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> One person said GED preparation and

a popular education approach are a contradiction.

Absolutely not, if you connect the content pieces of the GED to an approach
to teaching,  I don't think that this high stakes, results-driven test
necessarily precludes a popular education approach, but it is challenging,
and likely difficult to do "pure" popular education.  Having said that,
though, I think it's worth considering as part of a continuum of practice.

I'm struggling to remember the name of a man (David someone?) who presented
an approach to teaching science in a Freirean manner. - and did get me
thinking about how such an approach really *isn't* contradictory to academic
study.  Science happens in the world; the world is very much a part of
everyone's context to some extent or another.

so far my search for the elusive TESOL presenter has gotten me here
http://scholar.google.com/scholar%3Fq%3DTESOL+%2B+participatory+%2B+science+
%2B+Freire%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26oi%3Dscholart ...

It was a TESOL conference, maybe late 80's, early 90s.

Does this ring a bell for anyone?

Janet Isserlis




> From: David Rosen <djrosen at comcast.net>

> Reply-To: "The Poverty, Race, Women and Literacy Discussion List"

> <povertyracewomen at nifl.gov>

> Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2007 18:17:59 -0500



> 

> Colleagues,

> 

> I have received several e-mail replies to my positing below, but have

> still not identified a GED preparation program that could be

> described as using a popular education approach.  A couple of people

> said they had the greatest respect for the theme-based program at

> CUNY I cited but said that it does not use a popular education/

> Freirean/participatory approach. One person said GED preparation and

> a popular education approach are a contradiction.

> 

> If you know of a GED program that you believe uses a popular

> education approach, please e-mail me the name and give me a contact

> if you can.

> 

> Thanks,

> 

> David J. Rosen

> djrosen at comcast.net

> 

> 

> On Jan 4, 2007, at 7:19 AM, David Rosen wrote:

> 

>> Colleagues,

>> 

>> In a conversation yesterday I was asked if I know of good examples

>> of GED preparation programs which use a popular education, or

>> participatory (Freirean) approach.  I am only aware of one, a theme-

>> based approach that the City University of New York adult literacy

>> GED program has used for over a decade.  If you have others to

>> suggest I would be pleased to hear about them.  Thanks.

>> 

>> David J. Rosen

>> djrosen at comcast.net

> 

> 

> 

> 

> 

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