Daphne
thanks for the ideas for how to do a book discussion group on this 
list. I'd be up for trying it here for the summer -- if anyone is still 
on the list! since June is almost gone, maybe we could experiment with 
something shorter (and easily available) in July & August -- perhaps 
something accessible to all through Internet download??
A lot of the old CCLOW items are on the Internet & downloadable -- 
including one of my favorites - the canadian Women's Studies  issue on 
Women & literacy -- here's a good list: 
[http://www.nald.ca/cclow/search/search_res.asp?s=subject&q=18]
Also, Take on the Challenge: A Source Book from the Women, Violence, 
and Adult Education Project, is also on the internet 
{http://www.worlded.org/docs/TakeOnTheChallenge.pdf] (and Jenny & 
perhaps Judy lurk on this list!)

btw - WE LEARN is also changing and expanding our website over the 
summer. Finding ways of including chats, discussions, & distance 
learning opportunities related to women & literacy are under 
consideration. so maybe there's a way we could expand on these ideas  
come the fall.

Mev
WE LEARN



On Monday, June 19, 2006, at 07:28  AM, Daphne Greenberg wrote:


> Sondra-thanks for sharing so many of your materials. I am not sure 

> that where the discussion is held needs to be an either or situation. 

> One possibility is to have it on this listserv and then include it in 

> the wiki, like we did with the literacy in Afghanistan discussion. Of 

> course, the other way is possible too-to have it on the wiki and then 

> include it here. I don't know if wikis have live chat capabilities, 

> the listserv does not.

> Daphne

>

>>>> s.cuban at lancaster.ac.uk 06/19/06 2:45 AM >>>

> Dear all, I'm glad this idea of a reading group sparked so many 

> wonderful ideas, and Mev's experience and wisdom and materials are 

> really a good place to start. With the group I have, we are just 

> reading chapters in books and articles. The main reason is people's 

> time. Although we only meet once a month, reading a chapter or article 

> doesn't feel overwhelming to people and so it seems that more people 

> are attending. On the other hand, I am hoping we can 'graduate' to 

> books, but I'm really interested in all sorts of reading, including 

> lyrics of women's songs, poetry, etc...many of the genres in WELEARN 

> materials. Yes the women's studies quarterly 2004 issue on women and 

> literacy is fabulous. I highly recommend it. And I also recommend 

> Jenny Horsman's Something in my mind--a page turner! We will 

> definitely be reading chapters from these two. we've only met 3 times 

> and are meeting a 4th time next week. So far so good. People want to 

> meet during the summer, so we'll continue onwar

>  ds through the summer.

>

> So far the ones we have read are:

> Kathleen Rockhill, "disconnecting and sexuality: speaking the 

> unspeakable in the classroom (1993) in Lankshear and McLaren's 

> Critical Literacy (this is a brilliant piece that challenges so many 

> concepts in the literacy world and she is reflexive, talking about her 

> own experience of abuse).

>

> Anna Robinson-Pant's "Illiterate woman" in women, literacy, and 

> development (ed, Robinson-Pant), 2004. we also plan to read Chizu 

> Sato's piece in that too.

>

> Sheryl Gowan and Jennifer Bartlett (1997), "friends in the kitchen." A 

> chapter in Hull's edited book, changing work, changing workers..."

>

> Our next piece is one by bell hooks (any suggestions?)

>

> And we plan to read Jenny Horsman's book, "too scared to learn." and 

> the Lorna Rivera chapter in Women's studies (2004) , and a chapter by 

> Kathleen Weiler on Freirean pedagogy from a feminist viewpoint.   we 

> will also read The oakland readers series on women, enterprising women 

> (Marilyn Martin-Jones), a chapter by Jane Mace in her book, playing 

> with time, Bonny Norton's chapter on literacy and gender,  Jean Barr's 

> work on liberating knowledge: research, feminism, and adult education, 

> and the women and literacy change agent issue.

>

> If you have others, please say! There are a number of women in the 

> group who are interested in domestic violence issues w/literacy so I 

> am attempting to get more of those.

>

> It's also important to have broad representation across countries, 

> different viewpoints, and across social class, ethnicity, race, and 

> other factors, like ESOL, learning disabilities, etc..

>

> Also, yes, I am interested in an online discussion on WIKI or on this 

> listserv. If you do it on a WIKI, can you have a space for synchronous 

> discussions? if so, perhaps you can have a "live chat" I don't know.

>

> Later, Sondra

>

>

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

> From: womenliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov on behalf of Daphne Greenberg

> Sent: Mon 6/19/2006 1:09 AM

> To: womenliteracy at nifl.gov

> Subject: [WomenLiteracy 331] Re: women and literacy reading group

>

> Mev raises an interesting question about how a book group on this list 

> would work. One way is that we would all decide to read the same book 

> and give ourselves a deadline. Ideally, if I can get the author to be 

> a guest facilitator, she/he would lead all of us in a discussion, the 

> same way we have guest facilitators from time to time. If we cannot 

> get the author, then I or another volunteer from the listserv would 

> facilitate the discussion. We would make sure to keep book discussion, 

> or something like that, in the subject line so that those not 

> interested in participating can delete the message without reading it. 

> In the meantime, discussions/postings would occur on other subjects, 

> the same way we sometimes have more than one discussion thread going 

> on during the same time. Another approach would be to do one chapter 

> at a time (assuming that it is a chapter book). Both approaches have 

> been done on other listservs. I am sure that there are other ways that 

> some of you may sugges

>  t.

> Daphne

>

>>>> mev at litwomen.org 06/18/06 7:50 PM >>>

> Hi all

>

> Just catching up on my email after being away the weekend...

>

> Here are some suggestions I'd like to make on behalf of WE LEARN on

> this reading group thread...

>

> 1) RE: women & literacy books groups for academics & activists...

> I did such a group many years ago in conjunction with a feminist

> bookstore in Mineapolis / St. Paul -- attended by women from the

> community, academics & ABE folks. We read "Something in My Mind Besides

> the Everyday" (J. Horsman) and "By Women/ For Women" (Laubach). I'd

> love to see Sondra's list and I'd also like to suggest a new title -

> the Women's Studies Quarterly #32 (1/2) on Women & Literacy (academic

> research studies) - read in conjunction with The Change Agent #19 on

> Women and literacy (by learners & teachers). and I'd also like to

> direct you to other good titles on the women & literacy booklist on our

> website: [http://www.litwomen.org/womlitbiblio.html]

> I think such book groups provide a great possibility for folks to build

> local community support around these topics.  The Twin Cities group

> helped initiate some support to Women Leading through reading (see 

> next)

>

> 2) RE: reading discussion circles for women learners....

> I've had some experience with this over the past several years and I

> think it's a great way to get learners thinking about reading for

> various pursuits -- for example, connecting reading to what they want

> to know more about and discussion to learning from each other. WE LEARN

> has a grant pending for a project we want to do in RI -- something

> we'll keep the list informed about if the project goes forward. In the

> meantime, though, check out Women Leading through Reading

> [http://www.litwomen.org/wltr.html] -- an initiative that offered book

> discussion groups for women learners in the Twin Cities in the late

> 1990s. This manual is old -- and I'm looking for resources to update it

> -- and if you have questions, let me know.

>

> Also, some years back on this list we had a discussion about

> women-centered literacy materials and several folks offered some

> suggestions for using these materials with learners. I remember that

> some ideas from Deb Schwartz about reading with learners were

> especially useful -- you can see the archive at:

> http://www.nifl.gov/nifl-womenlit/2002/0407.html

>

> 3) RE: or own book group on this list...

> I'm not sure how a reading discussion (book group) would work on this

> listserv -- frankly, I'd rather talk that type! but perhaps this is a

> good impetus for another project... WE LEARN has been asked to consider

> the possibility of taking responsibility to facilitate a women &

> literacy topic thread on the Adult Literacy Education Wiki

> [http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/Main_Page] Would this be of

> interest to anyone? perhaps some book discussion threads could provide

> initial focus.

>

> Mev

> WE LEARN

> Women Expanding: Literacy Education Action Resource Network

> www.litwomen.org/welearn.html

>

> Mev Miller, Ed.D., Director

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> Cranston, RI 02910

> 401-383-4374

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