My top two picks are:
1. Chapter from Too Scared to Learn, "Learning in the Context of Trauma:
The Challenge of Setting Goals" (40 pages, single-spaced) Because the
book is currently in reprint, Jenny has agreed to make one chapter
available via email to those who participate in the group. I have
selected this chapter as it contains information that may be useful as
practitioners go back into their programs in September.
2. Moving Beyond "Stupid":

Thanks,
Sarah Humpal
Student Services Coordinator
Reading Connections
Greensboro, NC


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <mev at litwomen.org>
To: "NIFL Womenlit" <womenliteracy at dev.nifl.gov>
Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 8:19 AM
Subject: [WomenLiteracy 455] Discussion - Reading Selection


Hi all,

There was a strong preference by the group to read something by Jenny
Horsman. A suggestion was made that we read something by her already
posted on the Internet [http://www.jennyhorsman.com/articles.html]. In
looking at the list, many of the links point to print (hard copy)
published articles. I've talked with Jenny about what she would
recommend. Her suggestions included the articles below -- some are
newer and not yet published or posted on the Internet, but she has sent
me electronic copies that I can email to those interested in
participating.

Please indicate your 1st and 2nd choice ONLY to the list below.
Selections must be designated by Wednesday, Aug. 2.
If electronic articles are selected, they will be emailed to those
interested in participating by Aug. 8

Chapter from Too Scared to Learn, "Learning in the Context of Trauma:
The Challenge of Setting Goals" (40 pages, single-spaced) Because the
book is currently in reprint, Jenny has agreed to make one chapter
available via email to those who participate in the group. I have
selected this chapter as it contains information that may be useful as
practitioners go back into their programs in September.

Take on the Challenge: A Source Book from the Women, Violence, and
Adult Education Project – Elizabeth        Morrish, Jenny Horsman and
Judy Hofer, Boston: World Education. 2002 -- complete book (191 pages)
-- Available on the Internet in pdf format --
http://www.jennyhorsman.com/articles/challenge/challenge.pdf

Moving Beyond "Stupid": Taking Account of the Impact of Violence on
Women’s Learning (13 pages, single-spaced) -- soon to be published.
Jenny has provided electronic copy.
"In this article, I examine violence that contributes to early learning
failure and to entrenching the belief that one is too stupid to learn.
I also look at some of the effects of violence on the learning process,
and consider how to create conditions in adult education programs to
counteract this early “training”, including ways to support learning
for those who doubt that they can learn and fear that opening a book
will only remind them of their own “stupidity.”

“But Is It Education?” The Challenge of Creating Effective Learning for
Survivors of Trauma -- Women's Studies Quarterly, 32: #1&2, 2004 (25
pages - double-spaced) - This is not available on the Internet but Mev
has it and will send electronically.
"This paper introduces research I carried out from 1996 to 1999,
looking at the impact of violence on women’s literacy learning and
program participation in order to develop approaches to literacy work
which will assist women to learn."

Responding to Disclosures of Abuse in Women’s Lives: A Guide For
Teachers of Literacy (3 pages, single-spaced)  soon to be published.
Jenny has provided electronic copy.

Please indicate your 1st and 2nd choice ONLY to the list above.
Selections must be designated by Wednesday, Aug. 2
If electronic articles are selected, they will be emailed to those
interested in participating by Aug. 8

For those who wanted to work through the
http://www.learningandviolence.net/, I'm not recommending that for this
group at this time partly because it's still in development with more
pages to come and many links not complete or connected yet.
Participants may want to explore this site to supplement our discussion
on the list.

Thanks.
Mev

Mev Miller, Ed.D.  is director and founder of WE LEARN (Women Expanding
Literacy Education Action Resource Network -
www.litwomen.org/welearn.html). A long time feminist activist, Mev has
years of experience in facilitating reading-discussion circles on a
variety of women's issues. Her experience also includes facilitating
Women Leading Through Reading Reading-Discussion Circles with women in
both ABE and ESOL learning settings.

WE LEARN
Women Expanding: Literacy Education Action Resource Network
www.litwomen.org/welearn.html

Mev Miller, Ed.D., Director
182 Riverside Ave.
Cranston, RI 02910
401-383-4374
welearn at litwomen.org


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