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 h56HEsC10357; Fri, 6 Jun 2003 13:14:54 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2003 13:14:54 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <002901c32c4e$912d6b50$4b83a3ce@Laptop> 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: "Corinne Corson" <corinnec@peak.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:2617] Re: FW: Lessons for women in jail... X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2720.3000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 5491 Lines: 132 Jennifer and others, Here are some sources from a self-esteem project I have been working on. They do not have the fairy tale or mythology theme, but there might be some information in them that you and others will find useful. Some of the materials are meant to be used with school-aged and older youth, yet I found they could be adapted for adults. I was able to get the three books on interlibrary loan from my local library. * Self-Concept, Self-Esteem, and the Curriculum by James A. Beane, Richard P. Lipka Paperback: ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.75 x 9.00 x 6.25 Publisher: Teachers College Pr; (January 1987) ISBN: 080772839X * Enhancing Self-Esteem in the Classroom by Denis Lawrence (Author) Paperback: 136 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.25 x 9.25 x 6.25 Publisher: Paul Chapman Pub; 2nd edition (October 1996) ISBN: 1853963518 *Building Self-Esteem with Adult Learners by Denis Lawrence (Author) Paperback: 128 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.45 x 8.80 x 6.00 Publisher: Paul Chapman Pub; (January 2001) ISBN: 0761954759 You can find other materials by these authors as well (do an amazon.com search with the author's name). I particularly liked the information on enhancing and attending to teacher's self-esteem. *Also, if you go to http://www.plainlanguage.gov/ and type in search terms such as "self-esteem," "self-concept," etc., you might find some useful returns. *And if you go here, you get some great theoretical background information. http://www.macses.ucsf.edu/Research/Psychosocial/notebook/selfesteem.html And I found some good information through ERIC: *ERIC Identifier: ED328827 Publication Date: 1991-01-31 Author: Walz, Garry R. Source: ERIC Clearinghouse on Counseling and Personnel Services Ann Arbor MI. Counseling To Enhance Self-Esteem. ERIC Digest. *ED333142. Molek, Carol. Special Delivery Systems. Self-Esteem Exercises. Learning Disabilities Curriculum. . 1990 The book by Bruno Bettleheim, The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales, uses fairy tales as a means of contributing to the developmental tasks of children. Once again, they certainly can be applied to adults. I read it a long time ago, and found it quite interesting, as are a lot of his other works (do a search for him, you will get a lot of information on metaphors and myths and daily life). Paperback: 352 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.83 x 8.01 x 5.23 Publisher: Vintage Books; Reissue edition (April 1989) ISBN: 0679723935 One last one along the mythology and metaphor theme, and then I will stop, is Women Who Run With the Wolves, by Clarissa Pinkola Estes. It is a thick book, and it is heady, but you might be able to extract something useful out of it to use with your students. Sorry for the length, and I hope you find some of this information applicable to the work you are doing. Corinne Corson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daphne Greenberg" <alcdgg@langate.gsu.edu> To: "Multiple recipients of list" <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 3:33 AM Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:2616] Re: FW: Lessons for women in jail... > Jennifer, > Thanks for sharing this with us. I am wondering if anyone out there has worked in the jail system and would like to share with us your experiences. > Also, Jennifer asks a very important question:-she wants to know if anyone has ideas about materials to help women with their self esteem, self evaluation, and choices. I am wondering if anyone out there can help out with some ideas? > Jennifer-you mention fairy tales. Bettelheim (I hope that I have the spelling correct) wrote an interesting book on the analysis of fairytales-you may want to read it. Has anyone else in this listserv read it? > Finally, her name escapes me, but there is a woman who has been in jail for many years who got her GED while in jail, and currently, as an inmate, organizes and helps/teaches literacy groups in jail. While in jail she also got an article published about it! Does anyone know her name, and/or the article I am talking about? > Daphne > Daphne Greenberg > Associate Director > Center for the Study of Adult Literacy > MSC 6A0360 > Georgia State University > 33 Gilmer Street SE Unit 6 > Atlanta, GA 30303-3086 > phone: 404-651-0127 > fax:404-651-4901 > dgreenberg@gsu.edu > >>> jmorrow@jcplin.org 06/03/03 11:54 AM >>> > All Listers, > I have been asked to look into teaching a women's life-skills class at my local jail. I have been over there before because I thought they might need a GED class. I was wrong. Their education level is very high but their soft skills usually need significant work. I have found a couple lessons I want to do already but I need many more. One that I found was for a Fairy Tale Project that helps women explore independence. I never realized that female characters in fairy tales usually exhibit certain traits that our society has taken to heart. Princess, pretty, weak = good. Ugly, independent, powerful = evil. I don't have the exact address of where I printed it off the Internet but if you want it, just do a search for The Fairy Tale Project Exploring Women's Independence and I'm sure it will pop up. Anyway, I need more things like this so that the women in the jail can evaluate their lives, self-esteem, and choices. If anyone has any suggestions, I would really appreci! > ate them. > Thanks! > > Jennifer Morrow > Johnson County Public Library > Adult Learning Center > (317) 738-4677 > jmorrow@jcplin.org > > >
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