Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id i3TC6Fm16272; Thu, 29 Apr 2004 08:06:15 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 08:06:15 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <42FB216C-99D4-11D8-8DEB-000393ABE4D2@litwomen.org> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "mev@litwomen.org" <mev@litwomen.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:10246] Women & Literacy Research X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.553) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed Status: O Content-Length: 3316 Lines: 106 This is a pre-publication announcement for: Women and Literacy: Moving to Power and Participation Women’s Studies Quarterly 32: 1 & 2 (Spring/Summer 2004) Edited by Mev Miller with Ilene Alexander This issue of WSQ includes current research related to women and literacy as well as poetry & prose & additional resources. WE LEARN is offering a 20% pre-publication discount for orders received by June 15. The publication is due to be released in mid-June. More information and an order form can be downloaded by visiting the WE LEARN website: www.litwomen.org/welearn.html Or you may contact Mev Miller: welearn@litwomen.org Women and Literacy: Moving to Power and Participation Table of Contents Editorial Mev Miller Section 1: Literacy/Literacies: Meanings, Theories, and Practices Literacy Practices: An Alternative Definition for Women-Focused Institutions, Pedagogy, and Research Josie Lauritsen Lee The Meanings of Literacy: A Participatory Action Research Project Involving Women with Disabilities Heidi V. Silver-Pacuilla and Associates from the Women in Literacy Project Literacy Groups in Ghana: Liberation with Limitation Janice Windborne Rethinking Adult Literacy Training: An Analysis through a Third World Feminist Perspective Chizu Sato Section 2: Reading/Writing: Survival, Health, and Well Being Stories of Women, Words, and Well being: The Effect of Literacy on Women’s Health Estela M. Kennen, Linda Martin, and Terry C. Davis "My Way Out of This Life Is an Education" Jane Maher Spaces of Possibility: The Place of Writing in Urban Drug Treatment Kelly Evans "But is it Education"? The Challenge of Creating Effective Learning for Survivors of Trauma Jenny Horsman Section 3: Functions/Freedoms: Work, Welfare, & Identity Designing Women: Gender and Power in Welfare –to- Work Educational Programs Jennifer A. Sandlin "But I Have a Bigger Future than I Thought": The Voices of Student Parents after Welfare Reform Melissa Blum Multiple Literacies and Identities: The Experiences of Two Women Refugees Doris Warriner Learning Community: Popular Education and Homeless Women Lorna Rivera Section 4: Literacy as Illuminated by Literature and Poetry Towards a New Learning System: A Freirean Reading of Sapphire’s Push Laurie Stapleton P.iled h.ip D.eep (poetry) Jeryl J. Prescott Literacy at City Tech (Poetry) Hilary Sideris Literacy Through Poetry: A Pilot project for Rural women in the Republic of Yemen Najwa Adra Sheherazad (Poetry) Areej Zufari sleeping dreams (poetry) Rashida Lawrence Things to Write With (prose) Devin Cook Her Mother’s Quiet Houses ( Poetry) Heather Bouwman Section 5: Pedagogical Concerns, Resources, and Book Reviews Annotated Bibliography: Women and Literacy Sandra Kerka and Susan Imel Building Literacy into Courses: Syllabus & Pedagogical Considerations Ilene D. Alexander (with sample syllabi by Jenny Horsman and Suzanne Smythe) Joanne Larson's Literacy as Snake Oil: Beyond the Quick Fix Ujwala Samant Madeline Arnot's Reproducing Gender? Essay on Educational Theory and Feminist Politics Jennifer Rothchild 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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