[WomenLiteracy 336] Re: women and literacy reading group
mev at litwomen.org
mev at litwomen.org
Mon Jun 19 07:59:06 EDT 2006
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
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> welearn at litwomen.org
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