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1. The ABCs of CIPMS (Continuous Improvement Performance Management System) (2008)
Authors: Vicki Trottier, Jette Cosburn
Collection: Learning Materials
The Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities introduced the concept of a Continuous Improvement Performance Management System (CIPMS) to Ontario’s Literacy and Basic Skills adult literacy delivery agencies in 2001. CIPMS is designed to create a cohesive set of policies and improved processes throughout the system so that programs can better work together to address client needs. This manual is designed to provide an overview of what CIPMS is, how it can be an effective process, how it is being used elsewhere, and how the Ministry envisions it being used in Literacy and Basic Skills agencies. It also includes sample tools and resources that can be used in your agency.
This manual includes five sections:
1 - Introduction
2 - CIPMS in Literacy and Basic Skills
3 - Using CIPMS
4 - Agency assessment
5 - Resources and appendices
Added: 2008-07-22
2. An Aboriginal Essential Skills Journey: Planting the Seeds for Growth - Facilitator Guide (2010)
Series: An Aboriginal Essential Skills Journey
Authors: Pam Tetarenko
Collection: Learning Materials
This document is the facilitator’s guide for a workshop designed to present Essential Skills in a way that reflects an Aboriginal worldview. The workshop is aimed at frontline workers, educators and trainers.
The guide is designed to be used with a participant workbook that bears the same title. The authors note that the two documents must be used together to deliver the workshop.
The guide includes chapters on opening the workshop; the what’s and why’s of Essential Skills; Essential Skills stories; Essential Skills resources; assessing Essential Skills; and closing the workshop.
The guide also includes a number of appendices that contain answer keys and other workshop documents.
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Added: 2011-04-05
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3. An Aboriginal Essential Skills Journey: Planting the Seeds for Growth - Participant Workbook (2010)
Series: An Aboriginal Essential Skills Journey
Authors: Pam Tetarenko
Collection: Learning Materials
This workbook is designed to be used with a facilitator’s guide of the same name for a workshop that presents Essential Skills in a way that reflects an Aboriginal view of the world. The workshop is aimed at educators, trainers and other frontline workers.
The authors explain that the workshop is intended to provide participants with a detailed overview of Essential Skills; a brief history of Essential Skills; a basic understanding of Essential Skills assessment; an awareness of available Essential Skills tools and resources; some ideas for practical applications in training; and an opportunity for hands-on practice.
The authors note that participants are expected to use the workbook to record their answers and track their progress.
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Added: 2011-04-05
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4. Accountability in Adult Literacy: Voices from the field (2008)
Authors: Stacey Crooks, Paula Davies, Audrey Gardner, Katrina Grieve, Tracey Mollins, Marina Niks, Joani Tannenbaum, Brenda Wright
Collection: Research Materials
To understand and describe the state of a field, researchers traditionally carry out a literature review. This approach is widely accepted as a way to summarize what is known in the field. With Connecting the Dots: Improving Accountability in the Adult Literacy Field in Canada the authors knew they needed to do that. But more was needed. While a literature review was critical to understanding the conceptual underpinnings of recent initiatives for greater accountability, it was important to know the impact of these measures on the field. To do this, it was necessary to talk to people who work in the adult literacy
field to hear their perspectives and learn about their experiences. The field review presented here offers those voices to complement the literature review.
The report is organized into four sections: how participants defined accountability and the different emphases they place on the concept; a picture based on interviewees’ descriptions of how accountability information is collected,
by whom and the gaps and challenges encountered; the issues associated with the implementation of accountability measures, the need for respectful, knowledgeable relationships and clarity in communication and expectations; and finally the topic of resources and funding related to accountability structures.
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Added: 2009-07-07
5. Action Research in Workplace Education (2001)
Handbook for Literacy Instructors, A
Authors: Maurice C. Taylor
Collection: Learning Materials
This handbook, based on a project funded by the National Literacy Secretariat, is built around the idea that action research can help change literacy practices as instructors actually become researchers.
In the first section of the document, the author describes action research as a type of practice-based research. The author outlines two models that can be used in conducting an action research project and then discusses the major steps in identifying a problem.
The second part of the document presents eight action research projects written up as case studies. In the third part of the handbook, readers can find information needed to carry out their own action research projects.
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Added: 2002-02-08
6. Adult Basic Education and Literacy Activities in Canada 1975-76 (1976)
Authors: Audrey M Thomas
Collection: Research Materials
A report of a project undertaken for World Literacy of Canada to survey the nature and extent of functional illiteracy in Canada, with a focus on those activities currently being undertaken in Anglophone Canada.
Added: 1990-01-01
7. Adult Education and the Law: A Collection and Examination of Legislation as it Bears on the Practice of Adult Education in Canada (1983)
Authors: Alan M. Thomas, Maurice C. Taylor
Collection: Research Materials
An introduction to the need for education professionals in Canada to study the laws from all levels of government that pertain to continuing education for adults. Includes a list of the titles of various provincial Acts and Regulations that bear on the practice of adult/continuing education.
Added: 1990-01-01
8. Adult Education Participation in North America: International Perspectives (2001)
Series: International Adult Literacy Survey
Authors: Albert Tuijnman, Emmanuel Boudard
Collection: Learning Materials
In this paper, the authors present 15 indicators of participation in adult education as part of their analysis of the results of the International Adult Literacy Survey, a 22-country initiative conducted between 1994 and 1998 to determine how well adults used printed information to function in society. The 15 indicators described here allow readers to compare the functioning of training markets in North America with those in of other advanced countries.
This document has three main chapters supplemented by five appendices and begins with a "Summary and Highlights" section.
Added: 2008-03-19
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9. Adult Illiteracy in Canada - A Challenge (1983)
Authors: Audrey M Thomas
Collection: Research Materials
This landmark study of the early 1980s provides a useful glimpse of the "state of the art" at that time. This publication addresses issues facing a substantial number of Canadians, the illiterate and the seriously-undereducated.
Added: 2003-06-03
10. Adult Learning and Meaning-making in Community-based Guided Autobiography Workshops (2010)
Authors: James E. Thornton, John B. Collins
Collection: Research Materials
In this study, commissioned by the Canadian Council on Learning (CCL), the authors explore the learning experiences of older adults. They point out that learning characterizes older adulthood as much as it defines the childhood years, but receives far less attention and systematic investigation.
The authors summarize initial findings from six guided autobiography workshop groups made up of older adults, mostly in their 60s and 70s. These workshops are designed to encourage participants to write and to tell their life stories.
The older adults who took part in this study were clear on the impact and value of their learning experiences. Their differing experiences reflected two kinds of learning: on one hand, learning that develops and expands into new interest areas and, on the other, learning that consolidates prior life events or current experiences.
The authors also include a review of literature on learning among middle-aged and older adults.
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- Canadian Council on Learning (CCL)
Added: 2012-01-03
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