[NLA] Are You Being Served?

[Dianna Baycich]

Hi,
Penn State University has a masters and a Ph.D. in adult ed. Here's the link
for some information.
http://www.ed.psu.edu/adulted/index.htm

Dianna B.

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[mailto:nla-admin at lists.literacytent.org]On Behalf Of Catherine B. King
Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 5:17 PM
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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>
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Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 2:00 PM
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> 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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