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 h6NKrh710315; Wed, 23 Jul 2003 16:53:43 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 16:53:43 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <001001c3515c$53ceaac0$4b1ffea9@jenny> 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: "Jenny Horsman" <jhorsman@idirect.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-womenlit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:2657] RE: URGENT REQUEST X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2627 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 2459 Lines: 54 I know you said to contact you privately Mev but thought I would post here as I know I am interested to hear from others about courses they have taught. Your question sent me to read an old course I wrote to be delivered by distance education in England - there are changes I would make now but in 1996 this is what I put together on literacy and gender as part of a BA degree on informal and community education (it's posted on my website www.jennyhorsman.com under articles for anyone who is curious to take a look). I would love to hear what other courses on literacy and women people on this list have developed. More recently I taught a graduate course called Critical issues in adult literacy - where I explored discourses of literacy broadly - I didn't have a separate section on women and literacy - but tried to think about issues of gender, race and class in relation to every theme - I did (needless to say for anyone who knows my work though) have a session on issues of violence and learning...... Here are the course themes I included: Literacy and Gender (Produced as part of the YMCA George Williams College BA (Hons) Informal and Community Education programme, 1996.) - the lack of focus on women in the approaches to adult literacy programmes and in the literature on literacy - the learner-centred approach, and the idea that what might benefit some learners may not benefit others - studies that have suggested that women learn in particular ways - family literacy programmes, to see what messages they give to women about women's roles - inequalities taken for granted in women's lives and issues of power - literacy as 'women's duty but not women's right' - violence in women's lives and its relevance to literacy programming for women - literacy teaching as 'women's work' and the significance of this. Looking forward to reading about the content of other courses - Suzanne would love to hear what issues you raised about women and literacy.... Jenny -----Original Message----- From: nifl-womenlit@nifl.gov [mailto:nifl-womenlit@nifl.gov] On Behalf Of mev@litwomen.org Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 7:51 PM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:2653] URGENT REQUEST Has anyone on this list ever taught a university level class on women and (basic) literacy either in Women's studies or adult education -- or taught this as a section of a larger course? OR do you know someone who has??
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b30 : Thu Mar 11 2004 - 12:17:50 EST