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1. ABE Florida - 2005 (2005)
Resource Guide
Authors: ABE Florida
Collection: Research Materials
This document would be of interest to those involved in the adult basic education field. The materials included in this resource guide have been designed to enhance adult basic education programs and contribute to program accountability. The guide contains nine chapters with the following headings:
- Teaching the adult learner
- Strategies for cooperative learning
- Strategies for developing multiple intelligences
- Classroom management
- Learning disabilities
- Gaining recognition for your adult and community education program
- Retention strategies
- Test of adult basic education
- Sunshine state standards
Added: 2008-04-23
2. Aboriginal Adult Literacy: Nourishing Their Learning Spirits (2008)
Literature Review
Series: Nourishing the Learning Spirit
Authors: Ningwakwe George, Aboriginal Education Research Centre, First Nations and Adult Higher Education Consortium
Collection: Research Materials
This is a literature review on Aboriginal literacy from the perspective of an Aboriginal literacy worker and professional. It draws on about 80 sources, including documents written by literacy and education practitioners, both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal, working with Aboriginal people, as well as scholarly literature written by health, science and adult education professionals on topics related to the holistic and healing approaches to education, literacy and life.
This paper is designed to provide information and possibly direction for the Aboriginal literacy field and its stakeholders as to the best ways of comprehending and nourishing the learning spirit.
Part I outlines the Aboriginal worldview as it relates to literacy and education. Part II examines the implications of these principles for literacy education. Part III gives concrete examples of Aboriginal literacy programming as it exists today and Part IV summarizes the key ideas of this document.
Added: 2010-02-24
3. Aboriginal Literacy and Learning: Annotated Bibliography & Native Languages Reference Materials (2002)
Authors: Eileen Antone, Lois Provost-Turchetti, Moneca Sinclair
Collection: Research Materials
This document is part of the Literacy and Aboriginal Peoples ‘Best Practices' Native ‘Literacy' and Learning research project, which began in September 2001. The purpose of the annotated bibliography is to provide an inventory of the written resources available in the area of Native literacy for the province of Ontario.
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Added: 2004-08-30
4. Abracadabra: A study in the development, implementation, and effectiveness of a web-based literacy resource (2009)
Authors: Robert Savage, Phil Abrami, Noella Piquette-Tomei, Eileen Wood, Gia Deleveaux
Collection: Research Materials
This report describes research designed to explore the effectiveness of the ABRACADABRA (ABRA) web-based literacy system. The project involved more than 400 students in kindergarten to Grade 2 in classrooms in Alberta, Ontario and Quebec.
Analysis of the findings showed that the ABRA system as used by teachers had significant effects on children’s sight word reading and awareness of the structure of language. There were also discernible but non-significant effects on the children’s knowledge of letters.
The authors point out that most previous research on the impact of educational technology has focused on single commercially available CD/video packages. The more dynamic web-based technologies that are readily available, free to all users, could have a profound impact on literacy practice across Canada.
Added: 2012-02-21
5. Academic engagement and science achievement: A gendered relationship? (2010)
Authors: Robert Sweet, Maria Adamuti-Trache
Collection: Research Materials
The 2002 School Achievement Indicators Program Science (SAIP-SCIENCE) survey, administered to a national sample of Canadian youth aged 13 to 16, showed girls performing significantly below boys in the application of scientific knowledge to everyday problems. On the other hand, girls get higher teacher-assigned grades than boys in their science classes.
The authors of this paper note that girls’ superior performance in science classrooms may be due to teachers’ marking practices, which reward not only cognitive achievement but also social behaviour, like the compliance with rules and completion of homework.
However, it would be expected that the study efforts of girls would lead not just to higher teacher-assigned grades but also to higher scientific literacy scores. The authors’ goal is to look at why girls’ greater investments in homework do not result in higher literacy scores.
While many girls respond well to the current curriculum, others do not, and for them, changes in the curriculum or teaching methods may help, the authors point out. As well, it is possible that boys performed well on the literacy test because their leisure time activities offer more opportunity to explore and apply science-related activities.
The gap in science literacy scores between boys and girls is not a wide one, the authors note. However, if that gap is discouraging girls from continuing their science studies, then further attention to this matter is needed.
Added: 2013-03-21
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6. Accord on Indigenous Education (2010)
Authors: Association of Canadian Deans of Education (ACDE)
Collection: Research Materials
The Association of Canadian Deans of Education (ACDE) brings together deans, directors and chairs of education in Canadian universities and colleges. In 2010, members of ACDE adopted this accord, with the vision of creating respectful learning environments, developing inclusive curricula, and recognizing and promoting Indigenous knowledge in education.
In the accord, the term “Indigenous” includes the distinct Canadian terms Aboriginal, First Nations, Indian, Métis, and Inuit as well as the broader global context of First Peoples’ knowledge and life experience.
The accord’s goals include reclaiming and teaching Indigenous languages; promoting the use of Indigenous languages in research and scholarly writing; developing procedures within the promotion and tenure process that value work on Indigenous education projects; eliminating cultural biases in student assessment; and improving access, support and retention strategies in order to increase the number of First Nations, Inuit and Métis people enrolling in and completing post-secondary and teacher education.
Added: 2011-12-20
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7. Activity Sheet - Track Your Spending (2010)
Series: Financial Literacy Tips & Activities
Authors: ABC Life Literacy Canada
Collection: Learning Materials
This sheet offers an activity to help the user track spending on a daily, weekly and monthly basis by keeping a money journal.
The authors suggest focusing on one expense and deciding how it could be reduced. As an example, they use someone who buys one large cup of coffee a day. If he chooses instead to brew the coffee at home and use a travel mug, he saves the price of a store-bought coffee every day. If he does that every day for a year, the amount of money saved will be significant.
Added: 2011-05-31
8. AdLKC 2009 Annual Symposium: Keynote Speaker - Paul Cappon [Video - 29:50] (2009)
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Authors: Adult Learning Knowledge Centre (AdLKC)
Collection: Research Materials
In this 30-minute video, Dr. Paul Cappon, president and CEO of the Canadian Council on Learning (CCL), presents the keynote address to the Adult Learning Knowledge Centre’s (AdLKC’s) fourth and final annual symposium, held in Montreal, Quebec, in June 2009.
Dr. Cappon notes that society puts great value on uncovering the origins of both chronic and transmissible diseases because evidence is key to understanding and, eventually, controlling disease. He argues that learning is just as important as healthcare to the destiny of society, but the importance of research in education isn’t as clearly recognized.
He urges governments to acknowledge that human infrastructure is a public good every bit as important as machines and buildings. He also encourages them to invest in tools to help Canadians assess themselves; promote partnerships with industry to improve workplace education and training; commit to clear, shared goals; and support mobility for students and professions.
A learning culture is important no matter what economic conditions prevail at any given time, he says. Knowing how to learn is the quintessential skill in a knowledge society.
During his presentation, Dr. Cappon switches back and forth between English and French. No subtitles are provided.
Added: 2011-09-23
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9. AdLKC 2009 Symposium: Linking Communities / Overcoming Barriers (2009)
Authors: Adult Learning Knowledge Centre (AdLKC)
Collection: Research Materials
This document offers an account of the Adult Learning Knowledge Centre’s (AdLKC’s) fourth and final annual symposium, held in Montreal, Quebec, in June 2009.
The authors have provided summaries of 20 presentations that were offered in five concurrent sessions, focusing on such issues as non-formal adult learner programming at post-secondary institutions; adult learning in criminal justice settings; ethical issues in community-based research; and health and learning.
They have also summarized the discussions presented during three plenary sessions, which focused on equitable access to learning; learning strategies for a troubled economy; and the future of adult learning in Canada.
The authors have also included a list of symposium participants.
Added: 2011-05-24
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10. Adult Education in the Fishing Industry [Video - 3:48] (2009)
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Series: Adult Learning Video Series
Authors: Adult Learning Knowledge Centre (AdLKC)
Collection: Learning Materials
This video, about four minutes in length, is part of a series prepared by the Adult Learning Knowledge Centre of the Canadian Council on Learning.
The video focuses on a fishing village in the Magdalen Islands area of Quebec. Several fishers talk about the growing need for vocational training and upgrading in the fishing industry as equipment becomes more sophisticated and regulations more complicated.
The video also features a teacher talking about ways to help dropouts continue their high school education and continue on in a vocational program leading to a diploma in fishing.
The video is in French, with English subtitles.
Added: 2011-04-20
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