Return-Path: <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g4NBN2O16045; Thu, 23 May 2002 07:23:02 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 07:23:02 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <NCBBKFFJMKFIFAGAFGNEGELIDBAA.jlee@famlit.org> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Jon Lee" <jlee@famlit.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:1116] Clips and Cross Posts X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 1849 Lines: 50 Hey There! Hope all is well with you and yours. From: Harriet Vardiman Smith, Materials/Research Coordinator, Adult Literacy Clearinghouse, Texas Center for Adult Literacy & Learning, Texas A&M University A new book you should have a go with! Reading Lives: Working-Class Children and Literacy Learning Hicks, Deborah (2002). New York, NY: Teachers College Press. Valerie Walkerdine, Professor at University of Western Sydney, describes this book as "a beautiful, brilliant, sensitive and profound exploration of literacy and class. Deborah Hicks takes us into classrooms and homes with working class children as they struggle not only to learn to read but with the kind of subjectivity that literacy appears simultaneously to hold out to and refuse them." Combining a long-term study of two children from white working-class families and her own experience of growing up in a rural setting in the southeastern U.S., Hicks explores how these children's lived experiences influence their self images and reading practices, and discusses the critical role of their teachers. From: The NY Times (Akeel shared this with me) as did a member of the NLA list. An Op-Ed by Orlando Patterson in this past weekend's NY Times discusses the lamentable impact that the focus on "hard science" has had on the field of sociology. It is extremely relevant to our discussion about what constitutes "valid research." The article can be read online at http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/19/opinion/19PATT.html. You will need to fill out a registration form to access the article, however it is a free service. Talk with you soon! Jon Lee Training Specialist NIFL-Family list moderator National Center for Family Literacy 325 West Main St, Suite 300 Louisville, KY 40202-4237 Phone: 502.584.1133 x175 Fax: 502.584.0172 jlee@famlit.org http://www.famlit.org
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