Education & Curriculum

Participatory/
Popular Education

Learner's Lives As Curriculum: Six Journeys to Immigrant Literacy, Gail Weinstein
Description: from the catalog...Learners' Lives as Curriculum is a framework for developing curriculum and materials that speak to the most pressing issues of learners' lives. Includes the Breast Cancer Oral History Project--Alameda County Public in California. (Video & Workbook) Subjects: ESL; Curriculum; Immigration Issues; Popular Education/Participatory

Delta Systems Co., Inc., (date unknown), 1-887744-21-5, Paperback, 8 1/2 x 11, $16.95.

Delta Systems Co., Inc., (date unknown), 1-887744-20-7, Video, $29.95.

Learning for Our Health: A Resource for Participatory Literacy and Health Education, Mary Norton and Pat Campbell
Description: From the catalog... "Learning for Our Health" is a resource for participatory literacy and health education. Developed with women in a literacy program, the resource includes outlines for workshops on such topics as stress, saying no, weight, healthy eating, menopause, and living with welfare. The resource also includes discussions about literacy and determinants of health, description and reflection about a participatory education model, and suggestions for supporting literacy development in health workshops. A bibliography of easier-to-read health resources is also included. Also available at Peppercorn Books. Subjects: Health; Popular Education/Participatory

Learning Centre Literacy Association, 1998, 0-9698539-6-3, Spiral Bound, 110 pgs, 8 1/2 x 11, $18.00.

Women Getting Together, The Women's Health Group at the Learning Centre
Description: A supplement to "Learning for our Health", this is a photostory about a women's health group at the Learning Centre. Also available at Peppercorn Books. Subjects: Health; Learner Writings
Learning Centre Literacy Association, 1998, 0-9698539-8-X, Staple Bound, 10 pgs, $4.00.

Starting with Women's Lives, Changing Today's Economy: A facilitator's guide to a visual workshop methodology, Suzanne Doerge and Beverly Burke
Description: This tool is intended for groups of women who want to facilitate workshops with women on gender relations in today's economy. Beginning with women's experiences, it is adaptable to many kinds of groups and situations. Subjects: Economy / Money; Popular Education; Work / Career; Women's Issues
Women's Inter-Church Council of Canada, (Distributed by: Bookstore of the Americas (www.americas.org))) 2000, 0-9691439-6-6, Spiral Bound, 94 pgs, 8 1/2 x 11, $13.95.

Where there is life, there is hope: Women literacy students and discrimination, The Samaritan House PAR Group
Description: Available online in pdf format, this workbook written by women literacy students describes how they used participatory action research to discuss discrimination and to write this book. (or call: 1-800-262-3930) Subjects: Popular Education/Participatory; Learner Writings; Rights

Department of Education and Training, Province of Manitoba: Literacy and Continuing Education Branch, 1995, http://www.nald.ca/CLR/lifehope/cover.htm, Internet, 43 pgs, 8 1/2 x 11, $---Internet. Level: 5-8.

Who Holds the Mirror: The mural, oral histories and pedagogy of the Breast Cancer Oral History Action Project, Beth Sauerhaft and Marty Williams
Description: This book accompanies the mural, "Breast Cancer, Women's Lives and the Environment", created by researchers & artists in the Breast Cancer Oral History Action Project. The book contains: * A Mural Key that identifies the key people, organizations, ideas, and concepts illustrated in the mural. The mural key can be photocopied and distributed as a mini-guide at mural events. * A section with 'Ideas for Using the Mural and Oral Histories' in community education and political organizing. * A narrative description of participatory action research as practiced by the BCOHAP. * Selections from the multilingual oral histories collected by the action researchers of the BCOHAP. These selections are in English, Spanish, and Chinese. Contact: 510.558-3441 or <bethpopedu@igc.apc.org> posters & Postcards also available. Subjects: Health; Popular Education/Participatory

Breast Cancer Oral History Project, (Distributed by: Peppercorn Books) 1998, no isbn, Paperback, 8 1/2 x 11, $10.00.

Wild Garden: Art, Education, and the Culture of Resistance, dian marino
Description: The book combines writings and personal reflections, art and graphic images, practical exercises, and teaching tools to convey a dynamic approach to participatory learning. Includes art and photographs. Subjects: Popluar Education; Art

Between the Lines, 1997, 1-89635-13-X, Paperback, 160 pgs, 7 x 9 1/4, $24.95.

"This is a breathtaking offering of ideas and images that every educator will cherish and use." --Budd L. Hall, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education

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Appendix Participatory Resources

 This appendix lists writings by practitioners on how to develop student writings, practical information on publishing learner writings, and other specific concerns related to literacy materials and participatory education.

Research

Writing

Beyond the Brochure: Alternative Approaches to Effective Health Communication, AMC Cancer Research Center
Description: This guide was written for medical practitioners to address issues that "arise when public health programs seek to reach low-literate and oral-culture populations." It addresses way to make medical information more accessible.
http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/publica.htm (The publication can be found on order form #1, in the "general information" section. Allow 1-3 weeks for delivery.) Subjects: Writing

Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, 1-888-842-6355, 1994, no isbn, Spiral Bound, 74 pgs, 8 1/2 x 11, $Free.

Getting There: Producing Photostories with Immigrant Women, Deborah Barndt, Ferne Cristall and dian marino
Description: Getting There is the story of immigrant women surviving in a new culture, and provides an introduction to a collective method of learning based on personal and social experience. The authors are community workers and activists committed to alternative forms of education. Subjects: Immigration Issues; Writing; Curriculum

Between the Lines, 1982, 0-919946-29-1, Paperback, 110 pgs, 11 x 8 1/2, $10.95.

Growing Bolder: A workbook on growing older and herstory for women in literacy programs, Anne Moore and the Women's group of Action Read
Description: from the catalog... This superb workbook is back in print! The exercises are guaranteed to stimulate discussion and writing in family history. Students will learn how to complete their family trees, conduct interviews with special women in their lives, and write their own herstory. Subjects: Family; Writing; History

Grass Roots Press, 2001 (?), 0-9695863-3-7, Paperback, 110 pgs, $16.00 US.

In Our Own Voices: Writings by Women in Low-Income Housing, Pat Schneider (editor)
Description: Writing by women in low-income housing projects who participated in the Chicopee Writings Workshops (see also Tell Me Something I Can't Forget) Subjects: Learner Writings; Writing; Housing Issues

Amherst Writers & Artists Institute, 1989, 0-941895-04-1, Paperback, 106 pgs, $14.00.

June Jordan's Poetry for the People: A Revolutionary Blueprint, Lauren Muller
Description: June Jordan prepared this book to encourage young people to develop a love for poetry. she views poetry as an accessible way of writing for culture, power, and revolution. The book includes example of poems written by new writers (youth) but is still usable with adult new writers. Subjects: Poetry; Writing; Curriculum

Routledge, 1995, 0-41591168-0, Paperback, 232 pgs, 7 x 9 1/4, $25.00.

New Beginnings: A Creative Writing Guide for Women Who Have Left Abusive Partners, Sharon Doane
Description: This book provides guided writing activities for dealing with the aftermath of an abusive relationship. It also includes concrete steps to help women discover their creativity and achieve their life goals. Subjects: Violence; Writing

Seal Press, (Distributed by: Publishers Group West (800) 788-3123) 1996, 1-878067-78-8, Paperback, 120 pgs, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, $10.95.

Tell Me Something I Can't Forget, Diane Garey and Lawrence Hott
Description: This film documents the work of Pat Schneider who has led a remarkable Amherst Writers & Artists Institute workshop for women in low-income housing projects in Chicopee, Massachusetts since 1985. see: http://www.amherstwriters.com/AWAIfilm.html -- clip available. Subjects: Writing; Women's Issues

Amherst Writers & Artists Institute, 1993, 1-55974-427-8, Video, 24 minutes (color), $35.00.