Return-Path: <nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id j3SGkiG17544; Thu, 28 Apr 2005 12:46:44 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 12:46:44 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <46.686d272d.2fa26cde@aol.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: MWPotts2001@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-4EFF:2997] Student Involvement--Cross Post X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Mac sub 39 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Status: O Content-Length: 2316 Lines: 59 Colleagues, This is a cross post from the AALPD list, in which a great discussion of student involvement has been in progress. Jackie Taylor asked what student involvement means, and this is David Rosen's answer. It seems to me that there is, in David's list, a close connection to the 4 Purposes and the 3 Roles in Equipped for the Future delivery of instruction which includes student involvement. Is there anything that you might add to this list? Thank you. And All the Best, Meta Potts, Moderator 4-EFF List >From David: We've just scratched the surface on what learner involvement means. But first: some learners only want to focus on their learning goal, for example improving reading, speaking English, or getting a GED. Some of those learners, after they are in a program for a while, develop other goals and do want to be involved in other ways; some don't. Some come to the program and need to be involved in other ways right from the beginning; they need to have other purposeful roles in the program in order to accomplish their goals as a learner -- they need to be a contributing member of the community where they are giving as well as receiving. So, here's the beginning of a list of ways that adult learners can be involved, in addition to being learners: * recruiter * counselor * board (or advisory board) member * hiring committee member * elected representative to the student council, or student advisory group * member of the curriculum development or program evaluation committee * facilitator of a student support group * actor, director, or set or props designer in a program's improvisational theater group, or other adult literacy- related theater or video production * program vehicle driver * writer and/or editor of program newspaper, or literary journal * program photographer, or videographer * tutor * program child care worker * program fund raiser * adult literacy advocate/public speaker * participant as a presenter or trainer in staff development * special project participant (some of examples of these projects include: Action Health Team, Homebuying Awareness Web site project, Buying a Computer Web site Project, Rural Transportation Project, and Environmental Cleanup) What other roles should be added to this list? David J. Rosen
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