Julie--I have been following the listserv for the past few months and
have consistently found information that I find helpful and that I think
we might be able to incorporate into our work.  I share the discussion
with our various staff as appropriate, and they have appreciated the
information and views from "the outside world".  The health literacy
discussion is of particular interest to me and I have also shared some
of the discussion with Board Members who represent our local health care
facilities--we hope to work much more closely in the future, perhaps
even basing some of our programs at their outpatient sites.

Some topics that would be of interest for the future include: the impact
of teacher "style" on outcomes for adult learners; student retention
strategies; the future of the GED (our population of students is
definitely shrinking, although the numbers of those without high school
diploma is growing)--we're wondering if this shrinkage is cultural in
nature, with Hispanics generation 1.5 young adults holding differing
views re education; best practices for teaching ESL to immigrants who
are non-literate in their native language.  Lots of suggestions!

Carol T. Jones, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Adult Literacy Center of the Lehigh Valley
801 Hamilton Street, Suite 201
Allentown, PA 18101
Phone:  610-435-0680, ext. 114
Fax: 610-435-5134
E-Mail: cjones at alclv.org
www.alclv.org
 

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From: healthliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov
[mailto:healthliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Julie McKinney
Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 2:10 PM
To: healthliteracy at nifl.gov
Subject: [HealthLiteracy 1607] Wednesday Question: Reflection

Hi Everyone,

Thanks for bringing up Photonovels! We're working on a guest discussion
about using photonovels for health literacy to be scheduled in the next
couple months.

For today's question, I want to ask you to reflect on how the list has
served as a professional development tool for you and your colleagues
over the past few months. And please also share any suggestions you have
on questions we should address, and guest discussions to plan.

(I'll do this every few months so we can keep thinking about how this
list can be most helpful to all of us! I'm always open to any
suggestions.)

Cheers and a happy solstice to all!

Julie

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

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