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

[P Pearson]

Thanks again, Tom, for another great share on your part.  I always
appreciate your thoughtful contributions to our RHF discourse.
David

On Fri, May 28, 2021 at 12:27 PM Brian Cambourne <bcambrn at uow.edu.au> wrote:

> 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> 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
>
>  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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