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111. In My Father's Footsteps (2000)
Series: Exploring Memory, Finding Meaning
Authors: Beatrice White
Collection: Learning Materials
This is one in a series of four books. The writers used photographs of people and places as ways to get at their memories and the stories that are important to them.
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Added: 2000-01-01
112. In Our Words (2002)
Canadians Reading Together
Authors: Word on the Street
Collection: Learning Materials
The Word on the Street is thrilled to present an exciting, new project in Nova Scotia for adult learners – In Our Words. This program is a part of a national program, Canadians Reading Together, created by The Word on the Street. Through the regional Word on the Street festivals a series of programs was developed to directly benefit adult learners in our communities.
The project presented creative writing workshops throughout Nova Scotia communities; each was hosted by a local published author and attended by adult learners from the area. To attend the workshop the learners were required to submit their work to a committee for selection for the publication. In our inaugural session, 74 submissions were received and sixty were published in this book.
The project had 3 major goals :
- to bring learners and local authors together in an educational and interactive setting through the creative writing workshops;
- to provide the learners with a forum within which to showcase their work and the opportunity to be in a bona fide publication;
- allows the Word on the Street to strengthen its ties with the literacy community.
For more information, please contact :
LIteracy Nova Scotia
P.O. Box 1516
Truro NS B2N 5V2
Tel. (902) 897-2444 or 1-800-255-5203
Fax (902) 897-4020
Email : literacyns@nscc.ca
WWW : http://www.ns.literacy.ca/
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Added: 2004-02-04
113. Inequalities in Literacy Skills among Youth in Canada and the United States (1999)
Series: The Monograph Series
Authors: J. Douglas Willms
Collection: Research Materials
This report suggests that youth in North America do not fare as well in their literacy skills as their European counterparts. The findings were based on data from the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS) which was conducted in seven countries in 1994, and later extended to include 24 countries. Detailed analyses of the IALS data for Canada revealed that the literacy skills of youth in Quebec and the Prairie provinces were somewhat higher than those of youth in the other six provinces.
It suggests that youth in in Canada, and North America as a whole, do not fare as well in their literacy skills as their European counterparts. An important aspect of the findings was that inequalities along social-class lines were less pronounced in the provinces with higher levels of literacy skills; that is, youth from higher socio-economic backgrounds tended to perform well, whereas youth from disadvantaged backgrounds varied considerably in their skills. As well, this study examines whether this general finding also applies to states within the United States, not only with respect to the socio-economic background of American youth, but also with respect to their ethnicity.
This monograph begins with a brief outline of the background and theoretical framework of the study. The next chapter briefly describes the data and methods used in this study and is followed by a results chapter that has five parts, one for each of five research questions. The findings are then discussed in the context of relevant literature. The study concludes with a summary of the research and a discussion of its policy implications.
To order a copy of this document at a cost of $10, please contact: Statistics Canada, Operations and Integration Division, Circulation Management, 120 Parkdale Avenue, Ottawa, ON K1A 0T6, Tel. (613) 951-7277 or 1 800 700-1033, Fax (613) 951-1584 or 1 800 889-9734, E-mail : order@statcan.ca This report is also available online at the following address: http://www.nald.ca/fulltext/NLS/ials/inequal/cover.htm (99.11.17)
Added: 1999-11-17
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114. Information Literacy in Higher Education (2003)
Series: Feliciter - Vol.49 No.1 (2003)
Authors: Martha J. Whitehead, Catherine Quinlan
Collection: Research Materials
In recent years, academic librarians have begun to seek greater integration of information literacy into the programs of their institutions. This article contains observations from one academic library about what can hinder that integration and what can help.
Added: 2003-04-02
115. Integrating Equity, Addressing Barriers: Innovative Learning Practices by Unions (2007)
Authors: Canadian Council on Learning (CCL), Work and Learning Knowledge Centre (WLKC)
Collection: Research Materials
In seeking innovative learning practices, this project was particularly devoted to increasing knowledge of education programs that address systemic barriers related to class, age, gender, sexual orientation, race and cultural background, disability, literacy, language, lack of formal education as well as barriers faced by workers in small or remote areas, by part-time workers, by shift workers. As well, union education programs are the focus of this report.
The report provides examples of the barriers identified and addressed, barriers which may exist in any and every aspect of education programs:
- How learning takes place: the approach to learning, the methodology;
- What is the subject of learning: the content, the curriculum;
- Who is and is not participating: the diversity of union members, reflected in recruitment and facilitation;
- Where the programs are conducted: at the workplace, the union hall, the community, in workers’ homes;
- When programs are scheduled: on work time, on workers’ own time while juggling shifts, more than one job, personal responsibilities, and
- Why unions initiate programs: the purpose, how unions shape and define their programs, program planning and design.
Added: 2007-08-17
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116. Integrating Essential Skills into Training Materials (2006)
Report and Resource Guide
Authors: The Western Canada Workplace Essential Skills Training Network
Collection: Research Materials
Hosted by WWestnet, the Integrating Essential Skills into Training Materials workshop held in Yellowknife, NW in May 2006, combined hands-on sessions with presentations and networking opportunities. Over the course of the two days, delegates learned techniques for integrating essential skills into training, worked through a wealth of activity examples, learned about resources that can be accessed to assist with essential skills training, heard a presentation on the Ready to Work North program that is now available for delivery, were updated on the training situation for the Mackenzie Gas Project, and heard about an innovative new program being piloted in a remote community in British Columbia.
The goals of the event were to increase the understanding of the role of essential skills in improving training outcomes and to increase the confidence of participants so that they could proceed with integrating essential skills into training materials and incorporating essential skills into delivery strategies.
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Added: 2006-09-26
117. Integrating Literacies: Introduction (2009)
Series: Widening Access for Adult Literacies
Authors: Michael Wallace
Collection: Research Materials
Adults participating in community programs may have problems with the literacy requirements of their courses. “Integrating literacies” means addressing those problems and finding ways for participants to use and practise literacy skills while also learning the program content.
Developing ways to integrate literacies into community programs was a major goal of the Widening Access for Adult Literacies project, which was carried out in Edmonton, Alberta, from 2006 to 2009. In this document, the author discusses how the interpretation of integrating literacies broadened as the project progressed.
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Added: 2010-11-09
118. Isolating the Barriers and Strategies for Prevention (1995)
A Kit about Violence and Women's Education for Adult Education and Adult Learners
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Anne Elliott, Patricia Williams
Collection: Research Materials
Most of us believe that the right to education, from kindergarten through high school, is fundamental. However, not everyone is able to fully enjoy that right; not everyone is able to obtain an education that is empowering, relevant, safe and useful. Women who have lived in violent homes, who have been subjected to physical or sexual abuse, who have experienced systemic violence such as that experienced by many women at residential school, did not receive an education that was safe, empowering, relevant or useful.
This kit about violence and women's education was designed for adult educators and learners. It's main concern is to look at how violence affects a woman's education and her ability to learn. Violence has many faces; it can be of a physical nature, emotional, sexual, racist or concerning one's spirituality. The Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW) established a national working group to oversee this project, with women from all parts of the country contributing to the pilot workshops.
In the document are sections on describing the barriers to women's education, sharing our experiences, creating a better learning environment and resources such as workshop guidelines, a guide to survivor's language, as well as publications, kits and videos to be used as references.
This kit is designed for adult educators and is CCLOW's way of sharing some of our experiences and ideas gathered from documents we have produced in the past and workshops we have conducted across the country . We also hope it will encourage you to think about the issues raised here, to use the ideas and techniques discussed by our authors, to share this material with your learners, to adapt and/or expand these ideas so they suit your learners, and to collect materials from your community.
The kit is available at a cost of $8 plus $2 postage & handling & GST, from CCLOW, 47 Main Street, Toronto, ON M4E 2V6, Tel. (416) 699-1909, Fax (416) 699-2145. E-mail : cclow@web.apc.org
ISBN 0-921283-13-X (96.11.04)
Added: 2003-10-09
119. Jessie's Centre for Teenagers: An Innovative Service for Young Mothers (1984)
Women's Education des femmes, March 1984 - Vol. 2, No. 3
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Elizabeth Wood
Collection: Research Materials
This article is about Jessie's Centre for Teenagers, Toronto, a community resource centre designed to meet the needs of teenaged mothers and teenagers who become pregnant. At the time the article was written, it was the first wholistic approach service for teenagers in the country.
Added: 2004-08-25
120. Job Literacy (2008)
Series: Skills for Jobs: A Resource Tool for Tutors of Low-Level Literacy
Authors: Carolyn Wilson, Chya Bergman
Collection: Learning Materials
This document is one in a series of three tutor resources designed for tutors of low-literacy adults. The goal of the series is to help tutors identify the workplace essential skills a student already has, increase his skill set, and develop his awareness of his own capabilities.
The instructor section of each binder part contains sequenced activities reflecting a number of entry-level workplace settings from the Human Resources and Skills Development Canada website.
In the Job Literacy document, the authors focus on increasingly complex literacy skills, including the letters of the alphabet, words, numbers, money, addresses, time, and messages.
In addition to the literacy skills being taught, the authors note that there are elements of a variety of essential skills embedded in the lessons. For instance, exercises in role playing can help improve oral communication.
Added: 2010-07-15
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