ERIC ED467524: Focus on Basics pdf

ERIC ED467524: Focus on Basics

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This volume of newsletters focuses on connecting research and practice in adult literacy programs. Issue A of August 2001 includes: “Techniques for Teaching Beginning-Level Reading to Adults” (Ashley Hager); “Beginning ESOL Learners’ Advice to Their Teachers” (MaryAnn Cunningham Florez); “The Neurobiology of Reading and Dyslexia” (Sally E. Shaywitz, Bennett A. Shaywitz); “Using a Multisensory Approach To Help Struggling Adult Learners” (Gladys Geertz); “Reading for Pleasure” (Sondra Cuban); “Theory to Practice, Practice to Theory” (Anne Murr); and “Teaching Reading to First-Level Adults” (Judith A. Alamprese). Issue B of October 2001 contains: “Describing the NCSALL Adult Development Research” (Eleanor Drago-Severson, et al); “Three Developmentally Different Types of Learners” (Eleanor Drago-Severson, et al); “Three Different Types of Change” (Eleanor Drago-Severson, et al); “The Power of a Cohort and of Collaborative Groups” (Eleanor Drago-Severson, et al); “A Conversation with FOB” (Sylvia Greene, Matthew Puma); “A Mingling of Minds” (Carol Eades); “Four Adult Development Theories and Their Implications for Practice” (Lisa M.

Baumgartner); “Letting Learners Lead” (Debby D’Amico, Mary Ann Capehart); “TV411 and the Transformation of Self” (Earle Reybold); and “Common Ground” (Lynne M. Bedard). Issue C of February 2002 includes: “A Maturing Partnership” (Rima E. Rudd); “‘Struggles’: Writing as Healing” (Leslie Ridgway, Dale Griffith); “Reflections on the Women, Violence, and Adult Education Project” (Elizabeth Morrish); “Literacy, Health, and Health Literacy: State Policy Considerations” (Marcia Drew Hohn); “ESOL Teachers: Helpers in Health Care” (Kate Singleton); and “The Elizabeth West Project: A Health Professional Joins a Literacy Program in Downeast Maine” (Beth Russett). Issue D of June 2002 contains: “Pathways to Change” (Cristine Smith, Judy Hofer); “Teachable Moments: Videos of Adult ESOL Classrooms” (Reuel Kurzet); “Using a Learning Organization Approach To Enhance ABE Teachers’ Professional Development” (M. Cecil Smith, Amy D. Rose); “Study Circles Challenge the Intellect and Strengthen the Professional Community” (Tom Smith); “PDK Couples Web Resources with Peer Interaction” (Shelly Ratelle); and “New Directions for Professional Development: Kentucky’s Journey” (Sandra Kestner).

Each newsletter also includes an annotated listing of literacy-related publications and information on literacy-related events. (MN

• Creator/s: ERIC
• Date: 2002
• Year: 2002
• Book Topics/Themes: ERIC Archive, Adoption (Ideas), Adult Basic Education, Adult Development, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Annotated Bibliographies, Beginning Reading, Classroom Techniques, Cooperative Learning, Educational Practices, Educational Research, Educational Resources, English (Second Language), Guidelines, Literacy Education, Multisensory Learning, Partnerships in Education, Professional Development, Reading Ability, Reading Instruction, Recreational Reading, Resource Materials, Staff Development, Teaching Methods, Theory Practice Relationship, Writing (Composition), Writing Instruction, Garner, Barbara, Ed

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