[AAACE-NLA]educator's roles in politics and advocacy

[Eileen Eckert]

Apologies to those of you who get this twice. I'm responding to George 
Demetrion's message about the changes (purges) to ERIC and NIFL archived 
discussions. Where has the NLA archive gone, and why?

For the members of the PD list, do professional development facilitators 
have any role in contributing to defining or expanding the boundaries of the 
adult literacy profession? Is it within the facilitator's purview to 
initiate or participate in discussions about advocacy, or about the 
connections between teaching, literacy education, and maintaining or 
changing social, economic, and political conditions?

I know an educator who is from Chile, and who worked there during the early 
Pinochet years. She says that teachers then believed they had a 
responsibility to be active in resisting the Pinochet regime. How do 
educators and professional development facilitators see their role?

Finally, I'd like to respond to George's challenge by posting a critical 
comment that is protected under the First Amendment (and is certainly 
disrespectful of religious fanatics, though I hope not of all the faithful):

God told me George Bush is a moron.

Sincerely,
Eileen Eckert








From: "George E. Demetrion" <sophocles5 at juno.com>
Reply-To: aaace-nla at lists.literacytent.org
To: aaace-nla at lists.literacytent.org
Subject: [AAACE-NLA]ERIC
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 08:26:40 -0700

Tom and others:
I was looking through the NIFL archives for an earlier response to the
ERIC issue.  One  that someone wrote was particularly good in showing
what would be gained and lost (the good and bad news) by the proposed
changes

None of that matters now as it appears that all references to the ERIC
matter as well as all references to US foreign policy have been removed
from the NIFL lists, and as part of the disappearing act, the NLA
archives have been removed from the NIFL discussion board.

While there are certain efficiencies in the proposed new ERIC revision as
you state, there's a lot more going on too, which in my view has to do
with a not so subtle effort to eradicate any and all vestiges of
educational theory and research which does not comport the
administration's views.  I',I'm wondering if the scientists would like to
weigh in here and comment on the back room politics of literacy antics
going on right now in Washington, DC

Anyone want to deal with this?  Anyone dare to post a critical message on
any of the NIFL lists?  Anyone concerned?  Anyone want to do something
about it?  Soon!!

Oh, one final thought.

President Bush believes he is called by God at this time in the nation's
history to renew the American spirit and will.  Perhaps it's God's will
that these topics should be erased from the NIFL lists and ERIC
transformed.  Just a thought.

George Demetrion
Sophocles5 at juno.com


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