Our Stories, OurSelves:

The EmBODYment of Women’s Learning

Mev Miller, Ed.D. & Kathleen P. King, Ed.D., Editors

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Rationale…

How do women’s bodies matter in adult literacy and basic education? Our Volume 1 (Empowering Women through Literacy: Views from Experience) focused on empowering women in the classroom and primarily addressed intellectual and personal barriers to and growth for women’s literacy learning.

However, we are aware of the many ways in which women’s bodies and whole selves are integral to the womanhood we celebrate, yet are ignored, or even silenced, in traditional adult ABE, ESOL, and literacy classes. Even when we do recognize or talk about women’s bodies, these discussions generally focus on sexual violence, childcare/parenting, or health. Educators and students seek expression as embodied women, but find these realities difficult to include in current programs and classes.

The editors seek to gather writings about the many dimensions of womanhood, specifically related to em-body-ment, as they are experienced in literacy and basic/developmental educational settings. We encourage a variety of genres including stories, creative writing, poetry, articles, drawings, and research.

We seek writings from…

We desire to receive proposals from literacy educators about the issues they see in their classrooms and/or programs and how they seek to address them. In addition to individual writings, we also want proposals that involve collaborative writings from adult literacy educators and learners on the topics listed below. We also encourage proposals from researchers about their current work in these areas. Original artwork will also be considered.

 Writings will generally be considered in 3 categories:

1.     Personal reflection;

2.     Strategies for ways to address these issues in programs or classrooms; and,

3.     Research written with practical application

 Writing in all three areas should be accessible and reflective. Research or teaching articles should also include some support from current professional literature.

 Timeline…

Proposal Deadline: September 30, 2009

Editors will notify writers about accepted articles by October 30, 2009.

 IF ACCEPTED: Final deadline for writings is February 15, 2010

 Book Release: March 2011

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