Return-Path: <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id gAF1ipX11984; Thu, 14 Nov 2002 20:44:51 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 20:44:51 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <002501c28c48$538738e0$78769d40@4q28e> Errors-To: alcrsb@langate.gsu.edu Reply-To: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "bkworm" <bkworm@ix.netcom.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:2412] Re: % of lgbt in adult literacy X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4920.2300 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 1485 Lines: 37 Maybe the direct approach. Ask them if there's a particular subject matter that would interest them. Sorry to butt in; I'm considering a career change and the lurking has been very helpful. pw ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sylvan Rainwater" <sylvan@cccchs.org> To: "Multiple recipients of list" <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 2:22 PM Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:2410] Re: % of lgbt in adult literacy > At 02:40 PM 11/14/2002 -0500, bkworm@ix.netcom.com wrote: > >How do you propose to identify them? > > > >pam in dallas > > That, of course, is the problem, and it's been addressed by several here, > including me. Basically, though, I think that as teachers we just need to > find ways to get to know our students, primarily by creating a space that's > safe enough for people to share things like this that may be important to > them and affecting their lives. > > On a more global level, identifying such students can be problematic for > all sorts of reasons. If we were simply trying to gather information about > numbers, some sort of confidential/anonymous survey might make sense, > though those have difficulties as well. And, as I and others have > suggested, we need to be clear about our purpose for doing so, and what we > would do with that information. > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > Sylvan Rainwater . sylvan@cccchs.org > Clackamas County Children's Commission > Oregon City, OR USA >
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