[AAACE-NLA] Meeting of the Minds Symposium II

[Debbie Yoho]

Tom Sticht's pertinent inquiry and George Demetrion's reply provide me with
a cue to chime in.  I am not a researcher, but I predict that Tom's search
for evidence that research efforts of the last decade have resulted in
improved learner persistence or acquisition of literacy skills will be
fruitless.  Partially I believe this is due to the factors George outlines.
I would only add the opinion, again, that the teaching/learning process is
as much art as science, and rises to maximum effectiveness only when it is
a collegial process.  Practitioners like me always have, and always will,
turn to each other to inform practice before we turn to research.  Some
might call this the blind leading the blind.  The inspired, committed and
effective artists among us know better, and we recognize each other when
given a chance to confer.   Best, Debbie Yoho