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PURPOSE
The purpose of this study is to discover what materials literacy workers currently use to meet the needs of women learners in a way that helps women understand their situation as women, and as people whose lives are further complicated by issues related to race, ethnicity, age, culture, sexuality, physical or learning disability, or class. What resources are currently being used by educators and literacy workers? How they are being used? What curriculums and reading materials have been developed 'in the field' by literacy and workfare educational programs serving the specific needs of women with lower-level English literacy skills?

HISTORY
In the Spring of 2000, questionnaires were made available to over 100 literacy programs throughout the United States. A summary report from those questionnaires was prepared in June of 2000. That report -- Feminist Resources and Curriculum for Women Achieving Literacy. Final Report-- is now available through ERIC documents (ED445250).

This newly edited questionnaire (2001 version) expands on that study and continues to invite more literacy workers into the conversation.

OUTCOMES
This research has been used in a dissertation for a doctoral degree in education (see below). Additionally, the benefits of this study will be made available to literacy communities in the following ways:

• Results posted on this website. To view the complete discussion of the process and responses, go to Knowledges in View: Literacy Workers.
• Summary prepared for publication
• Specific information about materials and resources have been compiled, annotated, and added to the Resource List available on this site.

This research also contributes to a process underway to the knowledge-base of WE LEARN as a non-profit organization -- resource center / clearinghouse -- dedicated to women-centered literacy publishing, review, networking, and distribution. Please join the on-going and vital community of learners, literacy workers, librarians, educators, and writers integrally committed to and involved in the process of creating women-centered (feminist) adult basic literacy materials.

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There are four sections to this questionnaire to download. For best results, use Netscape Navigator 4.5 or better:

Section A: Site Specifics

Section B: Specific Questions on Reading/ Resource Materials

Section C: What Additional Feminist Resources Do You Use?

Section D: List of Responders

The origianl research was conducted by Mev Miller as a section of information for her dissertation for an Ed.D. in Critical Pedagogy -- Women's Literacy Power: Collaborative Approaches to Developing & Distributing Women's Literacy Resources (2002) -- at the Univ. of St. Thomas in Minneapolis, MN. Mev is also a co-founder of Women Leading Through Reading in Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN.