Return-Path: <nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id i4JJjGm01214; Wed, 19 May 2004 15:45:17 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 15:45:17 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <s0ab80d0.039@mail.vak12ed.edu> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Anita Prince" <aprince@mail.vak12ed.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-AALPD:1429] Re: survey on professionalization X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise 5.5.5 Status: O Content-Length: 5895 Lines: 119 I would like to participate. Anita >>> bingman@utk.edu 05/19/04 02:23PM >>> Hello All, I am passing on an letter from Allan Quigley inviting you to take what should be about20 to 30 minutes to participate in a survey on professionalism in adult literacyincluding basic literacy, ABE, GED and ESL teaching/tutoring in the term "adult literacy," here. This is an opportunity to contribute to thinking about professionalization in our field. The comments you provide will help in a couple of ways: 1) Allan is writing a book on Literacy and Professionalism and expects the results will be used in Chapter One in a summary form. Please note that your name will not appear in the book or anywhere else except in the Acknowledgements section of the book (or you can advise that you prefer not to have it appear there either, see below). Secondly, depending on the response to this request, Allan and I are thinking of an article on literacy and professional development. The same anonymity conditions would apply. This survey is going to practitioners in both the U.S. and Canada. In the U.S., those who volunteer through this note to the Association of Adult Literacy Professional Developers Listserv <nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov> will be the participants. The Canadian participant contacts came from the office of the Movement for Canadian Literacy (thanks to Wendy Desbrisay and Fiona Murray). If you have questions or concerns with the survey, our e-mail addresses can be found at the bottom of this message and please don't hesitate to contact us. Allan's letter follows this note. Thanks again! Beth Bingman ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dear Literacy Colleague: My name is Allan Quigley and I am a Professor of Adult Education at St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia, Canada. I am currently engaged in writing a book on Literacy and Professionalism with Krieger Publishing. The tentative title is "Building Professional Pride in Adult Literacy." This note is to invite you to share your views on professionalism and adult literacy (here, this is including basic literacy, ABE, GED Preparation, and ESL/EFL) through a survey questionnaire I have prepared. It shouldn't take much more than 20 30 minutes to complete and it can be returned by e-mail. I am hoping to hear from basic literacy, ABE, GED and ESL teachers, tutors, and administrators. The comments you provide will be synthesized and used in Chapter One to give a sense of some of the views held by a number of literacy practitioners in the USA and Canada. I need to add that, as a professor at a major university, both faculty and graduate students we are required to follow Research Ethics guidelines in any research. If you express interest and you reply (and I hope you will), you will receive by e-mail a "Procedures Letter" and the "Survey Form" itself. The survey can be completed and returned by e-mail. The Procedures Letter will explain in more detail that your name will not appear in the book or anywhere else, including any oral or printed presentations. However, in the event you would like your name to appear in the Acknowledgements Section of the book, and subject to how the publisher handles this section of the book, you need only request that your name appear and mail back a hard copy of a form to be attached to the Letter of Procedure. This form will include a request for your name to be printed clearly as you want it to appear, and signed, giving Approval to Add My Name in the book. If I am allowed to include it by the publisher, I will. Again, whether you want your name in the Acknowledgments of not, your name will appear no where else and, should this book go to further editions or translations, you will again be contacted for further approvals to include your name. Secondly, if you want a summary copy of the outcomes of this survey, you need only request it along with your completed reply to the Survey Questionnaire Please note that you can opt out of this survey at any point by e-mailing, phoning, or faxing me. Further, if you decide to have your name in the Acknowledgements, you can withdraw this agreement too at any time by e-mailing, phoning, or faxing me and I will stay in touch so you know when the book is to be printed, allowing you to know the last date to withdraw your name, if you so choose. All collected survey data will be kept under lock and key by me, the Principal Investigator, in event of inquires, for a five year period after the publication of the book, then all data will be destroyed. This invitation is going to practitioners in both the U.S. and Canada using Listservs.. It is will be sent in both RTF and Word to accommodate as many software programs as possible. If you have any questions or concerns with this study, at any point, please just send me a return note, or one to Beth. Our e-mail addresses, phone number and fax will be found at the bottom of every communiqué, including this one, so please don't hesitate to contact me at any point. Thanks again and I hope to hear from you. Allan Dr. Allan Quigley Dr. Beth Bingman Professor of Associate Director, Center for Literacy Studies Adult Education, Coordinator for NCSALL Projects, St. Francis Xavier University University of Tennessee, Knoxville Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Tennessee, Canada USA <aquigley@stfx.ca> <bingman@utk.edu] Beth Bingman Associate Director, Center for Literacy Studies Coordinator for NCSALL Projects
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