VALUE promotes a learner-centered approach to adult education. Here are some learner-centered resource materials which learners and practitioners might find useful. We will update this section with new materials from time to time. To see the archives, click here.

The Maine Fertilizer. Maine’s Center for Adult Learning and Literacy publishes "The Maine Fertilizer." This is a newspaper for adult educators and adult learners across the state. One section has articles written by, about, and for adult learners. For more information, contact Patte Bowman at patte.bowman@umit.maine.edu .

Web Site in Canada. In Canada, the National Adult Literacy Data Base has a Web site full of resources for adult educators and adult learners. The "Story of the Week" section contains great stories written by adult learners from around Canada. Go to this Web page: www.nald.ca/STORY/Story.htm .

Boston’s Adult Literacy Resource Institute. In Boston, the Adult Literacy Resource Institute has a great Web site, full of information for adult educators and adult learners. One section contains samples of poems, plays, and other writings by adult learners. Go to www.alri.org . Click on "Special Projects." Then scroll down to "Student Publishing."

Rhode Island Web Site. The Web site of Literacy Resources/Rhode Island has lots of useful information for adult educators and adult learners. For materials for adult learners, go to the Web site (www.brown.edu/Departments/Swearer_Center/Literacy_Resources/ ) and then click on "Learners." Another section (called "Adult Learners’ Bill of Rights") describes a law which supports adult education services. This section includes testimony from adult learners.

Revised 5/31/02