Some help?

I am the chair of the college section of NCTE. As such I represent
you in this large organization (scary thought, eh :). This year Randy
Bomer (UT Austin) is president of the organization, and he has
defined several issue areas that will consume the Executive Committee
and related subcommittees of NCTE this year. My objective is to
understand the over-riding concerns that college-level
scholar/teachers have about these areas. Recommendations for
readings, resources, consultants, or other committees are welcome.
The Executive Committee will then want to discuss what NCTE, the
organization, can do to address the most pressing issues in each
area. In the past this has meant writing policy statements, applying
for large grants, or developing professional development experiences.

If you will reply to me personally <rselfe@...>, I'll collate
comments and repost them to these lists and take them (in summary
form unless you say you want your name attached) to the Executive
Committee meeting in Indianapolis in two weeks. The issues are the
following and in the order that Randy will take them up this year.
Feel free to comment on any or all of them:

1. Multi-modal literacies (reading, viewing, composing in many media)
2. English Language Learners in English classes
3. The relationship of educational research to teaching
(Needs a little translating: Does research tell us what
to do? What is research for? What do different research
traditions offer? How do teachers make decisions?)
4. Labor issues in English studies

If there are groups that you know who are dealing directly with any
of these issue areas, please pass along the names of the groups and
contact information. No reason to re-invent the wheel.




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Dickie Selfe <rselfe@...>

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