Adult Literacy in a New Era (2011) by Kevin Belcher https://padlet.com/KevinBelcher/OB Reflections from the Open Book by Dianne Ramdeholl en-us 2018-03-22 21:47:58 UTC 2024-11-14 13:52:22 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Templeball.png Education KevinBelcher https://padlet.com/KevinBelcher/OB/wish/245261529
  • B.A. Writing & Literature, LIU Southampton College
  • M.A. Adult Education/Literacy, Fordham University, Lincoln Center, 2003
  • Ed.D. Adult Education/Literacy, National Louis University, Chicago, 2007
    • ]]>     2018-03-22 21:54:43 UTC https://padlet.com/KevinBelcher/OB/wish/245261529     Experience KevinBelcher https://padlet.com/KevinBelcher/OB/wish/245261669
  • 10 years with the Open Book 
  • Over 15 years as Adult Education Practitioner
  • Now, Part-Time Faculty at NYU
    • ]]>     2018-03-22 21:55:33 UTC https://padlet.com/KevinBelcher/OB/wish/245261669     Teaching and Research Interests KevinBelcher https://padlet.com/KevinBelcher/OB/wish/245262102
  • Critical Pedagogy
  • Adult Education for Social Change
  • Participatory Research
    • ]]>     2018-03-22 21:58:24 UTC https://padlet.com/KevinBelcher/OB/wish/245262102     To Inspire Collective Conversation & Policy Change KevinBelcher https://padlet.com/KevinBelcher/OB/wish/245263604 "The purpose is not to package the 'greatness' of the program and to export it to the field but instead to contribute to a conversation among students and teachers in other programs to show what's possible within their own programs. It is this collective conversation that we hope will lead to policy changes regarding adult literacy" (xxii)]]> 2018-03-22 22:06:33 UTC https://padlet.com/KevinBelcher/OB/wish/245263604 To Qualitatively Study Student Decision-Making in Adult Ed KevinBelcher https://padlet.com/KevinBelcher/OB/wish/245265204 "This book, an oral history study, explores the story of one literacy program in Brooklyn, New York, that was rooted in democratic principles and shared decision-making" (vii-iii)]]> 2018-03-22 22:15:37 UTC https://padlet.com/KevinBelcher/OB/wish/245265204 Grassroots Literacy KevinBelcher https://padlet.com/KevinBelcher/OB/wish/245265706 "One thing we have not done is help students to organize other students… More students need to be leaders, and they need to tell their stories. Programs have to trust students (xi)]]> 2018-03-22 22:18:18 UTC https://padlet.com/KevinBelcher/OB/wish/245265706 Fulfilling the Need for Qualitative Research in Adult Education KevinBelcher https://padlet.com/KevinBelcher/OB/wish/245266017 "Most programs in New York City that receive public funding through the Workforce Investment Act Title 2 are forced to accept gains on standardized tests as the only legitimate marker of student progress. This reductionist culture that solely privileges test scores has had a devastating impact on adult literacy policy, practice, and discourse. It has largely succeeded in transforming rather than representing what literacy means in these economies" (ix).]]> 2018-03-22 22:19:55 UTC https://padlet.com/KevinBelcher/OB/wish/245266017 Creating Student-Regulated Education KevinBelcher https://padlet.com/KevinBelcher/OB/wish/245267052 "If we believed that learning began and ended with the students, then it made sense for the curriculum to be planned and negotiated with students, to contain their stories and struggles" (22)]]> 2018-03-22 22:26:20 UTC https://padlet.com/KevinBelcher/OB/wish/245267052 KevinBelcher https://padlet.com/KevinBelcher/OB/wish/245267904 2018-03-22 22:31:53 UTC https://padlet.com/KevinBelcher/OB/wish/245267904 Critical Pedagogy KevinBelcher https://padlet.com/KevinBelcher/OB/wish/245269598 "It is insanity that these tests are used as an indicator to mark progress while paying little or no attention to the following questions. Is the student reading whole texts? Is she actively engaged in the process? Can she talk meaningfully about what she read? Is she able to maker inter- and intra- textual connections? Are there vital conversations going on around books in and out of the classrooms at programs? These are much more accurate indicators as to whether a student is on his way to becoming a more proficient reader" (88)]]> 2018-03-22 22:42:09 UTC https://padlet.com/KevinBelcher/OB/wish/245269598 Marxist KevinBelcher https://padlet.com/KevinBelcher/OB/wish/245270058 "we have accepted the basic assumptions behind welfare reform and incorporated them into our curricula and program designs...  We see the issues form the perspective of people who are inside the system and have a stake in its continuance rather than form the perspective of the people who are outside, the students themselves" (56-57)]]> 2018-03-22 22:45:15 UTC https://padlet.com/KevinBelcher/OB/wish/245270058 "Who Benefits?" (59) KevinBelcher https://padlet.com/KevinBelcher/OB/wish/245272130 2018-03-22 22:59:19 UTC https://padlet.com/KevinBelcher/OB/wish/245272130 Full Articles KevinBelcher https://padlet.com/KevinBelcher/OB/wish/245274241 2018-03-22 23:13:04 UTC https://padlet.com/KevinBelcher/OB/wish/245274241 Student Written Plays KevinBelcher https://padlet.com/KevinBelcher/OB/wish/245274252 2018-03-22 23:13:07 UTC https://padlet.com/KevinBelcher/OB/wish/245274252 Student Poetry KevinBelcher https://padlet.com/KevinBelcher/OB/wish/245274286 2018-03-22 23:13:23 UTC https://padlet.com/KevinBelcher/OB/wish/245274286 Structure KevinBelcher https://padlet.com/KevinBelcher/OB/wish/245275091 Each chapter is divided into 3 sections. 
    • Introduction to set stage for conversation
    • Testimonials/Conversation
    • Author's explanation and analysis
    ]]>     2018-03-22 23:18:53 UTC https://padlet.com/KevinBelcher/OB/wish/245275091     Prolific Publishers of Student Work KevinBelcher https://padlet.com/KevinBelcher/OB/wish/245278050 Open Book passionately followed the insights of Freire, creating a school where "Students words and dreams were woven into the various levels of the program" (6)
    • Own Publication of Student Writing (12)
    • The Gazette Student Newspaper (42)
    • Four Stories: Oral Histories from the Open Book (28)
    • Welcome Back, Lucy! (Appendix A)
    • Numerous pieces of student writing used for analysis as literature
    • "The Class Story" Soap Opera (28)
    ]]>     2018-03-22 23:36:58 UTC https://padlet.com/KevinBelcher/OB/wish/245278050     Student Leadership KevinBelcher https://padlet.com/KevinBelcher/OB/wish/245279719
  • Student participation in curriculum creation (xv)
  • Student participation in teacher interviews (49)
  • Leadership meetings fueled by students
  • Town hall meetings
  • Counseling group with volunteer therapist (40)
  • Student-Teacher Council on Saturdays (40)
  • Weekend retreats with Student-led workshops (41)
    • ]]>     2018-03-22 23:49:02 UTC https://padlet.com/KevinBelcher/OB/wish/245279719     Most Cited Theorists KevinBelcher https://padlet.com/KevinBelcher/OB/wish/245280807 Paulo Freire, Michel Foucault, Shirley Brice Heath, Myles Horton, and Ira Shor]]> 2018-03-22 23:57:54 UTC https://padlet.com/KevinBelcher/OB/wish/245280807 Transcriptions KevinBelcher https://padlet.com/KevinBelcher/OB/wish/245282954 Conversational transcriptions permitted redundancies
    Block structure restricted ability to close read transcripts
    Some bias towards administrators like John Gordon]]>     2018-03-23 00:12:50 UTC https://padlet.com/KevinBelcher/OB/wish/245282954     Tone KevinBelcher https://padlet.com/KevinBelcher/OB/wish/245283736
  • Progressively focused, but often insecure of negative perceptions surrounding adult education
    • fostered repetition
    • ]]>     2018-03-23 00:18:35 UTC https://padlet.com/KevinBelcher/OB/wish/245283736     Chapter 8 KevinBelcher https://padlet.com/KevinBelcher/OB/wish/245284144
  • This chapter was devoted to the simple discussion of whether or not John Gordon was the "boss"
    • resulted in simple praise of Open Book
    • ]]>     2018-03-23 00:21:52 UTC https://padlet.com/KevinBelcher/OB/wish/245284144     Insufficient Funds Silence Dialog & Progress KevinBelcher https://padlet.com/KevinBelcher/OB/wish/245284537 "By permanently operating with insufficient funds, the focus shifts to survival instead of a collective dialogue envisioning something better" (94)]]> 2018-03-23 00:24:37 UTC https://padlet.com/KevinBelcher/OB/wish/245284537 Critical Pedagogy in Action KevinBelcher https://padlet.com/KevinBelcher/OB/wish/245285224 "When students write a play together, they share an opportunity to become authors of knowledge they have co-constructed instead of consumers of someone else's concepts… Writing becomes an act of making space for voices to be heard, voices that have been suppressed or ignored" (26).]]> 2018-03-23 00:28:49 UTC https://padlet.com/KevinBelcher/OB/wish/245285224 KevinBelcher https://padlet.com/KevinBelcher/OB/wish/245288196 This is a powerful study of an adult school that rebels against traditional perceptions of adult education, specifically quantitative data. Although her study would benefit from close-reading her dialogs rather than presenting them in bulk, Ramdeholl's study ultimately provides teachers, administrators, and funders with strong qualitative data and innovative strategies to give power back to the students.]]> 2018-03-23 00:47:04 UTC https://padlet.com/KevinBelcher/OB/wish/245288196 KevinBelcher https://padlet.com/KevinBelcher/OB/wish/245289663 2018-03-23 00:56:47 UTC https://padlet.com/KevinBelcher/OB/wish/245289663