Ditto!
Holly

On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 8:59 PM, Andrea Wilder <andreawilder at comcast.net>
wrote:


> 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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