Women's Forum: Gender, Language and Critical Literacy (Manly, Sydney, Australia, April 7-9, 1994). Forum Papers.

These 12 papers reflect the range of issues and perspectives discussed at a forum that addressed three main topics: what a feminist critical literacy pedagogy is; a gender perspective of policy, organizations, and teachers' work; and concepts and practices of equity and inclusivity. The papers are as follows: "Questioning 'Progressive' Pedagogies" (Alison Lee); "Towards a Feminist Critical Numeracy Pedagogy" (Betty Johnston); "A Letter to Conference Participants" (Tricia Bowen); "'Once Upon a Time...': An Examination of Some Picture Books in the Light of a Feminist Critical Literacy Pedagogy" (Terri Morley-Warner); "Policy, Organisation, and Teachers' Work" (Jill Sanguinetti); "The Struggle for Critical Literacy and Feminist Reform: Some Axioms and Observations" (Nicole Gliding);"The Reconstruction of Women's Work in Adult Education" (Jennifer Angwin); "Bilingual NESB [Non-English Speaking Background] Women: An Untapped Resource" (Marta Rado); "Concepts and Practices of Inclusivity: Centring White Ethnicity in Literacy Practice" (Sue Shore); "A Crisis of Identity: Developing Strategies for Gender Inclusive Literacy Practices" (Jeanne Solity); "Talking on the Outer Edge" (Merilyn Childs); and "Postscript: Notes for a Film" (Delia Bradshaw). The forum program is appended. (YLB)