Return-Path: <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id h8T1J3V08997; Sun, 28 Sep 2003 21:19:03 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 21:19:03 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <sf774ee0.022@langate.gsu.edu> Errors-To: alcrsb@langate.gsu.edu Reply-To: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Daphne Greenberg" <alcdgg@langate.gsu.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:2711] research vs. best practices X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise Internet Agent 6.0.4 Beta Status: O Content-Length: 1613 Lines: 26 To answer your question, the teachers do not have discussions "about violence in their own families. Or arguments. And how they or their parents deal with this issue." If they do, they are not done during our formal staff meetings. Once again, I guess this is where research needs may/may not intersect well with "real life" needs/best practices. We should be dealing with these issues. However, our staff meetings are so full of research issues, that there isn't much time for anything else. Lame response-but the truth. Daphne Daphne Greenberg Associate Director Center for the Study of Adult Literacy MSC 6A0360 Georgia State University 33 Gilmer Street SE Unit 6 Atlanta, GA 30303-3086 phone: 404-651-0127 fax:404-651-4901 dgreenberg@gsu.edu >>> AWilder106@aol.com 09/23/03 13:06 PM >>> Completely agree with Sylvan. There must be alternative ways of dealing with violence, and these need to be discussed. A question--do your teachers have discussions about violence in their own families? Or arguments? And how they or their parents deal with this issue? This came up recently--last weekend--with a friend, a highly competent administrator, educated, well-spoken, moves in highest circles, etc. etc. Turns out her father was physically abusive to her mother, and my friend would get in between them to stop him from hitting her mother. He would stop, but what a legacy.... What I am trying to say in a clumsy way is that maybe the circle of discussants should be broadened, otherwise there is an us/them hierarchical division set up. I'm not suggesting the two discussions be merged. Andrea
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