[Reading-hall-of-fame] Re: Memorial Day Message

[Brian Cambourne]

Many thanks Tom.
Another scholarly synthesis of the history of Adult Literacy Education in USA.

Your synthesis reinforces the fact that, education, as is true of any domain of intellectual inquiry, is shaped by history, research, and politics. Your piece has helped me understand how education evolves, and how it is influenced by academic trends, cultural forces, and individual participants. This is especially true when it comes to the issue of identifying the “best” pedagogy for teaching literacy.
 Brian Cambourne

On 29 May 2021, at 3:31 am, Thomas Sticht <tgsticht at gmail.com<mailto:tgsticht at gmail.com>> wrote:


Greetings All! Monday, May 31, is Memorial Day when we honor those Americans who have fought to bring liberty to millions of people who have been oppressed or even enslaved around the world. And we remember and honor the thousands of adult literacy teachers who lit the lamp of literacy for military service members in the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, World Wars I and II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Iraq War, and  the 911 terrorist attack in New York City.

 Historical notes about all these wars are available in a report entitled “Fighting Illiteracy in Times of War”, available online at

 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/320024840_FIGHTING_ILLITERACY_IN_TIMES_OF_WAR_An_anthology_of_brief_historical_notes_by_Tom_Sticht<https://www.researchgate.net/publication/320024840_FIGHTING_ILLITERACY_IN_TIMES_OF_WAR_An_anthology_of_brief_historical_notes_by_Tom_Sticht>

 Here is a listing of the Contents of the report:



CONTENTS

1. Introduction to Fighting Illiteracy in Times of War

2. Former Slave Girl Fights Illiteracy in the Civil War

 3. Learning to Read With the Doughboys in World War I

4. Learning to Read with Private Pete & Sailor Sam in World War II

5. The Reading Formula That Helped 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

The report may be of interest for literacy educator staff professional development or for student reading about adult learners across the history of the United States.

Tom Sticht

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