Return-Path: <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g4GDvOu17534; Thu, 16 May 2002 09:57:24 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 09:57:24 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <a05100300b909950f70e0@[64.154.78.19]> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Gail Spangenberg <gspangenberg@caalusa.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-POVRACELIT:805] Re: Results of CAAL's X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="============_-1190553937==_ma============" Status: O Content-Length: 8113 Lines: 211 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Colleagues, Re Andres list of titles, which CAAL is glad to add to its growing collection, I thought it would be useful to remind anyone else who wants to do this that what CAAL was/is interested in are the 5-10 "must-read" titles that are the result of original, primary research and that meet accepted standards of highest professional quality, research that is completed (not in process) and that has been made widely available throughout the field. Gail S >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 5/15/2002 8:24:01 PM Mountain Daylight Time, >macorley1@earthlink.net 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 >>-- >> > > > >andresmuro@aol.com >Visit my art webpage at: http://www.geocities.com/andresmuro/artwork.html --
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