New - LPRPConnections Discussion List

Discussion list about literacy practice, research and policy

The California Adult Literacy Professional Development Project(CALPRO)
and the Outreach and Technical Assistance Network (OTAN) are 
co-sponsoring the new LPRPConnections discussion list. This discussion 
list is open to all adult educators interested in exploring the 
connection of literacy teaching practice, research and policy. This 
includes ESL, ABE, GED, and ASE teachers.

The LPRPConnections discussion list has four primary purposes:

1.	To give practitioners a chance to discuss the relationship
between adult literacy education practice and research. This includes
how (and what) practitioners can learn from researchers, and how (and
what)researchers can learn from practitioners;

2.	To provide a forum where practitioners can ask questions about 
different approaches to conducting research, and about how implications
for practice and policy are generated;

3.	To create a space where practitioners can identify and discuss
the kinds of research they would find helpful. When possible, list
members 	can share information about research that has already
been conducted, identify research needs, and discuss how the needed
research might be initiated, and;
 
4.	To help practitioners focus on the ways that policy decisions, 
including those about research, affect classroom practice.

The LPRPConnections discussion list is facilitated by Erik Jacobson, 
veteran practitioner and Research Analyst at CALPRO/American Institutes
for Research. 


To subscribe send an email message to 

LPRPConnections-request at listproc.otan.us 

and type "subscribe" in the body of the message.

You can also go to the webpage 

http://www.calpro-online.org/announce/lprp.asp

Find more information about CALPRO at 

 http://www.calpro-online.org/.