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 j0KJ8rn28878; Thu, 20 Jan 2005 14:08:53 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 14:08:53 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <s1efbacb.025@mailsrv21.gsu.edu> 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: "Daphne Greenberg" <ALCDGG@langate.gsu.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:3116] learners and daily events X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise Internet Agent 6.5.2 Status: O Content-Length: 1778 Lines: 44 Today, when our President is being inaugurated, there are celebrations and protests throughout the country. My guess is that the majority of our learners are not part of either, and perhaps do not even consider being part of a celebration or protest. I wonder why this is so. In terms of celebrations is it because, most celebrations require either invitations and therefore connections, or is it because most celebrations require money for tickets? In terms of protests, is it because many do not know about them? I talked to some adult literacy teachers in Atlanta, who only knew of today's big protest in downtown Atlanta, while it was happening. Unfortunately, mainstream media did not do a very good job of alerting people where and when the protest was to occur. Similar to our learners, most of the teachers did not listen to stations such as NPR which did announce the location of today's protest. Some teachers did plan on viewing part of the inaugural events with their students in the classroom, to use it as an impetus for vocabulary growth and journal writing. Do people think that it is a good idea to encourage learners to get involved in political activities-to protest or celebrate various issues? If no-why not? If yes-why-and how do we begin to get our learners to be more involved? Perhaps you do have involved learners-we would love to hear their stories! Daphne Daphne Greenberg Assistant Professor Educational Psych. & Special Ed. Georgia State University P.O. Box 3679 Atlanta, Georgia 30302-3979 phone: 404-651-0127 fax:404-651-4901 dgreenberg@gsu.edu Daphne Greenberg Associate Director Center for the Study of Adult Literacy Georgia State University P.O. Box 3977 Atlanta, Georgia 30302-3977 phone: 404-651-0127 fax:404-651-4901 dgreenberg@gsu.edu
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