Dave, I have worked in workforce development and adult
ed and elsewhere in human svces. I am in the last yr
of a dissertation in Anthropology/Education about
literacy practices at job training programs and
literacy practices actually encountered at worksites.
My theoretical orientation is that of socially
situated literacy studies, or critical literacy, which
follows the arguments of folks like Freire, James Gee,
Glynda Hull, Colin Lankshear and discourse analysts.

So I have been in the trenches but I have also kept a
foot in academic research studies.  I have read some
NSCALL reports, do visit NIFL website, and some ERIC
docs. But most of these come to me as specific
assigned readings from my academic commitee. I also
read stuff on Urban Institute and Center for an Urban
Future. I can email you some reading lists or graduate
seminar syllabi that have books and journals that
speak to these issues. Peace, Tom VA SUNY ALbany

--- David Rosen <djrosen at comcast.net> wrote:


> Colleagues,

> 

> Many adult literacy and English language learning

> practitioners turn  

> to this electronic list to find knowledge and

> wisdom, and to get  

> answers to specific professional questions.  We also

> have other ways  

> of finding knowledge.  We learn from our experience

> and that of our  

> colleagues. We read certain journals, magazines and

> newspapers, we  

> seek out opinions from reputable  sources, and we

> try to find the  

> best research which addresses our question or

> problem.  So, here's my  

> question:

> 

> How do you find answers to your adult literacy and

> English language  

> learning questions?

> 

> 	a. For example, do you use any of the following?

> 

> 	• NIFL LINCS Special collections, LINCSearch,

> discussion lists, and  

> the included online documents and archives

> 	• Canadian-sponsored National Adult Literacy

> Database (NALD) and its  

> online documents and archives

> 	• National Center for the Study of Adult Learning

> and Literacy  

> (NCSALL) Web site and its hard copy publications

> 	• ERIC Database

> 	• The Adult Literacy Education Wiki

> 	• OTAN

> 	• EdWeek

> 	• PEN

> 	• Other electronic lists

> 

> 	b. What else do you use?  What hard copy journals

> do you find  

> useful? Are there other electronic resources that

> are helpful in  

> answering questions?

> 

> Please e-mail your answers to me. I will compile

> what I get and post  

> a summary back to those who e-mail me so we can all

> benefit from our  

> collective wisdom.  You can send a short email with

> just items to add  

> to the list above or, if you prefer, you can write a

> longer, more  

> reflective answer which contextualizes the question,

> describes how  

> the question hits home for you, expresses

> frustration with how little  

> research and professional wisdom our field has, or

> whatever you would  

> like to say.  If you think your comments pertain to

> the focus of this  

> list, of course, you could post them here.

> 

> Thanks for your help in answering this question,

> which I hope is not  

> mine alone.

> 

> David J. Rosen

> DJRosen at comcast.net

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