[AAACE-NLA] Re: [AAACE-: PA and affective screen

[Karen Mundie]

I first heard the term affective screen (although the concept was by no 
means new to me) at a PA ABLE-sponsored training that was open to any 
interested PA adult ed practitioner.

Karen Mundie
Greater Pittsburgh Literacy Council

On Thursday, February 12, 2004, at 12:52 PM, tjjhjr at netscape.net wrote:

> PA does not
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> "Art LaChance" <arthur at ellijay.com> wrote:
>
>> Tanya,
>>
>> What your post here says is that all of FL's ESOL teachers receive 
>> formal
>> training in the what's and how's of that emotional affect in order to 
>> better
>> serve the interest of the       literacy student.  If that's true 
>> then FL's
>> ABE and ASE teachers should also be receiving formal training for the 
>> same
>> purpose ?  However I wouldn't bet on the second part of your 
>> statement that
>> the rest of the nation is receiving like training in this area.  I am
>> curious if any other states offer or require their       literacy 
>> staff to
>> participate in such training ?  The training would include how to 
>> recognize,
>> informally evaluate, and help to resolve the "affective screen" 
>> mentioned by
>> Tanya or more than that how to recognize and effectively deal with the
>> student's sense of impending doom, low self confidence, failure 
>> syndrome, as
>> well as help to generate internal motivation for "work" in the 
>> classroom.
>>
>> Art
>>
>>
>> Art LaChance
>> Gilmer Learning Center
>> Ellijay, GA
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: <ttweeton at comcast.net>
>> To: "National Literacy Advocacy List sponsored by AAACE"
>> <aaace-nla at lists.literacytent.org>
>> Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 10:03 AM
>> Subject: Re: [AAACE-NLA] NIFL: Teach the Parent, Reach the Child
>>
>>
>>> Art, certainly in ESOL training in university courses the emotional
>> "affective screen" of the ESOL students is dealt with certainly in 
>> Florida
>> and I would imagine around the nation.
>>> Tanya Tweeton
>>> ESOL and GED
>>> Fort Lauderdale,Florida
>>
>>
>>>> I find it exceptionally interesting that those of us in the 
>>>> classroom
>>>> understand these issues yet I don't remember folks like NIFL or 
>>>> NCSALL
>>>> addressing same in proposed training for teachers / administrators. 
>>>>  Nor
>>>> have I seen research that directly addresses the student emotional
>> condition
>>>> and how to deal with it.  Does this mean that one cannot 
>>>> 'understand'
>> the
>>>> concept unless they are directly involved with the day to day
>> functioning of
>>>> an       literacy classroom that serves the average citizen?
>>>> Might be an indicator of an area we may need to go in order to 
>>>> improve
>> the
>>>> communications between the classroom and administration and 
>>>> legislative
>>>> processes?  I don't feel that it's appropriate to expect the 
>>>> classroom
>>>> practitioner to adapt whatever materials and processes are being
>> dictated as
>>>> mandatory without some measure of understanding from the top.  We've
>> been in
>>>>       literacy long enough now to have developed a comprehensive
>>>> understanding of what goes on in the classroom and what is needed to
>> ensure
>>>> effectivity, yet I'm completely unaware of anything that might be 
>>>> headed
>> in
>>>> that direction.
>>>>
>>>> Art
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Art LaChance
>>>> Gilmer Learning Center
>>>> Ellijay, GA
>>>>
>>> http://literacytent.org
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