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1. Adult Basic Education: Strategies to Increase Returns on Investment (ROI) (1999)
Authors: Thomas G. Sticht
Collection: Research Materials
Drawing upon a variety of studies, the author argues that adult literacy program can increase their ROI by developing 'programs that maximize the intergenerational transfer of educational benefits from parents to children, and functional-context education programs [that] integrate basic skills instruction with job and parenting skills training'.
Added: 1999-07-01
2. A Collection of Policy and Procedure Templates for Adult Literacy Service Providers (1999)
Authors: Robyn Cook-Ritchie
Collection: Learning Materials
This manual provides a set of general policy and procedure templates that should be considered, adapted and modified as required, and thereafter adopted for use in a Literacy and Basic Skills program .The templates are meant to be a starting point for drafting policy in an agency. All of the policies are directly linked to the Service Quality Management Requirements found in the LBS Program Guidelines and are also cross-referenced to the Core Quality Standards and the features of the Core Quality Standards. The manual also contains a copy of the manual on diskette. The manual was funded by the National Literacy Secretariat and the Government of Ontario through the Ministry of Education and Training.
The manual is downloadable free of charge from : http://www.llsc.on.ca/ For more information contact: Tamara Riddle, Executive Director, Literacy Link South Central, 475 Caradoc Street South, Strathroy ON N7G 2R1, Tel. (519) 246-1577, Fax (519) 246-1414, E-mail: llsc@ican.net (99.12.22)
Added: 2000-05-02
3. Computers and Adult Literacy: Voices of Literacy Students in Ontario (1999)
Authors: Jean Lock Kunz, Spyridoula Tsoukalas
Collection: Research Materials
This report compiles the responses of over 1,100 adult literacy students in Ontario to the following four questions: Do you have access to computers and the Internet? How do you use computers and the Internet? What do you like about using computers and the Internet? What don't you like about using computers and the Internet?
This report also examines barriers to computer use, and makes recommendations for the use of technology in adult literacy programs.
Added: 1999-01-01
4. Could an Ounce of Cure Be Worth a Pound of Prevention? (1999)
The 'Fade Out' of Literacy in the Perry Preschool Children at Age 19
Authors: Thomas G. Sticht
Collection: Research Materials
This article examines spending in the US on literacy programs for adults, school-age children, and toddlers. The author critiques the conclusions of the High/Scope Perry Preschool study concerning early intervention programs, and suggests that investing in adult education could produce greater results for lifelong literacy.
Added: 1999-10-20
5. Course Manual - Online Workshop on Board and Staff Relationships and Responsibilities (1999)
Collection: Research Materials
The staff of community literacy agencies in Ontario had expressed the need for more training in volunteer management. However, time, cost, and the availability of local training opportunities were major barriers to their accessing such training. CLO and the Ministry developed an innovative partnership designed to address this training need. An online workshop on board / staff relations was created. The workshop was developed for the staff, directors, and volunteers of Community Literacy Agencies in Ontario.
Eight course modules were developed for this workshop. Workshop facilitators responded to questions and encouraged a lively online discussion which took place in the Fall of 1998. The eight modules were:
Module One - Introduction to Board/Staff Relationships and Roles
Module Two - Legal Issues for Organisations
Module Three - Who Does What in Your Organisation?
Module Four - Policy and Management in Non-Profit Organisations
Module Five - Models of Board Governance
Module Six - Deciding Where You Want to Be - Building a Shared Vision
Module Seven - Pulling it Together and Pulling Together - Effective Communications
Module Eight - Staff Reporting and Board Monitoring
Literacy practitioners found the online workshop material to be very useful to their agencies. Accordingly, the course manual was prepared in written format. For more information, contact : CLO, 80 Bradford Street, Suite 508, Barrie, ON L4N 6S7, Tel. (705) 733-2312, E-mail : kaattari@bconnex.net . This manual is also available online at NALD's Full Text Documents. (99.08.30)
Added: 1999-08-30
6. Empowerment and Creativity: Re-conceiving the Role of Adult Literacy (1999)
Authors: Jennifer Gibson
Collection: Research Materials
This article outlines the fundamental aspects of research which pertain to the development of RWTL (reading and writing, and their teaching and learning), particularly, what teachers need to understand about RWTL, and what students should be encouraged to learn about RWTL.
Added: 2000-05-18
7. Family and Community Literacy in the Community Academic Service Program (CASP) (1999)
Authors: Heather J. Richmond
Collection: Research Materials
This study examines the nature and effectiveness of a community-based literacy program in a Canadian province, specifically the Community Academic Services Program (CASP) of New Brunswick. It will look at this rurally-located literacy program and at the experiences of the learners and facilitators within the program.
Added: 1999-01-01
8. 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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9. It Guided Me Back to Learning (1999)
A Longitudinal Research Study on Calls to the Literacy B.C. Helpline
Authors: Sandy Middleton
Collection: Research Materials
This study was designed to document who calls the Literacy BC helpline and why they want to improve their literacy skills. What do their motivations and goals tell us about the role of literacy in society, in the economy, and in their personal lives? The study was also designed to examine what happens after they call. Do callers access and participate in the programs we help them to locate? If not, what stopped or prevented them? For those who participate, do the programs they attend meet their needs and expectations?
The findings in this report are based on quantitative and qualitative data collected from 248 callers to the helpline between August 1996 and August 1997. With the caller's permission, data were collected at four points: during the initial call, and in follow-up calls made by Literacy BC staff at two, five, and eight months after the original call.
For more information, contact :
Literacy BC
601 - 510 West Hastings Street
Vancouver BC V6B 1L8
Tel. (604) 684-0624
Toll free in BC: 1-800-663-1293
Fax (604) 684-8520
E-mail: literacy_bc@douglas.bc.ca
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Added: 1999-01-01
10. Notes for an Address to 'The Power of Words' Provincial Literacy Conference (1999)
Authors: Peter Calamai
Collection: Research Materials
This document provides the speaking notes for a presentation by the author. He talks about what is still now known about the literacy situation in Canada, elaborates on the difference between public awareness and public understanding, and suggests that literacy is a local issue.
Added: 1999-01-01
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