Donna, I love your idea for comparing these heroines!  I haven't seen 
"Freedom Writers,"  but it sounds as though it's much like "Dangerous Minds" 
with the heroine white teacher saving her largely minority students.  And 
while these movies certainly show dedicated teachers, at least we in adult 
education know that's not the issue.  We had a long discussion at my 
workplace today about how much all the additional demands for accountability 
from both state and federal DOEs have encroached on our ability to do just 
that -- dedicate ourselves to teaching.  I don't think this 
discussion/comparison needs to be in the classroom as much as it needs to be 
with those who are demanding we do so much more (and especially those 
non-teaching demands) with fewer and fewer resources.

Wendy Quinones
Community Learning Center
Cambridge, MA

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From: "Donna Chambers" <donnaedp at cox.net>
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Subject: [ProfessionalDevelopment 783] Re: Movies and 
textsaboutlow-literateadults



> Another note about movies -

> A great classroom lesson/discussion  would be to compare the female heroin

> in Freedom Writers with the female heroin in Educating Rita. The obvious

> comparison is the passion of the teacher versus the passion of the 

> student.

> What obstacles do each need to overcome to get to the goal?  Wow!    Donna

> Chambers

>

> ----- Original Message ----- 

> From: "Wendy Quinones" <wbquinones at adelphia.net>

> To: "The Adult Literacy Professional Development Discussion List"

> <professionaldevelopment at nifl.gov>

> Sent: Friday, January 19, 2007 10:43 PM

> Subject: [ProfessionalDevelopment 765] Re: Movies and texts

> aboutlow-literateadults

>

>

>> So many people wrote about "Freedom Writers" that I thought I'd send 

>> along

>> this Op-Ed piece from the New York Times.  The "hero teacher" has always

>> bothered me -- and I'm sure glad I teach adults!

>>

>> Wendy Quinones

>>

>>

>> ----- Original Message ----- 

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

>> To: <professionaldevelopment at nifl.gov>

>> Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 8:17 AM

>> Subject: [ProfessionalDevelopment 760] Movies and texts about

>> low-literateadults

>>

>>

>>> Professional Development Colleagues,

>>>

>>> Several weeks ago I asked about books and movies that inspired you as a

>>> teacher.  We had a rich and interesting discussion that produced a

>>> terrific list that I have archived on the Adult Literacy Education Wiki

>>> at

>>>

>>> http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/Books_and_Films_which_Inspire_Teachers

>>>

>>> I hope you -- and others -- will help now with another question.  Can

>>> you recommend good books or movies (or scenes from movies) that you

>>> believe authentically capture the experience of an adult learning to

>>> read, write or compute.  The film "Stanley and Iris" comes to mind, for

>>> example. For some it is an authentic example, for others it is

>>> inauthentic.  I am also interested to hear about scenes from films that

>>> you believe are inauthentic, or that just plain get it wrong, and I

>>> would like to know what you think was inauthentic about it.  I would

>>> also appreciate hearing from people who learned (or are learning) to

>>> read as adults.  From your experience as a person who has learned to

>>> read as an adult, what texts, what films ring true? Which don't?

>>>

>>> Those of you who teach adult new readers might be willing to take this

>>> question to your students and post back to the list what they say.

>>>

>>> Thanks for your help.

>>>

>>> David J. Rosen

>>> djrosen at comcast.net

>>>

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