| Author |
Title |
Publishing
Information |
Abstract |
Agger,
I.
Bille, M. |
The
Blue Room: Trauma & Testimony Among Refugee Women, a Psycho-Social
Exploration |
NJ:
Zed Books, 1992. |
A
collection of narrative accounts and insightful analyses of refugee women's
experiences. |
Bartlett,
K. J.
Vargas, F. |
Literacy
Education for Adult Migrant Farmworkers |
www.ericacve.org
ERIC Number 334873 |
This
article describes the population of migrant farmworkers, some of their
educational challenges, and programs currently available to serve them.
Challenges cited include mobility, lack of a national system to track
progress of adults, and lack of child care. |
Gillespie,
M.
Kelly, J. |
Many
literacies: modules for training adult beginning readers and tutors |
Center
for International Education, Amherst, MA, 1990 |
This
very accessible work summarizes and applies research in modules that provide
strategies for teaching reading and writing. |
| Journal,
One Issue |
Issue
Topic: Accountability and Learner Assessment |
Field Notes
v10, n3
Online:
www.sabes.org/fn103.htm
|
This
issue contains a dozen articles ranging from statewide issues of creating
an accountability system in Massachusetts to assessment with learning
disabled learners. It also includes information about Equipped for the
Future's take on assessment as well as resources on standardized tests
which are used in ABE. |
Ranard,
D. A.
Pfleger, M. |
Language
and Literacy Education for Southeast Asian Refugees |
www.ericacve.org
ERIC 365170 |
This
article discusses changes in the way the needs of this population of learners
for language and literacy education have been met during the 1970’s
through the late 80’s. It especially focuses on the question of whether
new refugees should receive intensive language and job training before
they enter the workforce or study part time after they have found employment. |
| Taylor,
D. |
Learning
Denied |
Portsmouth,
NH: Meinemann, 1991 |
A
powerful book. Denny Taylor's conclusions confirm many teachers' doubts
about America's mania for standardized tests, and serve as a signal to
teachers and administrators that a reliance on test results can be more
than misleading; it can be a hazard to the child. Although focused on
K-12, this book also has much which can be applied in our work in adult
education. |
| Video/Kit |
Working
with Adults with Learning Disabilities: A KET Professional Development
Video Package
|
For
Ordering information:
www.ket.org |
This
is a 90 minute video with print supplement. Program 7 deals with "Assessment
Instruments for Use with the Learning Disabled Population" It is
available at the Central RSC library. |
| Website |
NCSALL
(The National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy) |
http://ncsall.gse.harvard.edu |
NCSALL
is a joint project between Harvard University’s Graduate School of
Education, World Education, Rutgers University Graduate School of Education,
Portland State University, and the Center for Literacy Studies at the
University of Tennessee. It’s mission is to improve the quality of
practice in adult basic education, adult ESOL, and adult secondary education
programs through the use of research. NCSALL conducts research on topics
such as persistence and retention in adult education programs, the impact
of gaining a GED, the use of multiple intelligences theory in adult education,
and adult reading components which seeks to group learners using components
of reading ability and give input to creating a better assessment tool
for low level readers who are adults. NCSALL has a special emphasis on
connecting research and practice via many routes which include the publications
“Focus On Basics” and the Annual Review of Adult Learning and
Literacy as well as the PDRN (Practitioner Dissemination and Research
Network). |
| ZIP |
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