[ProfessionalDevelopment 2196] Re: What do we mean by studentinvolvement and critical thinking?mev at litwomen.org mev at litwomen.orgMon Jul 7 21:11:59 EDT 2008
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? > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.nifl.gov/pipermail/professionaldevelopment/attachments/20080707/07041226/attachment.html
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