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 h6PLCO711092; Fri, 25 Jul 2003 17:12:24 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 17:12:24 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <sf216385.029@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:2662] RE: need for research on women & 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: RO Content-Length: 3045 Lines: 64 I agree-while many children who are abused or witness abuse, cannot learn, others escape their horrors by learning/studying/reading. There is very little research on this latter group! Daphne >>> Elsa.Auerbach@umb.edu 07/24/03 22:25 PM >>> One area that I'm interested in is the ways in which literacy is a refuge from violence and abuse. I've had many students over the years who, as children, sat in closets reading while violence was going on around them. Quite a few were from working class families where there were not strong academic traditions/cultures and these women became some of the most academically proficient students I'v taught. They used literacy as mechanism for surviving and escaping. I haven't seen much about this in the research. Usually the research focuses on the ways in which violence and abuse are obstacles to learning. Elsa > ---------- > From: mev@litwomen.org > Reply To: nifl-womenlit@nifl.gov > Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 1:34 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: [NIFL-WOMENLIT:2660] need for research on women & literacy > > Hi all, > > Last fall, Gail Spangenberg directed a question to Daphne who then > forwarded it to the nifl-womenlit listserv for input. The topic was: > what are the main issues of women in adult literacy? > > Daphne then offered an eloquent summary (in archives in Sept. 2002) - I > look at it and refer to it often. > > I now have a followup request for a paper that I am currently writing. > > Based on your experiences as teachers, practitioners, administrators, > researchers, etc., what are some NEW QUESTIONS and areas / directions / > questions pertaining to women and literacy that researchers might > undertake? > > I assume there is more we can know about barriers for women pursuing > basic education, or effects of violence and trauma on women learners, > or how LD can be affected by gender, or how literacy and economic > development in developing countries may not work for women, or how > current welfare policy effects women's education access... etc. and so > on.... but what NEW QUESTIONS would you bring to these areas? > In general, what are next steps we might take to some of these issues > and how (or can) research in these ares be helpful? > > Also ... Are there things you see in your everyday practice that might > make for worthy research? Questions not yet asked? Issues / problems > being ignored? Research in areas that's not being done or addressed? > > I know it's summer and folks are resting or taking a break, but I'd > sure be grateful for responses - especially if they come in the next 2 > weeks or so. also, if you know of someone not on this list who may have > an opinion, please ask them to contact me directly. > > Thanks. > Mev > > WE LEARN > Women Expanding: Literacy Education Action Resource Network > www.litwomen.org/welearn.html > > Mev Miller, Ed.D., Coordinator > 182 Riverside Ave. > Cranston, RI 02910 > 401-383-4374 > 401-383-4374 (fax) > welearn@litwomen.org > > >
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