[NLA] Philosophical Naivete--Evidence and the Personal

[Elsa Auerbach]

Can anyone explain the concept of consequential validity?   I think it's
relevant to Freire and other social change pedagogies and research.  Elsa
Auerbach

PDRNRI at aol.com wrote:

> A few short observations from a quick read of Catherine's meaningful letter:
>
> 1.  I would like to hear from other researchers on this list on how the
> research field is grappling with the govt.'s emphatic prioritizing of a
> rather one-dimensional approach to research.  It seems to me that there are a
> great many researchers in the field today who seek to approach learning and
> development as something "dialogic, self-reflective, political, ethical and
> creative" (Catherine's terms).  How are you responding to this?
>
>  2.  Reflecting on Catherine's important, ongoing reminder that we view our
> society as a "maturing democracy" - it occurs to me that for most of our
> history (certainly the 20th century) the predominant question challenging the
> democratic process in the US. has been "who gets to participate?" .  The
> dilemma of modern adult education, it seems to me, is partly connected to a
> shift (or the lack thereof) in the popular discourse from  "who gets to
> participate?" to "how do we prepare ourselves to participate?"  I suspect
> that while many of the folks on this list -- who have thought hard about
> democratic participation for so long -- see this question clearly and have
> developed very carefully considered answers.  But I'm less sure that the
> popular thinking on this question has advanced a great deal -- partly because
> issues around "who gets to participate" are not fully resolved, partly
> because actual preparation for participation is more threatening to those who
> exert the most power, and perhaps partly because many of those who have had a
> long-standing right to participate have been effectively dissuaded from doing
> so, having bought into the idea that particaption ends, rather than begins,
> at the ballot box.  In that case, the issue of preparing for more effective
> participation would simply not be on the radar among those who can apply
> political pressure through popular opinion.
>
> 3.  More good books, for the same purposes, I think, as Catherine's:
> Making Spaces (Sissel and Sheared, eds.)  In Defense of the Lifeworld
> (Welton, ed.) -- and for teacher development purposes, Becoming a Critically
> Reflective Teacher (Brookfield)
>
> David Hayes
> _______________________________________________
> NLA mailing list: NLA at lists.literacytent.org
> http://lists.literacytent.org/mailman/listinfo/nla
> LiteracyTent: web hosting, news, community and goodies for literacy
> http://literacytent.org

_______________________________________________
NLA mailing list: NLA at lists.literacytent.org
http://lists.literacytent.org/mailman/listinfo/nla
LiteracyTent: web hosting, news, community and goodies for literacy
http://literacytent.org