[NIFL-WORKPLACE:3896] Re: Functional Context Education

From: Lorette Chiasson (lorettec@nald.ca)
Date: Mon Nov 20 2000 - 12:47:39 EST


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Lorraine,

There is an event mentioned below, see Tom Sticht's message about Listening
& Reading Processes of Adults and Functional Context Education-FC.

Lorette
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At 11:45 20/11/00 -0500, you wrote:
>Tom Sticht posted the following information to the International 
>Reading Association Adult Education and Family Literacy Special 
>Interest Group list (how's that for a mouthful!). I thought some of 
>you might be interested in participating in his workshops.
>
>Barb Van Horn, NIFL-workplace co-moderator
>
>Tom wrote:
>
>Folks: I will be doing a couple of one day workshops on New York's Long
>Island on Thursday December 7 (Listening & Reading Processes of Adults)
>and on Friday the 8th (Functional Context Education-FCE) (contact Martin
>Murphy for more info (516) 897-2268). I thought you might find the
>following web sites that I will discuss in the FCE workshop of interest
>re your work in adult literacy education.
>Happy Thanksgiving!
>Tom Sticht
>
>
>Functional Context Education On the Web
>
>Wider Opportunities for Women, Inc.
>Literacy and Functional Context Education
>http://www.wowonline.org/Lit-pub.pdf
>
>
>Center for Occupational Research and Development (CORD) Contextual Academics
>http://www.cord.org
>
>
>U. S. Department of Education Office of Vocational and Adult 
>Education and National School-to-Work Office, Contextual Teaching and 
>Learning
>http://www.contextual.org
>
>
>National Institute for Literacy, Equipped for the Future (EFF)
>http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/collections/eff/index.html
>
>
>U. S. Department of Labor, Education and Training Administration, 
>Contextual Learning Demonstration Program
>http://www.wdsc.org/sga/awards/99-008award.htm
>



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