Return-Path: <nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.9.0.Beta5/8.9.0.Beta5/980425bjb) with SMTP id SAA08648; Fri, 9 Jul 1999 18:40:31 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 9 Jul 1999 18:40:31 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <v04003a01b3aaf2d1772d@[146.186.17.113]> Errors-To: lmann@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Barb Van Horn <blv1@psu.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WORKPLACE:2815] Thursday Notes X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Status: OR Thursday Notes >From the Desk of Ronald S. Pugsley, Director, DAEL Office of Vocational and Adult Education Editor: Sarah Newcomb Production: Rose Tilghman July 8, 1999 ___________________________________ Adult Ed Teaching May Need Work To Meet WIA's Vision Local programs may have to revamp to achieve WIA's vision of teaching adults, a new study of adult education classroom dynamics implies. The new adult education law's criteria direct funding to programs teaching in context, basing instruction on effective practices and using technology. Preliminary results are from a study by Hal Beder at Rutgers for the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy. They suggest the most common instructional strategy in adult education classes is teacher-selected exercise followed by teacher-led question and answer. The predominant interaction is teachers asking questions and learners answering them. In classes studied, the interaction seldom is learner to learner as it would be in updated classes. Results of the study are expected in November. Contact hbeder@rci.rutgers.edu Should Family Literacy Target Grandma? Policymakers and program managers may need to think twice about including grandparents-particularly grandmothers-in family literacy efforts. The US Census Bureau report issued July 1 reveals grandparents play a key role in raising children today. Researchers discovered that a grandparent maintains the household in three-fourths of families that include one or more grandparents as well as grandchildren. In the remaining fourth, parents maintain homes in which grandparents and grandchildren live together. About two thirds of children in households led by grandmothers alone live in poverty, the report says. Contact Ken Bryson at 301/457-2416 or go to http://www.census.gov 746 Applications for 40-60 CTCs OVAE's new Community Technology Centers program received 746 applications for an anticipated 40-60 grants slated for this summer. Applicants from every state submitted proposals. Grants will go to state or local education agencies, institutions of higher education, or public/private nonprofits or forprofits with substantial community support. Funded projects will get technical assistance in addition to program funds. While just over $9M is available to fund this first year of three-year grants, the President requested $65M for the program in FY 2000. Congress has scheduled the FY 2000 House appropriations subcommittee markup for July 15. Contact norris_dickard@ed.gov Technology Basics Free The National Center for Adult Literacy at the University of Pennsylvania has a new report designed to help educators get started, plan for, and integrate technology into adult education. Technology, Basic Skills, and Adult Education: Getting Ready and Moving Forward also contains six papers about integrating technology into adult learning, assessment and policy. Its editor is Christopher Hopey. See http://www.ericacve.org/pubs/hopey.htm __________________________________________________________________________ A Fact Sheet from the Division of Adult Education and Literacy Office of Vocational and Adult Education OVAE Homepage http://www.ed.gov/offices/OVAE/ Barbara Van Horn NIFL-workplace list moderator Assistant Director Institute for the Study of Adult Literacy The Pennsylvania State University 102 Rackley Bldg. University Park, PA 16802-3202 PH 814.863.3777 FAX 814.863.6108 EMAIL BLV1@psu.edu "Real friends are those who upon watching you make a fool of yourself do not feel that the job was done permanently." Anonymous
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