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 iAU2XsF03852; Mon, 29 Nov 2004 21:33:54 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 21:33:54 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <41BF109A@webmail.utk.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: jataylor <jataylor@utk.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-aalpd@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-AALPD:1782] Free E-Conference, Adult/Youth Literacies: Innovative Approaches & Promising Practices X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Infinite Mobile Delivery (Hydra) SMTP v3.62.01 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Status: O Content-Length: 3950 Lines: 76 FYI, Jackie TALKING TEACHING ADULT AND YOUTH LITERACIES: INNOVATIVE APPROACHES AND PROMISING PRACTICES AN ELECTRONIC CONFERENCE ON THE HUB, DECEMBER 2 - 18, 2004. Join HEIDE SPRUCK WRIGLEY, a researcher in adult literacy who specializes in making connections between research and practice, to talk about innovative approaches and promising practices in adult and youth literacy. The conference is offered free of charge and takes place in asynchronous time. All you need to participate is a web browser. A conference ID and password will be assigned to you when you register for the conference. REGRISTRATION DEADLINE IS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2004, 9 AM PACIFIC TIME. Please register early as there is a maximum of 50 participants. TO REGISTER CONTACT SANDY MIDDLETON AT LITERACY BC: smiddleton@literacy.bc.ca. When registering, please include the following information: . Your first and last names. . Your organizational affiliation and city/town of residence. . A short paragraph that describes your work and your interest in the conference topic. ADULT AND YOUTH LITERACIES: INNOVATIVE APPROACHES AND PROMISING PRACTICES The focus of this session will be an exploration of issues in adult and youth literacy with a special emphasis on research-based principles to guide practice. We will discuss "what works" from various perspectives (theory, research, and classroom teaching) and will offer ideas and materials grounded in what we know about how people learn and how language and literacy develop. Subtopics will include discussions of 8-10 learning principles particular to language and literacy development in adults, definitions of what adult and youth literacy is (and what it is not), and ways of knowing what students know. Embedded throughout will be ideas and promising practices from the literacy field. These may include the useof generative materials to lessen preparation time, multi-media to increase engagement and build critical literacy, and "smart routines" to scaffold literacy performance. We will also discuss the research in "explicit teaching" (as opposed to "direct" teaching) and whether it constitutes a promise or a nightmare for adult literacy. ABOUT HEIDE SPRUCK WRIGLEY Heide Spruck Wrigley is a researcher in adult literacy who specializes in making connections between research and practice. Her international work includes working with teachers in China, Egypt, Germany, and Poland and she currently provides teacher education seminars through several of the new regional staff development centres in Texas. Her research work includes several national studies in the United States around literacy for language minority adults, including a large scale five year current effort to study what happens when an explicit focus on literacy development is added to a life skills curriculum. Her work in Canada continues as the research director of the New School Canada, a national youth literacy demonstration program in Surrey, BC designed to show how adolescent literacy students who face multiple risk factors can be successful in school and transition to work, training, or non-sheltered academic programs. The two year research work has been completed and data analysis is now underway. ~ Heide holds a Ph.D. in education with a specialization in language, literacy, and learning and a Master's Degreed in Applied Linguistics.She has written several books and numerous articles focused on different aspects of adult and youth literacy, including family literacy and workforce preparation. She is on a number of advisory boards, including the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL) at Harvard. She is currently serving on two panels for the National Academy of Sciences in Washington. Adult and Youth Literacies: Innovative Approaches and Promising Practices is sponsored by Literacy BC and Capilano College in partnership with the Northwest Territories Literacy Council.
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b30 : Thu Dec 23 2004 - 09:46:00 EST