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Discussion on Focus on Basics List
June 26-30
Shaping and Sustaining Learner Engagement
with Hal Beder

Next week we are pleased to have Hal Beder as a guest to discuss his
recent FOB article about learner engagement. Hal is a professor at
Rutgers University and has studied adult literacy for more than 30
years. He is the project director for NCSALL at Rutgers and for the
National Labsite for Adult Literacy Education.

Please read the article at the link below, and prepare any comments or
questions for Hal and other readers to send in on Monday.

Shaping and Sustaining Learner Engagement in Individualized Group
Instruction Classrooms
http://www.ncsall.net/index.php?id=1106

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Julie McKinney
Discussion List Moderator
World Education/NCSALL
jmckinney at worlded.org



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Coordinator, LINCS Literacy & Learning Disabilities Special Collection 
(http://ldlink.coe.utk.edu/)
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List (http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/Contentstandards)
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