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Dear Colleagues, Please find below details of postgraduate distance/blended learning courses/modules beginning at Lancaster in January 08, please could we ask you to circulate this information. Many thanks Distance Learning Postgraduate Study Courses in Adult Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL <http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/edres/study/alne/index.htm> * Are you are a Skills for Life Practitioner, Manager or Teacher Trainer? * Do you have an idea for research, or want to evaluate aspects of your day-to-day practice but are not sure how to follow it through? * Thinking of moving your career towards Management, Research or Teacher Training? Our courses are designed to build on your initial training qualifications and to enable you to explore the relationships between practice, theory and research. Each 10 week course can stand alone or assembled to lead to a variety of postgraduate qualifications. Courses starting 18th 19th January 2007 For details please follow the links below Reflective Research & Evaluation for Professional Practice <http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/edres/study/alne/modules/abec02.htm> Tutor Mary Hamilton <http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/edres/profiles/216/> The course includes an introduction to the key skills and methods used in small-scale action research and evaluation studies. Participants start by identifying an issue or question from their day today context. The module takes you step-by-step through the process of turning this issue into a researchable question, designing and carrying out the study and communicating the findings to a range of audiences. The course will be facilitated by Professor Mary Hamilton who has extensive experience of supporting new researchers. Tutor Anita Wilson <http://www.ling.lancs.ac.uk/profiles/316/> Literacy & Learning in Criminal Justice Settings <http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/edres/study/alne/modules/abe08.htm> This course explores the inter-relation of literacies, education and the various agencies and people who are involved in basic skills provision in criminal justice settings. The course will look at how literacies are constructed, at how people are placed in the world according to their literacy-based skills and how aspects of people's lives impact on their engagement with literacies. The course considers a variety of perspectives on the central theme - contemporary, historical, international, social and personal. Full Information <http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/edres/study/alne/index.htm> Please contact us for application and course information, or if you have a question about your CPD route. We deal with many queries about professional development issues by phone, and e-mail and we are able to keep in close touch with developments around the country. We are always happy to share information and news of events. Regards Kathryn James Educational Research County South Lancaster University Lancaster LA1 4YD Tel: 01524 510 828 Fax: 01524 592 914 E-mail: [log in to unmask] Website: http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/edres/study/alne/index.htm *********************************** ESOL-Research is a forum for researchers and practitioners with an interest in research into teaching and learning ESOL. ESOL-Research is managed by James Simpson at the Centre for Language Education Research, School of Education, University of Leeds. To join or leave ESOL-Research, visit http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/ESOL-RESEARCH.html A quick guide to using Jiscmail lists can be found at: http://jiscmail.ac.uk/help/using/quickuser.htm To contact the list owner, send an email to [log in to unmask]