Return-Path: <nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g4FGxtu22899; Wed, 15 May 2002 12:59:55 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 12:59:55 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <402AFEFE.37563010.0AB94E44@aol.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: AndresMuro@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FOBASICS:552] Re: New Publication by CAAL Available X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 X-Mailer: Atlas Mailer 2.0 Status: O Content-Length: 2587 Lines: 71 I read the list and would like to add some titles that I believe are "must read" articles or books, which were not included: Rethinking Literacy Education, Quigley (was mentioned but should be re-mentioned) Cultural Diversity and the School Experience, John Ogbu (article) Transitional Bilingual Education and the Socialization of Immigrants, David Spener (article) (anyone working with immigrants and minorities should read the above to articles) Empowering Minority Students, Jim Cummins (artricle) Changing Work, Changing Workers, Glynda Hull, Ed (the entire anthology) (anyone exploring workforce literacy programs needs to read this) Crossing Cultural Borders Gaytan and Trueba (Book) Teachers as Intellectuals, Giroux (Book) Making Meaning Making Change, Auerbach (Book) Literacy in Theory and Practice, Bian Street (Book) (classic) Disconnecting Liteacy and Sexuality, Kathleen Rockhill (article) anyone working with women shoudl read this There are other books and articles that I can recommend, but these are some that I would recommend more strongly. Andres In a message dated Wed, 15 May 2002 12:34:45 PM Eastern Daylight Time, "Barbara Garner" <barbara_garner@jsi.com> writes: >Colleagues, > > >A short while back, CAAL asked several dozen adult literacy >professionals to >help us get a sense of the current research base in adult literacy. >Specifically, we invited them to answer this question: What 5-10 >research >studies ever produced on any aspect of adult literacy do you find most >useful for purposes of guiding policy, management and/or practice? We >wanted to see if we could make a judgment about whether there is a >basic >canon of research on literacy comparable to what exists in other >fields/disciplines. Is there a must-read list of research materials, >we >asked, and of what does it consist? We specified that we were looking >for >studies based on original, primary research that meet generally >accepted >standards for the highest professional quality. We said that the >research >should be discrete, completed (not in process), and have been made >widely >available. The results of our mini-survey, while limited in nature, are >now >available at the CAAL website as a pdf document titled >"Research-on-Research >Mini-Survey." Anyone who wants it should go to >http://www.caalusa.org, >scroll down the left column to the title, and click through. > > >Gail Spangenberg >President >Council for Advancement of Adult Literacy >1221 Avenue of the Americas - 50th Floor >New York, NY 10020 >212-512-2362, fax 212-512-2610 >- >
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