LLC launches on-line tutor Forum
As of August 31, you are invited to join an on-line Forum for tutors.
The Forum is easy to use (it comes with a HELP function that guides you through registration), and LLC hopes it will give our tutors and trainers from across Canada a chance to interact in a new and exciting way.
The friendly staff at the National Adult Literacy Database (NALD), helped LLC create the Forum.
One of the first three topics will be a discussion of the report What Goes On Here: Practitioners Study the Student- Practitioner Relationship.
The report tells the story of a group of 13 literacy practitioners from the Peterborough area in Ontario. Together, they explored questions they had not previously asked themselves about the way two people interact during the journey of learning.
You can access the Forum website (see below) 24 hours a day. And you can download a copy of the report from: www.nald.ca/fulltext/whatgoes/cover.htm.
Corry Wink: profile of a research participant
Throughout her life, Corry Wink has held this maxim from Greek philosophy in high regard: The unexamined life is not worth living.
During the 8 months she spent as part of a group that focused on the student/tutor relationship, Corry had a lot of time to examine what she has been doing for almost 20 years of her life.
As a long-time tutor, tutor trainer, former Executive Director of the Trent Valley Literacy Association in Peterborough, Ontario, and Past President of the Ontario Literacy Coalition, Corry was excited to be a participant in the research group that created the report What Goes On Here (see above).
“I thought it was a good idea,” she remembers. “I thought it was a very creative way to do research…it was certainly different from the qualitative methods than only involve statistics.”
Members of the “research circle” had to make journal entries on a regular basis—something that created a challenge for Corry. “My way is to get going on many things at the same time. I had to struggle to find journaling time,” she recalls.
Because her commitment to the project was strong, she forced herself to spend time writing in her journal. The kinesthetic process of writing by hand made her understand how “...the first thing that comes to mind isn’t always the final answer.”
Corry also recalls her time as part of the research group as “intense.” It was a valuable experience that provided her with “some really important insights.”
Corry plans to participate in LLC’s on-line Forum. She will be sharing her ongoing insights with others she meets on-line. Visit the Forum website today to participate: www.laubach.ca/tutorforum/
The Forum is free of charge and will be moderated by LLC National Office staff.