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 i74Fnj113331; Wed, 4 Aug 2004 11:49:45 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2004 11:49:45 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <391r9h$53j1ei@mxip16a.cluster1.charter.net> 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: <kybabe1@charter.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-4EFF:2795] Re: A curriculum of care X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Mailer: Openwave WebEngine, version 2.8.12 (webedge20-101-197-20030912) Status: O Content-Length: 3153 Lines: 56 Greeting Meta, Thank you for bringing this topic to our attention. Developing a "community of care" would be perfect with two EFF roles, maybe even all of the roles. With our citizen role of course caring about others is important to emphasize, no man is an island. Every home should be a caring place for families. And even in our adult education classrooms, we have a caring environment. Students often begin helping others in the class, showing a caring feeling for others as they do that. Just a little on this suggestion that "a curriculum of care" fits into EFF. Have a great day! Judy Ashmore > > From: MWPotts2001@aol.com > Date: 2004/08/04 Wed PM 01:59:50 GMT > To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov> > Subject: [NIFL-4EFF:2794] A curriculum of care > > Colleagues, > > Because the subjects of reading and math have occupied our academic minds > lately, we may have neglected a part of the EFF Standards Wheel that should get > just as much attention: The Interpersonal Skills: Cooperate With Others; > Advocate and Influence; Resolve Conflict and Negotiate; and Guide Others. I was > reminded of the importance of these skills when I read the article below. > > I remember a particularly outstanding series of lessons that we witnessed > during the field tests of the Standards. They were, at the outset, intended to > focus on math while participating in a muffin baking project, something that > would result in performance-based assessment, as well. Martha Hyland, the Adult > Education Teacher in an Ohio Family Literacy Program, then asked her students > how they might distribute the muffins. The students, themselves, suggested > taking the muffins to three families that had dropped out of the family > literacy program as a way of showing the students' concern for these families. This > act resulted in the return of two of the three families. This sounds like a > curriculum of care as described below: > > A CURRICULUM OF CARE > The inaugural (Spring 2004) issue of Greater Good features a symposium on > the subject of compassion. Contributors, ranging from psychology > researchers to grade school teachers, present some of the latest research > on compassionate people, marriages, and classrooms, and provide inspiring > stories of compassion in action. According to Marilyn Watson, students > achieve more once they've learned to care for themselves and others. She?s > done the research to prove this -- and witnessed the positive results. She > outlines strategies for creating a caring classroom and teaching social, > emotional, and moral skills while promoting values like compassion, > tolerance, and understanding. Read the article linked below or request a > free copy of the magazine by emailing greater@berkeley.edu, with your > address in the message body and "Free Issue" in the subject line. > http://peacecenter.berkeley.edu/greater_current_issue.html > > > What do you think? Should a curriculum of care be part of ABE/GED programs? > > All the Best, > > Meta Potts, Moderator 4-EFF List > FOCUS on Literacy > Glen Allen, VA > mwpotts2001@aol.com >
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