[ProfessionalDevelopment 2596] Re: Voting - why it matters and what you're doing about itSarah Beaman-Jones sbeaman at webster.eduTue Oct 14 10:17:56 EDT 2008
Jackie and all: In St. Louis we recently were fortunate to have a training from Luz Santana on The Right Question. The training focused on encouraging critical thinking and civic engagement with a particular emphasis on voting in the upcoming election. Learn more at their web site: http://www.rightquestion.org/ Sarah Beaman-Jones Literacy Program Director LIFT-Missouri 815 Olive Street, Suite 22 St. Louis, Missouri 63101 1-800-729-4443 ext. 206 www.lift-missouri.org On 10/14/08 7:11 AM, "Jackie A. Taylor" <jackie at jataylor.net> wrote: > Hello Tom, Marcia and All: > I appreciate Tom Sticht¹s posting on the historical groundings of voting and > adult literacy in our country and your responses. In August, I posted some > elections resources here that were collected by ProLiteracy and by others on > voting. I¹ve since added this list to the PD Area of the ALE Wiki. What would > you add to it what have you found useful? > > http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/Voting_and_Elections > > I also asked for us to share what we¹re doing in our programs and classrooms > to help adult learners understand the elections process, its value, and the > candidates¹ positions on issues that adult learners say are important. Like > Marcia, I¹m sure some of you have had challenges and successes in this regard. > Now that we¹re full swing into fall, what are others doing about helping > students with these issues? What were students¹ responses? What successes and > challenges have you faced? > > And in professional development, what are ways you¹re supporting programs and > teachers in teaching one of the most important democratic practices in our > country? > > Looking forward to hearing from you, > > Jackie > > Jackie Taylor, PD List Moderator, jackie at jataylor.net > > > > ---------------------------------------------------- > National Institute for Literacy > Adult Literacy Professional Development mailing list > professionaldevelopment at nifl.gov > > To unsubscribe or change your subscription settings, please go to > http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/professionaldevelopment > > Professional Development section of the Adult Literacy Education Wiki > http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/Adult_Literacy_Professional_Development -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.nifl.gov/pipermail/professionaldevelopment/attachments/20081014/c1d72e14/attachment.html
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