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 iB7LruH03297; Tue, 7 Dec 2004 16:53:56 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2004 16:53:56 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <0I8D0083FGQK5N@l-daemon> Errors-To: listowner@nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Suzanne Smythe <smythemu@interchange.ubc.ca> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:3083] RE: Trends and issues X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.5510 Status: O Content-Length: 2069 Lines: 48 I am not sure if this is the same everywhere, but something I am experiencing as a mother and researching in a doctoral thesis in Canada is the increasing pressures on mothers to be 'their child's first educator'. School reforms are placing increasing burdens of accountability and responsibility on parents to be 'involved' as teachers in the home and as fundraisers and volunteers for the school. But there are silences surrounding the fact that it is women who do the vast majority of this work. These expectations create lots of stress when children have difficulties at school, and even when they don't, as mothers are often held accountable for their children's successes and failures. Much of the parental involvement policies are based on an 'ideal' home where women's labour is available to the school. In a context where parental involvement is now considered essential to children's schooling success, this creates an uneven playing field as different families have different access to resources (including time). And through all this, there seems to be more opportunities for women to learn how to support their children's literacy than to pursue literacy needs and interests of their own. Sounds like a great talk-will you be writing it up? Many thanks Suzanne Suzanne Smythe The Weaving Literacy Training Project/ Projet Tisser des Liens 288 East 46th Avenue Vancouver, BC V5W 1Z6 smythemu@interchange.ubc.ca -----Original Message----- From: nifl-womenlit@nifl.gov [mailto:nifl-womenlit@nifl.gov] On Behalf Of S. Cuban Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 1:36 PM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:3082] Trends and issues I am going to be giving a talk with Nelly Stromquist on women and literacy issues in CA this January and I was wondering if members of the women-literacy listserv could tell me what they believe to be are the major social, economic, and political trends and issues affecting women's literacy education today and in the future? I will attribute your responses in the talk! THANKS so much! Sondra Cuban
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