[NLA] Are You Being Served?

[Lloyd David]

Catherine,
I am certain there are graduate programs in adult education somewhere. I am
sorry to admit I do not know of any but hope other members of the NLA list
can answer your question.
Lloyd
-----Original Message-----
From: Catherine B. King <cb.king at verizon.net>
To: nla at lists.literacytent.org <nla at lists.literacytent.org>
Date: Friday, December 13, 2002 6:56 PM
Subject: Re: [NLA] Are You Being Served?


>To David Lloyd:
>
>Aren't there also some masters' or Ph.D. programs
>existent at some Universities being developed around a
>specialization in adult education?    If so, wouldn't that
>be a place where these reports would be "marketed"
>as a part of a body of ongoing source and course
>material?  Perhaps connected with Frierian studies
>in education?
>
>
>Catherine King
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Lloyd David <lloyd_david at ceilearn.com>
>To: <nla at lists.literacytent.org>
>Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 2:00 PM
>Subject: Re: [NLA] Are You Being Served?
>
>
>> Tom,
>> The CEI Adult Diploma Program at Polaroid was one of the programs studied
>by
>> the Harvard Team of investigators led by Bob Kegan. This was a massive
>study
>> resulting in a 739 page report on adult learning development. An article
>did
>> appear in the NCSALL's review. In the CAAL list of research projects this
>is
>> called NCSALL Reports No.19. The title is "Toward a new Pluralism in
>> ABE/ESOL Classrooms:Teaching to Multiple Cultures of the Mind." I do not
>> know if the research team has had any inquiries but since the study has
>been
>> published I have not received one call, letter or email. It was funded by
>> the US Department of Education.
>> In the past CEI has had 3 National Workplace Literacy Projects also
funded
>> by USDOE. At the  end of the final round of projects we had to petition
>the
>> Department to publicize the results of these "model demonstration
>projects".
>> This study by the Conference Board of Canada was later published.
>>  It seems to me no thought is given to publicizing the results of these
>> studies even though many cost a great deal of money. I think that there
>> should be a marketing plan developed around every project which in
essence
>> advertises the results so those in the field can benefit.
>> Lloyd David, EdD.
>> President/Executive Director
>> Continuing Education Institute/CEI
>> 108 Water Street
>> Watertown, MA 02472
>> 617-926-1864>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Thomas Sticht <tsticht at znet.com>
>> To: nla at lists.literacytent.org <nla at lists.literacytent.org>
>> Date: Monday, December 09, 2002 8:24 PM
>> Subject: [NLA] Are You Being Served?
>>
>>
>> >Are You Being Served? *
>> >
>> >A new report from the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning
and
>> >Literacy is available (NCSALL Report No. 23). Entitled "The First Five
>> >Years," the report summarizes the research projects, major findings, and
>> >recommendations for the years 1996 - 2001 (copies of the report are
>> >available at http://ncsall.gse.harvard.edu). According to the report,
>> >total funding for the NCSALL for the first five years was around
>> >$13,500,000. Funding for the next five years is anticipated to be about
>> >$16,500,000.
>> >
>> >The report says that "The mission of the National Center for the Study
of
>> >Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL) is to conduct and disseminate
>> >research that helps build effective, cost-efficient adult education and
>> >literacy programs." (p. 3)  Regarding how the NCSALL determines whether
>or
>> >not it has achieved these goals, the last page and last sentence of the
>> >body of the report states that, over the next five years,  "Its
>> >measurement of success remains the same as well: Practitioners can cite
>> >ways that NCSALL has helped them to improve practice."  (p.100)
>> >
>> >Unfortunately, as I looked through the report, I could find no evidence
>> >presented to suggest that practitioners had thought that the research of
>> >the first five years had helped them improve their practice.  I'm
>> >wondering if any of the NLA list members can cite ways that they or
their
>> >program or someone they know has been helped by the first five years of
>> >the NCSALL work. And if so, in what specific ways.
>> >
>> >I'd also be interested in knowing if NLA list members feel that
anecdotal
>> >reports by practitioners is a suitable way to evaluate the success of
our
>> >only federally funded, national adult education and literacy research
>> >center in achieving its stated mission of helping to "build effective,
>> >cost-efficient adult education and literacy programs."
>> >
>> >And parenthetically, does anyone recall how the previous national
>research
>> >center, the National Center on Adult Literacy (NCAL) whose work for five
>> >years before the NCSALL took the federal R& D center contract must have
>> >cost over $10,000,000, helped improve their practice and/or the
>operations
>> >of the AELS?
>> >
>> >All this is to say, I wonder just how we might go about deciding how
well
>> >our national R & D center research funds are serving the needs of the
>> >field? What do NLA list members think?
>> >
>> >Tom Sticht
>> >* With a nod of thanks to Brit Night on the Public Broadcasting System
>> (PBS)
>> >
>> >
>> >
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