WE LEARN's 1st publication of student writing -- Women's Perspectives  
-- focused on health and wellness. We provided a pre-writing lesson  
plan that can be found in the back of the issue. We still have some  
hard copies available for sale (we recently reprinted some) or you  
can download it --For more information go to: http://www.litwomen.org/ 
perspectives.html

As you look at these writings, I think you'll notice that a number of  
students were thinking/writing/using critical thinking in their  
essays, stories, and poems.

btw - i know a number of programs that do teach through health  
literacy -- including (especially) through issues  relating to  
stress, violence, access to medical care, cancer, drug use (abuse)  
and so on -- so, I'd say the answer to your question is "yes."

Mev Miller, Ed.D., Director
welearn at litwomen.org

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

182 Riverside Ave.
Cranston, RI 02910
401-383-4374


On Jul 7, 2008, at 6:53 PM, Priscilla Witte wrote:


> Hi Everyone,

>

> I'm a doctoral student at Northern Illinois University, working on  

> a manuscript about health literacy for the adult literacy  

> community. It is a topic that has received much attention from the  

> health care sector but much less in the adult literacy arena. It is  

> of critical importance to improve the health literacy of so many  

> people because it can be a matter of life and death.

>

> Is health literacy a topic that would generate student involvement  

> and critical thinking? Is it included in the curricula of adult  

> literacy centers?

>



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