The following message is posted on behalf of Kim Bellerive Bosworth.
Please read on...Jackie Taylor

-----Original Message-----
From: Kim Bosworth [mailto:KBosworth at greaterhomewood.org] 
Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 10:58 AM
To: professionaldevelopment at nifl.gov
Subject: RE: [ProfessionalDevelopment 2177] Re: Introductions and
Questions:Student Involvement and Critical Thinking 

Hello,
 My name is Kim Bellerive Bosworth and I teach a basic literacy skills
class (ABE). All of my learners are native English speakers, and as is
the case with many ABE classes, there are widely varying levels of skill
in my class.  That being said, Heidi's question applies to my situation
with a slight twist: what strategies and approaches have others used
that engage beginning/beginning basic ABE learners and low intermediate
ABE learners in critical thinking? 


Kim B. Bosworth 
Assistant Director 
Adult Literacy and ESOL Program
Greater Homewood Community Corporation
3501 N. Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21218 
Phone 410-261-3518
Fax 410-261-3506

STRENGTHENING NEIGHBORHOODS IN NORTH CENTRAL BALTIMORE
www.greaterhomewood.org


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Today's Topics:

   1. [ProfessionalDevelopment 2176] Re: Introductions and
      Questions:	Student Involvement and Critical Thinking
(Larinda T)
   2. [ProfessionalDevelopment 2177] Re: Introductions and
      Questions: Student	Involvement and Critical Thinking
(Wrigley, Heide)
   3. [ProfessionalDevelopment 2178]  Information for Guest
      Discussion (Taylor, Jackie)
   4. [ProfessionalDevelopment 2179] Re: Introductions and
      Questions:	StudentInvolvement and Critical Thinking
      (Worthington, Natasha)
   5. [ProfessionalDevelopment 2180] What do we mean by student
      involvement and critical thinking? (Taylor, Jackie)
   6. [ProfessionalDevelopment 2181] Re: Introductions and
      Questions:	Student	Involvement and Critical Thinking
(Ellison, Art)


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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2008 15:00:26 -0700 (PDT)
From: Larinda T <larindat at yahoo.com>
Subject: [ProfessionalDevelopment 2176] Re: Introductions and
	Questions:	Student Involvement and Critical Thinking
To: The Adult Literacy Professional Development Discussion List
	<professionaldevelopment at nifl.gov>
Message-ID: <695194.35281.qm at web45607.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"

Hello,
My name is Larinda and I teach ESL, I am looking forward to the
discussions and involvement.? I believe that all students should be very
involved in the learning experience.

?Larinda

--- On Thu, 7/3/08, Taylor, Jackie <jataylor at utk.edu> wrote:
From: Taylor, Jackie <jataylor at utk.edu>
Subject: [ProfessionalDevelopment 2172] Introductions and Questions:
Student Involvement and Critical Thinking
To: "The Adult Literacy Professional Development Discussion List"
<professionaldevelopment at nifl.gov>
Date: Thursday, July 3, 2008, 4:11 PM




 
 






Dear Colleagues, 

Wow ? in the last two days approximately 40
individuals have subscribed to the PD List for the upcoming discussion
of
Student Involvement and Critical Thinking. Welcome to the list! J I?m
happy you?re here and I look forward to learning from your experiences. 

 ? 

I?d like to open the floor for questions so that our
guests can prepare. Please post an introduction and your questions about
student involvement and critical thinking to the list. If you wish to
raise
your questions anonymously, feel free to email me direct:
jataylor at utk.edu and I will share your
questions without attribution. 

 ? 

For background about the discussion and our guests, visit: 

 ? 

http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/discussions/professionaldevelopment/08student.
html 

 ? 

Critical thinking and the intersection with student
involvement is an area that we?ve not really articulated in-depth on
this
list. I?m excited about the opportunity to explore issues, strategies,
and resources with you. 

 ? 

Happy 4th! 

 ? 

Best, Jackie 

 ? 

Jackie Taylor, Adult Literacy Professional Development List
Moderator, jataylor at utk.edu  



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Discussion
Announcement 

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http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/discussions/professionaldevelopment/08student.
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Beginning July 7 ? 14, 2008 the Adult Literacy
Professional Development List will host a guest discussion of Student
Involvement and Critical
Thinking in Adult Literacy. Join our guests Cynthia Peters,
Editor of The Change Agent, and Marty Finsterbusch, Executive Director
of
VALUE, to share issues, strategies, and resources for instruction and
staff
development.  

 ? 

This discussion is the first in a mini-series of guest
discussions this summer and fall on Literacy for Social Change. Join us
now to
plan instruction and staff development for fall.  



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Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2008 19:13:01 -0400
From: "Wrigley, Heide" <heide at literacywork.com>
Subject: [ProfessionalDevelopment 2177] Re: Introductions and
	Questions: Student	Involvement and Critical Thinking
To: The Adult Literacy Professional Development Discussion List
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Hi, Jackie and all

I?ve long been interested in the use of scenarios, and ?evocative
prompts? to get students thinking and talking about critical issues in
their lives. We?ve developed a few of these scenarios for El Civics but
the problem is always how to make even simple case studies accessible to
students who are very much new to English and who don?t have strong
literacy skills.  While students can ?get? a picture and describe what
they see as a problem, articulating thoughts and ideas around these
issues often requires a bit more language ? using a bilingual approach
helps of course but that?s not always an option.

Yet, thousands of people with no or little English have jobs and
families and get things done and certainly there is lots of critical
thinking going on ? and I?m looking for ways of bringing these
experiences into the classroom to help teachers see that engaged
learning does not have to wait till Englsh proficiency is achieved.

Here is my question, what strategies and approaches have others used
that engage beginning level ESL learners in critical thinking?

I?m very much looking forward to this discussion

Heide Spruck Wrigley
Literacywork International
Mesilla, New Mexico

From: professionaldevelopment-bounces at nifl.gov
[mailto:professionaldevelopment-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Taylor,
Jackie
Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 11:11 AM
To: The Adult Literacy Professional Development Discussion List
Subject: [ProfessionalDevelopment 2172] Introductions and Questions:
Student Involvement and Critical Thinking

Dear Colleagues,
Wow ? in the last two days approximately 40 individuals have subscribed
to the PD List for the upcoming discussion of Student Involvement and
Critical Thinking. Welcome to the list! :) I?m happy you?re here and I
look forward to learning from your experiences.

I?d like to open the floor for questions so that our guests can prepare.
Please post an introduction and your questions about student involvement
and critical thinking to the list. If you wish to raise your questions
anonymously, feel free to email me direct:
jataylor at utk.edu<mailto:jataylor at utk.edu> and I will share your
questions without attribution.

For background about the discussion and our guests, visit:

http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/discussions/professionaldevelopment/08student.
html

Critical thinking and the intersection with student involvement is an
area that we?ve not really articulated in-depth on this list. I?m
excited about the opportunity to explore issues, strategies, and
resources with you.

Happy 4th!

Best, Jackie

Jackie Taylor, Adult Literacy Professional Development List Moderator,
jataylor at utk.edu<mailto:jataylor at utk.edu>


Discussion Announcement

http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/discussions/professionaldevelopment/08student.
html

Beginning July 7 ? 14, 2008 the Adult Literacy Professional Development
List will host a guest discussion of Student Involvement and Critical
Thinking in Adult Literacy. Join our guests Cynthia Peters, Editor of
The Change Agent, and Marty Finsterbusch, Executive Director of VALUE,
to share issues, strategies, and resources for instruction and staff
development.

This discussion is the first in a mini-series of guest discussions this
summer and fall on Literacy for Social Change. Join us now to plan
instruction and staff development for fall.


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Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 10:05:39 -0400
From: "Taylor, Jackie" <jataylor at utk.edu>
Subject: [ProfessionalDevelopment 2178]  Information for Guest
	Discussion
To: "The Adult Literacy Professional Development Discussion List"
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Good day or evening, all,

Our guest discussion of Student Involvement and Critical Thinking in
Adult Literacy begins today. One goal of the discussion is to share
ideas, strategies, and approaches so that those planning instruction and
professional development for fall may adapt some of the ideas shared.
Please ask questions that will help you to achieve your own goals for
participating. Resources and strategies that subscribers share will then
be compiled and posted to the PD List.

 

Just a few items as we get started:

 

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Looking forward,

 

~ Jackie

 

Jackie Taylor, Adult Literacy Professional Development List Moderator,
jataylor at utk.edu 

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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 08:42:21 -0400
From: "Worthington, Natasha" <WORTHINGTONN at ecu.edu>
Subject: [ProfessionalDevelopment 2179] Re: Introductions and
	Questions:	StudentInvolvement and Critical Thinking
To: "The Adult Literacy Professional Development Discussion List"
	<professionaldevelopment at nifl.gov>
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Hello everyone.  I am Natasha and I am currently a student in the
Masters in Adult Education program at East Carolina University in
Greenville, NC.  I am also an adjunct instructor at two of the local
community colleges here in eastern NC.  I teach ACA: Study Skills and
Developmental English.  My hope after I complete my graduate degree next
spring is to teach English full-time at the community college.

 

I look forward to the discussion.

 

Natasha Molet Worthington

Administrative Support Specialist

Office of Research and Scholarship

ECU College of Nursing

Phone: 252-744-6453

Fax: 252-744-6392

Email: worthingtonn at ecu.edu

From: professionaldevelopment-bounces at nifl.gov
[mailto:professionaldevelopment-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Taylor,
Jackie
Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 12:11 PM
To: The Adult Literacy Professional Development Discussion List
Subject: [ProfessionalDevelopment 2172] Introductions and Questions:
StudentInvolvement and Critical Thinking

 

Dear Colleagues,

Wow - in the last two days approximately 40 individuals have subscribed
to the PD List for the upcoming discussion of Student Involvement and
Critical Thinking. Welcome to the list! J I'm happy you're here and I
look forward to learning from your experiences.

 

I'd like to open the floor for questions so that our guests can prepare.
Please post an introduction and your questions about student involvement
and critical thinking to the list. If you wish to raise your questions
anonymously, feel free to email me direct: jataylor at utk.edu and I will
share your questions without attribution.

 

For background about the discussion and our guests, visit:

 

http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/discussions/professionaldevelopment/08student.
html

 

Critical thinking and the intersection with student involvement is an
area that we've not really articulated in-depth on this list. I'm
excited about the opportunity to explore issues, strategies, and
resources with you.

 

Happy 4th!

 

Best, Jackie

 

Jackie Taylor, Adult Literacy Professional Development List Moderator,
jataylor at utk.edu 

 

 

Discussion Announcement

 

http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/discussions/professionaldevelopment/08student.
html

 

Beginning July 7 - 14, 2008 the Adult Literacy Professional Development
List will host a guest discussion of Student Involvement and Critical
Thinking in Adult Literacy. Join our guests Cynthia Peters, Editor of
The Change Agent, and Marty Finsterbusch, Executive Director of VALUE,
to share issues, strategies, and resources for instruction and staff
development. 

 

This discussion is the first in a mini-series of guest discussions this
summer and fall on Literacy for Social Change. Join us now to plan
instruction and staff development for fall. 

 

 

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Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 10:10:39 -0400
From: "Taylor, Jackie" <jataylor at utk.edu>
Subject: [ProfessionalDevelopment 2180] What do we mean by student
	involvement and critical thinking?
To: "The Adult Literacy Professional Development Discussion List"
	<professionaldevelopment at nifl.gov>
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Hello All,

I'd like to welcome Cynthia Peters, Editor of The Change Agent, and
Marty Finsterbusch, Executive Director of Voice of Adult Learners United
to Educate (VALUE) to the list. Thank you for helping us to explore
issues, strategies, and resources on Student Involvement and Critical
Thinking in Adult Literacy.

 

I see that we already have some questions from subscribers. That's
great! I hope to see more coming. In the meantime, I also have a couple
of questions as we get started. 

 

Both student involvement and critical thinking in adult literacy can
mean many things to many people. What do we mean when we say we're
teaching critical thinking? How do you teach critical thinking? 

 

What is student involvement? Where does critical thinking come in?

 

Thanks, Jackie

 

Jackie Taylor, Adult Literacy Professional Development List Moderator,
jataylor at utk.edu 

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Message: 6
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 07:27:14 -0400
From: "Ellison, Art" <AEllison at ed.state.nh.us>
Subject: [ProfessionalDevelopment 2181] Re: Introductions and
	Questions:	Student	Involvement and Critical Thinking
To: "The Adult Literacy Professional Development Discussion List"
	<professionaldevelopment at nifl.gov>
Cc: NH COSH <nhcosh at nhcosh.org>
Message-ID: <D4D2A3CD30134DF98C828A9F8C7CFFE2 at EDUCATION.gov>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

Here in New Hampshire, Judy Elliot, the project director of two long
term adult education grants awarded to the New Hampshire Coalition for
Occupational Safety and Health, has been using interactive theater
scenarios with ESOL students at all levels. The scenarios, all set in
the workplace, focus on sexual harassment but also connect to issues
like injuries on the job, workman's compensation, overtime, etc. Judy
can be contacted at nhcosh at totalnetnh.net.  The New Hampshire Coalition
for Occupational Safety and Health is an organization supported by the
New Hampshire AFL-CIO.   Art Ellison, NH State Director of Adult
Education  

 

________________________________

From: professionaldevelopment-bounces at nifl.gov
[mailto:professionaldevelopment-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Wrigley,
Heide
Sent: Friday, July 04, 2008 7:13 PM
To: The Adult Literacy Professional Development Discussion List
Subject: [ProfessionalDevelopment 2177] Re: Introductions and Questions:
Student Involvement and Critical Thinking

 

Hi, Jackie and all 

 

I've long been interested in the use of scenarios, and "evocative
prompts" to get students thinking and talking about critical issues in
their lives. We've developed a few of these scenarios for El Civics but
the problem is always how to make even simple case studies accessible to
students who are very much new to English and who don't have strong
literacy skills.  While students can "get" a picture and describe what
they see as a problem, articulating thoughts and ideas around these
issues often requires a bit more language - using a bilingual approach
helps of course but that's not always an option. 

 

Yet, thousands of people with no or little English have jobs and
families and get things done and certainly there is lots of critical
thinking going on - and I'm looking for ways of bringing these
experiences into the classroom to help teachers see that engaged
learning does not have to wait till Englsh proficiency is achieved.

Here is my question, what strategies and approaches have others used
that engage beginning level ESL learners in critical thinking? 

 

I'm very much looking forward to this discussion 

 

Heide Spruck Wrigley 

Literacywork International 

Mesilla, New Mexico

 

From: professionaldevelopment-bounces at nifl.gov
[mailto:professionaldevelopment-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Taylor,
Jackie
Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 11:11 AM
To: The Adult Literacy Professional Development Discussion List
Subject: [ProfessionalDevelopment 2172] Introductions and Questions:
Student Involvement and Critical Thinking

 

Dear Colleagues,

Wow - in the last two days approximately 40 individuals have subscribed
to the PD List for the upcoming discussion of Student Involvement and
Critical Thinking. Welcome to the list! :-) I'm happy you're here and I
look forward to learning from your experiences.

 

I'd like to open the floor for questions so that our guests can prepare.
Please post an introduction and your questions about student involvement
and critical thinking to the list. If you wish to raise your questions
anonymously, feel free to email me direct: jataylor at utk.edu and I will
share your questions without attribution.

 

For background about the discussion and our guests, visit:

 

http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/discussions/professionaldevelopment/08student.
html

 

Critical thinking and the intersection with student involvement is an
area that we've not really articulated in-depth on this list. I'm
excited about the opportunity to explore issues, strategies, and
resources with you.

 

Happy 4th!

 

Best, Jackie

 

Jackie Taylor, Adult Literacy Professional Development List Moderator,
jataylor at utk.edu 

 

 

Discussion Announcement

 

http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/discussions/professionaldevelopment/08student.
html

 

Beginning July 7 - 14, 2008 the Adult Literacy Professional Development
List will host a guest discussion of Student Involvement and Critical
Thinking in Adult Literacy. Join our guests Cynthia Peters, Editor of
The Change Agent, and Marty Finsterbusch, Executive Director of VALUE,
to share issues, strategies, and resources for instruction and staff
development. 

 

This discussion is the first in a mini-series of guest discussions this
summer and fall on Literacy for Social Change. Join us now to plan
instruction and staff development for fall. 

 

 


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