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Journal

2008

Community literacy

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Rose, Mike. The Mind At Work: Valuing The Intelligence Of The American Worker., Ildiko Mellis Oct 2008

Rose, Mike. The Mind At Work: Valuing The Intelligence Of The American Worker., Ildiko Mellis

Community Literacy Journal

No abstract provided.


Grabill, Jeffrey T. Writing Community Change: Designing Technologies For Citizen Action., Karryn Lintelman Oct 2008

Grabill, Jeffrey T. Writing Community Change: Designing Technologies For Citizen Action., Karryn Lintelman

Community Literacy Journal

No abstract provided.


The Challenges Facing Adult Literacy Programs, Daphne Greenberg Oct 2008

The Challenges Facing Adult Literacy Programs, Daphne Greenberg

Community Literacy Journal

The field of adult literacy is complex. This complexity poses many challenges for literacy programs. This paper addresses the challenges of collaboration, diversity, attendance, assessment and professional development as they apply to adult literacy programs. Recommendations for increasing the success of literacy programs are provided.


Note From The Guest Editor, Tanya R. Shuy Oct 2008

Note From The Guest Editor, Tanya R. Shuy

Community Literacy Journal

No abstract provided.


Goldblatt, Eli. Because We Live Here: Sponsoring Literacy Beyond The College Curriculum., Marilyn Cooper Oct 2008

Goldblatt, Eli. Because We Live Here: Sponsoring Literacy Beyond The College Curriculum., Marilyn Cooper

Community Literacy Journal

No abstract provided.


Literacy Across The Lifespan: What Works?, Timothy Shanahan Oct 2008

Literacy Across The Lifespan: What Works?, Timothy Shanahan

Community Literacy Journal

This article explores similarities in literacy learning across various life-span stages and considers what actions must be taken to improve literacy attainment and achievement, whether the delivery site is prekindergarten, elementary, secondary, adult, family, workplace, volunteer, or community literacy. The emphasis here is on what it takes to successfully teach individuals to read and write well separate from any adjustments that must be made for context or learner characteristics. Research is examined for five essential variables in literacy learning, including (1) amount of teaching; (2) content of instruction; (3) quality of instruction; (4) student motivation; and (5) alignment and support.


Looking For, And Learning From, Community Literacy Outcomes, Harry P. Hatry, Elaine Morley Oct 2008

Looking For, And Learning From, Community Literacy Outcomes, Harry P. Hatry, Elaine Morley

Community Literacy Journal

This article provides suggestions for community coalitions and other literacy service providers for implementing a performance management process that would be useful for helping coalitions and service providers to improve their efforts. It provides initial suggestions as to: the roles community coalitions might undertake in community literacy performance management; the outcome indicators that might be used to track progress; steps for selecting the indicators relevant to individual communities; handling some of the key implementation challenges; and the basic ways in which the performance information can be used. The article is based on the National Institute for literacy forthcoming guide to …


Scott, J. Blake. Risky Rhetoric: Aids And The Cultural Practices Of Hiv Testing., Russell Carpenter Oct 2008

Scott, J. Blake. Risky Rhetoric: Aids And The Cultural Practices Of Hiv Testing., Russell Carpenter

Community Literacy Journal

No abstract provided.


Penrod, Diane. Using Blogs To Enhance Literacy: The Next Powerful Step In 21st-Century Learning., Hsiao-Ping Wu Oct 2008

Penrod, Diane. Using Blogs To Enhance Literacy: The Next Powerful Step In 21st-Century Learning., Hsiao-Ping Wu

Community Literacy Journal

No abstract provided.


Collins, Paul. Community Writing: Researching Social Issues Through Composition., Grete Scott Oct 2008

Collins, Paul. Community Writing: Researching Social Issues Through Composition., Grete Scott

Community Literacy Journal

No abstract provided.


Note From The Editors, Clj Editors Apr 2008

Note From The Editors, Clj Editors

Community Literacy Journal

No abstract provided.


Story To Action: A Conversation About Literacy And Organizing, Eli Goldblatt, Manuel Portillo, Mark Lyons Apr 2008

Story To Action: A Conversation About Literacy And Organizing, Eli Goldblatt, Manuel Portillo, Mark Lyons

Community Literacy Journal

No abstract provided.


Addendum: Literacy On The Inside: Recipes And The Art Of Making Do, Shannon Carter Apr 2008

Addendum: Literacy On The Inside: Recipes And The Art Of Making Do, Shannon Carter

Community Literacy Journal

No abstract provided.


Moving Beyond Academic Discourse: Composition Studies In The Public Sphere, Elizabeth Campbell Apr 2008

Moving Beyond Academic Discourse: Composition Studies In The Public Sphere, Elizabeth Campbell

Community Literacy Journal

No abstract provided.


Poetry From Solentiname, Nicaragua, Martha Lorena Sandoval Obando, Alexander Carbonero, Johana De Los Ángeles Masis Apr 2008

Poetry From Solentiname, Nicaragua, Martha Lorena Sandoval Obando, Alexander Carbonero, Johana De Los Ángeles Masis

Community Literacy Journal

Ernesto Cardenal, former Minister of Culture of Nicaragua and recently nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, began painting, wood carving, and poetry workshops on Solentiname—an archipelago of 36 islands and 1,000 people—in the mid-1960s as part of his developing an artistic and contemplative community among sustenance farmers and fishing families. Forty years later, he continues to spend time on the islands and the church he built there, and holding poetry workshops as recently as January 2008. These poems are from young people who participate in the community poetry workshops.


“You Have To Knock At The Door For The Door Get Open”: Alternative Literacy Narratives And The Development Of Textual Agency In Writing By Newly Literate Adults, Lauren Rosenberg Apr 2008

“You Have To Knock At The Door For The Door Get Open”: Alternative Literacy Narratives And The Development Of Textual Agency In Writing By Newly Literate Adults, Lauren Rosenberg

Community Literacy Journal

This article is part of a project that involves case studies of four adults who attend an informal literacy center. I examine people’s motivations to write when their main purpose is not to gain a degree or other credentials. Here I focus on one study member and how she uses writing to gain textual agency. By composing narratives that investigate her social positioning, this woman rewrites her own story. I demonstrate how her texts and interview comments reveal a strong desire to connect with public audiences so that other people might follow her model of speaking out to change culture.


Momentum: Igniting Social Change In The Connected Age, Alex Ilyasova Apr 2008

Momentum: Igniting Social Change In The Connected Age, Alex Ilyasova

Community Literacy Journal

No abstract provided.


Literate Lives In The Information Age: Narratives Of Literacy From The United States., Stephanie Vie Apr 2008

Literate Lives In The Information Age: Narratives Of Literacy From The United States., Stephanie Vie

Community Literacy Journal

No abstract provided.


The Language Of Experience: Literate Practices And Social Change, Angela Rounsaville Apr 2008

The Language Of Experience: Literate Practices And Social Change, Angela Rounsaville

Community Literacy Journal

No abstract provided.


Rhetorical Witnessing: Recognizing Genocide In Guatemala, Elizabeth A. Flynn, RüDiger Escobar Wolf Apr 2008

Rhetorical Witnessing: Recognizing Genocide In Guatemala, Elizabeth A. Flynn, RüDiger Escobar Wolf

Community Literacy Journal

The article explores the rhetorical dimensions of witnessing. We concentrate, in particular, on two groups: 1) university students at the University of San Carlos, Quetzaltenango, whose murals are dramatic reminders of the massacres that resulted in the deaths of over 200,000 indigenous people in the 1980s and early 90s and of the corrupt governmental leaders responsible for them, and 2) U.S. accompaniers sponsored by an organization within our own community, the Copper Country Guatemala Accompaniment Project (CCGAP).