[AAACE-NLA] FCE Resources & Presentations

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January 3, 2006

Functional Context Education (FCE) Document Series and
Schedule of FCE Workshops and Other Presentations In 2006

Tom Sticht
International Consultant in Adult Education

Looking for an evidence-based approach to adult literacy education? A survey
of over a hundred years of professional wisdom in teaching adult literacy
and the most extensive scientific research on adult literacy education
provides a solid evidence base for Functional Context Education.

Now the National Adult Literacy Database (NALD) in Canada has prepared a
special web page that provides access to a Functional Context Education
Series of reports. The web page is
http://www.nald.ca/fulltext/fce/cover.htm

The NALD web page provides access to a full text document entitled:

"Functional Context Education: Making Learning Relevant in the 21st Century
(2005)"
This is the notebook used in the Functional Context Education workshops
presented in 2005.

This web page also provides links to other NALD full text documents in the
Functional Context Education Series:

"Functional Context Education (FCE) Part 1:
New Interest in FCE Theory and Principles for Integrating
Basic Skills and Work Skills."

"Functional Context Education (FCE) Part 2:
Toward Policies and Practices for Contextualized Teaching
and Learning in Community Colleges and High Schools."

"Functional Context Education: Making learning relevant (1997)."
This document is the notebook used in FCE workshops in 1997. In 2005
it was downloaded over 11,500 times.

All these reports can be downloaded for free.

Presentations for 2006

For those who have contacted me to find out if, when, and where I might
be speaking in their region the following shows dates, locations, and
contacts where I will be giving either Functional Context Education (FCE)
workshops or invited presentations at special meetings or conferences during
the first half of 2006.

1. January 27 London, United Kingdom: Invited Presentation
to Board of Management of the Basic Skills Agency.
Contact: Not open to public.

2. January 30 London, United Kingdom: Invited Presentation
at the Basic Skills Agency’s Debates Conference.
Contact: Sophie Fry  Email: sophief at basic-skills.co.uk

3.  February 24   Milwaukee, WI   Functional Context Education (FCE)
Workshop
Contact:  Mary Moze   Email:  mozem at matc.edu

4. March 7 London, United Kingdom: Invited Presentation
at Conference on Speaking and Listening Skills of Adults
Contact: Karen Davies Email: karend at ctad.co.uk

5. March 23 Kalamazoo, Michigan: Invited Presentation at the Michigan
Adult Education and Training Conference.
Contact: Kathleen Sullivan Email: kj.sullivan at comcast.net

6. April 27    Denver, Colorado   Invited Presentation at Colorado
Adult Education Association Conference.
Contact: Paulette Church   Email: paulette at durangoaec.org

7. May 3 Baltimore, Maryland Invited Presentation at Maryland
Adult Education Association.
Contact: Kathy Ira  Email: ira at umbc.edu

8. June 1 North Bay, Ontario, Canada  Functional Context
Education Workshop.
Contact: Lynne Wallace  Email: lwallace at vianet.on.ca


Thomas G. Sticht
International Consultant in Adult Education
2062 Valley View Blvd.
El Cajon, CA 92019-2059
Tel/fax: (619) 444-9133
Email: tsticht at aznet.net