This is so comprehensive I am stunned.  GREAT!

Andrea:)

On Apr 30, 2008, at 8:40 PM, Daphne Greenberg wrote:


> Taking the advice of a few subscribers, how about this:

>

> "the dynamics within and among diverse groups and the 

> misunderstandings that can occur in the teaching/learning process"

>

> So the new blurb would be:

>

> Examples of topics include: the relationships among poverty, race, 

> women and

> literacy in the United States and in other countries; health as it 

> pertains

> to women and the poor; the dynamics within and among diverse groups 

> and the misunderstandings that can occur in the teaching/learning 

> process"; sexual and gender orientation issues and how they impact 

> learners and teachers; religious differences and adult literacy 

> classrooms; body image and the impact it has on adult learners; the 

> role of women's literacy in family literacy programs, and the 

> assumptions about race and poverty often made in these programs; 

> domestic violence and its intersection with poverty, race, and 

> literacy; physically and mentally

> challenged adult literacy learners; the level of  women's literacy and 

> its ties to economics and welfare of families; access to literacy in 

> different cultures based on gender, racial, and economic status; 

> connection between women's literacy, race, poverty and public policy; 

> and identification of supportive communication networks.

>

> As a reminder, we would be changing this:

>

> "the hidden rules of persons living with the effects of poverty, the 

> intersection of these effects with gender and race, and the 

> misunderstandings these can cause in the teaching/learning process;"

>

> to:

>

> "the dynamics within and among diverse groups and the 

> misunderstandings that can occur in the teaching/learning process"

>

> What do people think about the above suggestion?

>

> Please let me know on list or off list (dgreenberg at gsu.edu) what you 

> think.

>

> Thanks,

> Daphne

>

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