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Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:1281] Research Study on Women-Centered Basic Literacy Materials
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For those of you familiar with a similar questionnaire from a year ago, this EXPANDS on that project and research. Please read on!
For Immediate Release
Contact: Mev Miller
651-646-0097
March, 2001
WE LEARN Launches Research Study on Women-Centered / Women-Positive Basic Literacy Materials
St. Paul, MN --- WE LEARN (Women Expanding € Literacy Education Action Resource Network) values and promotes literacy and literature for all women‹especially those with lower-level English reading and writing skills. In an effort to cultivate meaningful literacy resources and curriculum, WE LEARN has launched a participatory research project involving adult women learners, as well as educators and librarians who have connections to literacy efforts. In addition to learning what materials are currently being used to meet the needs of adult women learners, this study will also explore what resources could be developed that don't already exist. The primary goal of this project will be to initiate collaborative strategies to develop and create women-centered basic English literacy materials.
This research project will work primarily with adult women learners. However, literacy workers (teachers, tutors, educators, researchers, administrators) who work with adult women learners in any capacity (schools, social services, workplace settings, prisons, and so on) are invited to respond to a questionnaire seeking information. The questionnaire inquires about what women-centered literacy materials are used in your setting; how they are used; what you have learned from your experiences with adult women learners; and what literacy resources and materials are still needed in this area. The questionnaire for literacy workers can be found at www.litwomen.org/litq.html. Hard copies will be mailed upon request. The deadline for questionnaire responses is July 1, 2001. A final report will be provided in print format to the respondents and posted on the WE LEARN website (www.litwomen.org/WLindex.html). Possibilities also exist for literacy workers to participate in the long-term efforts and projects of WE LEARN. A version for librarians is also available at www.litwomen.org/libq.html.
This project centralizes learner insight and action by encouraging adult women learners to lead and participate in the process of defining and creating literacy materials and resources. Through participation in conversation circles, adult women learners will be invited to talk or write about what reading and literacy materials appeal to them or facilitate their learning. Literacy programs or learners interested in sponsoring or participating in conversations circles should contact Mev Miller at WE LEARN.
WE LEARN has been established to maintain a resource list of women-centered / women-positive adult basic English literacy materials that help women understand their situations as women; to create a resource center / clearinghouse dedicated to the publishing, review, networking, and distribution of women-centered literacy resources and materials; and to develop a network of learners, literacy workers, librarians, educators, and writers committed to and involved in the process of creating and distributing women-centered or feminist adult basic literacy materials.
To obtain more information about this project, to get a copy of the questionnaire, or to be added to the mailing list, please contact Mev Miller at 1483 Laurel Ave., St. Paul, MN 55104-6737, (phone) 651-646-0097, (fax) 651-646-1153, (email) mev@litwomen.org. Additional information can be found on the WE LEARN website at www.litwomen.org/WLindex.html.
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We Learn
Women Expanding € Literacy Education Action Resource Network
Mev Miller, Contact Person
1483 Laurel Ave.
St. Paul, MN 55104-6737
651-646-0097
651-646-1153 (fax)
mev@litwomen.org
www.litwomen.org/WLindex.html
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