meta. I have no experience with American Indian culture at all. Here in New England the Native American issues are minor. I touched on that in my segment on historical discriminatory practices, but I certainly can see how this could create issues in creating curriculum. Thanks! Jean --- nifl-4eff@nifl.gov wrote: On the topic of ethical issues in ESOL, Jean writes: > 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. > > > > Jean, > > I would encourage you to look into language and discipline (of children) > issues, too. I won't elaborate, hoping that other experienced ESOL teachers will > expand upon this. > > Your question seems to include another area of multicultural education, which > you might want to include in your paper: American Indian Adult Education. > > Here is one example: When we were conducting the research on the EFF Role > Maps, we visited American Indian programs. Most of the participants in those > focus groups insisted that we include something about spirituality on the Family > Role Map under the Broad Area of Responsibility which states, Strengthen the > Family System. This presented a dilemma as others deemed "spirituality" to call > up the realm of religion, an unsafe topic. The final draft does not use the > word, spirituality, but reads: Promote values, ethics, and cultural heritage. > > How many adult education programs nationwide do promote these three aspects > of family life and in what ways? Do adult education teachers shy away from > these because of implicit ethical issues? > > Best of luck with the paper. It sounds like quite an interesting project. > > All the Best, > > Meta Potts, Moderator 4-EFF List > Glen Allen, VA >
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