[Reading-hall-of-fame] Re: Message from Tom Sticht

[P Pearson]

This is a real treasure, Tom.  Thanks for sharing.

pdavid

On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 10:27 AM, Colin Harrison <
Colin.Harrison at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:

> Hi Colin! Would you please send the following to the Reading Hall of Fame
> members. I appear to be having trouble doing this. Thank you very much!
>
> Tom Sticht
>
> Reading Hall of Fame Colleagues: December holidays are coming up: Mawlid
> au-Nabi (the Prophet’s birthday)-December 1, Hanukkah- December
> 13-20,Christmas-December 25, Kawanza-December 26,  so here is a free new
> e-book gift that I have prepared for literacy educators who would like to
> deepen their knowledge about adult literacy education in the United States,
> identify with those on whose shoulders adult literacy education stands, and
> affirm their dedication to this important and noble cause.
>
> Here is an e-book for those interested in literacy development across the
> ages and across generations. The Trilogy provides a broad perspective of
> adult literacy education in brief notes each of which can be read in 5-10
> minutes in a coffee or tea break. The e-book consists of online notes I
> have written over the last two decades reformatted into an e-book for use
> by college classes, literacy educators, and others.
>
> The new e-book is entitled “The Struggle for Adult Literacy Education in
> America:
>
> A Trilogy of Notes on History, Research, Policy, & Practice in Adult
> Literacy Education”. The e-book is 171 pages in pdf format and includes 48
> notes, 58 photos, graphs, and other illustrations and 6 pages of
> references. The Trilogy includes three parts. Part 1: Fighting Illiteracy
> in Times of War; Part 2: From Oracy to Literacy: Investing in the Education
> of Adults to Improve the Educability of Children; and Part 3: Adult
> Education for Social Justice & Workforce Development [see below for
> contents of each of these three parts of the trilogy].
>
> If you, or anyone you know, would like a copy of this free e-book just
> send me an email with your email address saying you would like to receive
> the e-book and I will send you an email with the e-book attached.  You can
> then feel free to use the e-book any way you think useful, and to share it
> with as many colleagues and other folks as you would like—a gift from you
> for the holidays!
>
> Tom Sticht
>
> Email: tgsticht at gmail.com
>
>
>
> *The Struggle for Adult Literacy Education in America: A Trilogy Of*
>
> *Notes on History, Research, Policy, & Practice in Adult Literacy
> Education*
>
> *Part 1: Fighting Illiteracy in Times of War*
>
> Contents
>
> 1. Introduction to Fighting Illiteracy in Times of War
>
> 2. Former Slave Girl Fights Illiteracy in Civil War
>
> 3. Doughboys Learn to Read in World War I
>
> 4. Learning to Read with Private Pete & Sailor Sam
>
> in World War II
>
> 5. The Reading Formula Helping Win World War II
>
> 6. Join the Conga Line for Literacy in World War II
>
> 7. Learning to Read in the “Forgotten War” of Korea
>
> 8. The Functional Literacy (FLIT) Program of the Vietnam War Era
>
> 9. Songs in the Literacy Lessons of the World Wars
>
> 10. VESL for Victory and Independence
>
> 11. Associationism, Behaviorism, Constructivism: The
>
> ABCs of Adult Literacy Education
>
> 12. Paul Witty & Private Pete in World War II
>
> 13. A "Marshall Plan" for Adult Literacy in
>
> Industrialized Nations
>
> 14. Swinging the Sword of Literacy in Iraq
>
> 15. Waiting for the Watermelons: Remembering 9/11
>
>
>
> *Part 2: From Oracy to Literacy and Back Again: Investing in the Education
> of Adults To Improve the Educability of Children*
>
>
>
> Contents
>
> 1. Oracy, Adult Literacy Research, and The Fourth-Grade Plunge
>
> 2. The “Reading Potential” Concept: From Vienna’s Rathaus to the Common
> Core State Standards
>
> 3. Oracy: The Bridge to Literacy From Parents to Their Progeny
>
> 4. New Report Confirms a Hundred Years of Professional Wisdom About
> Parent’s Role in Developing Children’s Literacy Skills
>
> 5. Mind the 30 Million Word Gap!
>
> 6. Black-White Differences in Oracy and Literacy: A Needed Conversation
>
> 7. The Plight of Those With Oracy Difficulties in America
>
> 8. Oracy as a Predictor of Workforce Success
>
> 9. Some Misunderstandings About Reading
>
> 10. Critiquing Constructs of Intelligence and Literacy
>
> 11. The "Skills" Versus "Knowledge" Debate and Adult Literacy Education
>
> 12. Confusing Ignorance With Illiteracy
>
> 13. Theoretically You Can’t Teach Adults to Read and Write:
>
> But Just Keep On Doing It!
>
>
>
> *Part 3: Adult Education for Social Justice & Workforce Development*
>
> Contents
>
> 1.Cora Wilson Stewart and the Emancipation of Adult Illiterates
>
> 2.Three Black Women in the Struggle for Adult Literacy and Civil Rights
>
> 3.SELMA: The March From Literacy to Voting Rights
>
> 4.Ambrose Caliver and Freedom’s People
>
> 5.The Struggle for Social Justice: The Legacy of Paulo Freire (1921-1997)
>
> 6.How “McNamara’s Moron Corps” Fought the “Poverty War” and Won!
>
> 7.Literacy and Human Resources Development at Work: Getting Double Duty
> Dollars
>
> 8.Investing in the Education of Adults to Improve Their Employability and
> the Educability of Their Children9. Education and Training of Undereducated
> Adults in Hard Economic Times
>
> 10. Toward the 21st Century Orchestration of Learning Contexts for Adults
>
> 11.Cognitive Robotics, Literacy, and Unemployment
>
>
> 12.A Need to “Simultanealize” Adult Basic Skills Education and Vocational
> Training
>
> 13.Embedded or Integrated LLN Programs: Another Approach
>
> 14.Higher Education Credentials, Higher Skills, and Lost Purchasing Power:
> A Dilemma for Workforce Development Policy and Practice
>
> 15.Are We Educating People Into Poverty? The Workforce Development and
> Utilization Dilemma
>
> 16.On Workforce Development: Some Puzzling Findings From and For Adult
> Literacy Research
>
> 17.The Right to Read and to Work in Nontraditional Jobs for Women
>
> 18.Functional Context Education for Workforce Development
>
> 19.Boomerang Brings Déjà Vu: The Rediscovery of Functional Context
> Education in the 21st Century
>
> 20.Valuing America’s Workforce
>
> *References*
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee
> and may contain confidential information. If you have received this
> message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it.
>
> Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this
> message or in any attachment.  Any views or opinions expressed by the
> author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the
> University of Nottingham.
>
> This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an
> attachment may still contain software viruses which could damage your
> computer system, you are advised to perform your own checks. Email
> communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as
> permitted by UK legislation.
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Reading-hall-of-fame mailing list
> Reading-hall-of-fame at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/reading-hall-of-fame
>
>


-- 
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
P. David Pearson
Evelyn Lois Corey *Emeritus* Professor of Instructional Science
and Professor of the Graduate School
Graduate School of Education
5645 Tolman Hall #1670
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley CA 94720-1670
GSE Office: 510 6543 6508
fax 510-642-4799
email:  ppearson at berkeley.edu
other e-mail:  pdavidpearsondean at gmail.com
website for presentations:  www.scienceandliteracy.org
website for publications:
https://bspace.berkeley.edu/portal/site/~189290/page/fc6f1431-1058-4118-80f1-9249dd68c3b6
*******************
Home:  851 Euclid Ave
Berkeley, CA  94708 -1305
Home #: 510 526 6986
iPhone:  510 543 6508
****************************************
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.nottingham.ac.uk/mailman/private/reading-hall-of-fame/attachments/20171120/1a66396d/attachment-0001.html>