Return-Path: <nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g07EcJ010442; Mon, 7 Jan 2002 09:38:19 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 09:38:19 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <A1DF203D7C27D411A4EC00D0B78055800241B4@WRL_NTSERVER> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Jenny Ransone <JRansone@mail.jcpl.lib.in.us> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-4EFF:1952] Re: EFF Friendly Materials X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Status: O Content-Length: 2846 Lines: 59 Hi everyone, For those of you who were unable to read the posting by Ronna Spacone regarding EFF Friendly materials, I have reposted it below. Jenny Ronna wrote: On January 1, Susan Finn Miller wrote, "Are there certain textbooks or materials that list members have found to be particularly EFF friendly for ESOL instruction? for ABE? What suggestions or cautions would you offer regarding the use of published materials?" Good question Susan! Here are three texts that combine theory and practice and I think are based on the same principles for teaching/learning as EFF. None of these books, in my opinion, are meant to stand alone instructionally but to enrich what's going on and being used otherwise. I don't currently teach, in a classroom, but I'd draw on these resources if I did: 1. "The Home Project Writing Curriculum Guide" edited by Jereann King. The Home Project brought six practitioners together to create a learner-centered curriculum that would promote positive cross-cultural relationships while teaching essential skills. The Guide provides a variety of lessons that teachers are encouraged to adapt to their own circumstances, goals and learners' needs. Published by Peppercorn Books and Press (www.peppercornbooks.com). 2. "Many Literacies: Modules for Training Adult Beginning Readers and Tutors" by Marilyn Gillespie. The primary focus of this handbook is on setting the stage for participation in reading, writing, and planning rather than on one skill taught alone. Steps/guidelines describe how to build a community of learners, set personal goals for learning, and use life experiences to write/publish learner generated materials. Published by the Center for International Education, University of Massachusetts (www.umass.edu/cie). 3. "Civic Participation Sourcebook" edited by Andy Nash. A number of EFF field development partners contributed to this. The Sourcebook tells 20 stories about civic participation. It includes a wide range of issues from finding a class project and goal-setting to meeting with legislators and advocating for adult education funding. Preparation activities accompany each article. Published by the New England Resource Center and available online at (http://www.nelrc.org). I hope folks continue to share EFF friendly books, activities, and lessons you've discovered and developed. It's my understanding that Andy Nash (EFF National Center) and Marilyn Gillespie (EFF Assessment Consortium) are also looking for resources like this to consider for an "EFF Teaching and Learning Toolkit" they are creating together. The toolkit, which is in the beginning stage of research/development, will provide resources (tools, examples, guidance) to help the field implement EFF. Happy new year, Ronna Ronna G. Spacone LINCS EFF Special Collection Coordinator ronna.spacone@ed.gov
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