Actions for Empowering women through literacy : views from experience
Empowering women through literacy : views from experience / edited by Mev Miller and Kathleen P. King
- Published
- Charlotte, N.C. : Information Age Pub., [2009]
- Copyright Date
- ©2009
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (xviii, 322 pages) : illustrations
- Additional Creators
- Miller, Mev and King, Kathleen P., 1958-
Access Online
- Series
- Language Note
- English.
- Contents
- DEDICATION AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; ENRICHING LIVES; FINDING COMMON GROUND; THE LITERACY OF BEING; AN ONGOING JOURNEY; BECOMING A LADY OF LETTERS; THE RIGHT TO WRITE; BUT HOW CAN I TEACH HER IF SHE CAN'T GET HER BUM ON THE SEAT?; FRUSTRATED; NO OBSTACLE FOR LEARNING; DEAR MARY; A CRADLE IN THE CLASSROOM; TELLING OUR TRUTHS; LAUGH, LISTEN, AND LEAVE THE DOOR OPEN; IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE; A TEACHER'S VISUAL REFLECTION ON WOMEN AND LITERACY; READING AGAINST THE ODDS; COURAGE, CHOICE, CHANGE; PORTRAITS AND POSSIBILITIES., CULTIVATING INTIMACY IN THE CLASSROOM AT THE KING COUNTY JAILWOMEN CREATING CHANGE; TWO VOICES; WOMEN AND CONTINUED EDUCATION IN BELIZE; BREAKING THE SPELL OF DYSLEXIA; THE "POWER" OF MUTUAL MENTORING AND COACHING; FANCY FOOTWORK; THE PUSH AND PULL OF PEERS ON WOMEN LEARNERS; WE LEARN; THE LANDSCAPE OF ACADEME; SCHOOL PHOBIAS; THE EXPERIENCE OF GRIEVING, TRAUMA, AND VIOLENCE; A DIFFERENCE OF DEGREE; MAKING A BEACH; PARALLELS IN THE MARGINALIZATION OF ABE WOMEN EDUCATORS AND WOMEN LITERACY LEARNERS; EMPOWERING WOMEN THROUGH VOICE; BREAKING FREE; OUT OF THE STANDS AND ONTO THE FIELD., and TRANSFORMATION IS THE WAYSIMPLEMENTE MUJER; VOICES FROM THE EARTH; MEET THE CONTRIBUTORS.
- Subject(s)
- Adult education of women—Cross-cultural studies
- Literacy programs—Cross-cultural studies
- Literacy—Social aspects—Cross-cultural studies
- Femmes—Éducation des adultes—Études transculturelles
- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES—Literacy
- Adult education of women
- Literacy programs
- Literacy—Social aspects
- Education
- Social Sciences
- Education, Special Topics
- Genre(s)
- ISBN
- 9781607528609 (electronic bk.)
1607528606 (electronic bk.)
9781607520832 (pbk.)
1607520834 (pbk.)
9781607520849 (hardcover)
1607520842 (hardcover) - Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references.
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