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51. Simply Math (2009)
Series: Everyday Math Skills
Authors: Lisa Campbell, NWT Literacy Council
Collection: Learning Materials
This math skills booklet is designed to help adult learners with math operations. It is to be used with the three workbooks in the NWT Literacy Council's Everyday Math Skills series - Money Math, Kitchen Math and Home Math. Written in plain language, it covers basic math skills, fractions, decimals, percentages, metric units, and measurements.
Added: 2010-01-13
52. Kitchen Math (2009)
Series: Everyday Math Skills
Authors: Lisa Campbell, NWT Literacy Council
Collection: Learning Materials
Kitchen Math is one of three workbooks in the NWT Literacy Council's Everyday Math Skills series. It can be used in conjunction with the math booklet, Simply Math. Kitchen Math is designed to help adult learners with math and is written in plain language. It is divided into three sections, each covering a variety of math concepts, followed by worksheets and a review page.
Section one is Shopping for the Kitchen, which includes comparison shopping, finding the unit cost of an item and buying large appliances. Section two is Using Measurements which includes doubling recipes, comparing ratios, and using metric conversions. Section three is Nutrition, which covers calories and teaches learners to read food labels.
Added: 2010-01-13
53. Family Tutoring (2009)
Families Learning to Read and Write Together
Authors: NWT Literacy Council
Collection: Learning Materials
Family Tutoring is a family literacy program developed by the NWT Literacy Council to support school-aged children and their families in their efforts to develop reading and writing skills. The program is geared for parents, teacher’s assistants, and tutors who work with children at the emerging and early reader stages. Usually these children are in grades 1 to 4, however the reading strategies can be adapted for older children and youth who struggle with reading and writing.
The manual gives complete information on how to carry out the program. It offers the facilitators a checklist to plan a program, facilitating tips, and detailed directions and handouts for the 10 sessions that make up the complete program. Each session includes a welcome, review, warm-up activity, group discussion, reading strategy, craft activity, and closing. The manual also includes additional activities, Reader’s Theatre scripts, as well as useful resources and websites.
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Added: 2010-01-08
54. Literacy Matters: Helping Newcomers Unlock Their Potential (2009)
Series: Literacy Matters
Authors: Craig Alexander, TD Bank Financial Group
Collection: Research Materials
The aim of this report is to draw attention to challenges at hand and encourage conversation with policymakers and stakeholders. Newcomers are a primary source of additional workers to the labour market, and their importance is steadily rising due to the slowing trend in domestic population growth.
After a review of recent trends and developments, the main conclusion is that newcomers to Canada are facing significant literacy challenges in the two official languages and it is impairing their labour market outcomes. Weaker than- desirable proficiency in English and French amongst newcomers is leading to higher unemployment, social isolation, lower earnings and is exposing many immigrants to living in poverty for some period of time after arriving in Canada. Clearly there is an enormous economic and social cost associated with underutilization of newcomer human capital.
During their regular contact with newcomers, managers can help build awareness of the economic payoff from the use of the available literacy programs. Businesses are also encouraged to conduct in-house language training or subsidize the cost of attending language training if possible. Even little things might help, such as having a flexible workplace environment that permits workers to attend literacy programs during work hours might go a long way to increasing participation. Finally, it is critical that greater effort is made to evaluate the existing language and literacy programs.
Added: 2010-01-26
55. Workplace Learning - Bridging Employer and Employee Needs in BC's Capital Region - Phase 1: Literature Review and Bibliography (2009)
Series: Bridging Employer and Employee Needs in BC's Capital Region
Authors: Victoria READ Society
Collection: Research Materials
The study explored ways to help employers recruit and retain workers by providing basic skills training in the workplace.
As part of the research project, this literature review was conducted to identify best practices in workplace literacy and essential skills training. The objective was to uncover human resource options that are suitable for Greater Victoria’s small business climate. In particular, the focus was on practical, feasible solutions of immediate relevance to employers who wish to implement workplace basic skills education programs.
Many aspects were considered, including:
- varied definitions and theoretical approaches to workplace literacy, based on the perspectives of employers, unions, workers, service providers, researchers, policy-makers and community groups
- best practice guidelines for workplace literacy programs
Added: 2010-01-27
56. Literacy and Policing in Canada: Target Crime With Literacy - Fact Sheets (2009)
Series: Literacy and Policing in Canada
Authors: Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police
Collection: Research Materials
More than 23,000 Canadian adults took part in an International Adult Literacy and Skills Survey in 2003. This survey defined literacy as “the ability to use and understand information that is fundamental to daily life at work, at home, and in the community.” Statistics Canada and Human Resources Development Canada have adopted this definition.
This report looks into the statistics and findings regarding literacy levels in Canada and how they tie into community resources, socio-economic status, the criminal justice system and departmental policies, in order to measure the literacy problems in Canada.
Added: 2009-09-02
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57. Crime and Unemployment: What's the link? (2009)
Authors: John Howard Society of Ontario
Collection: Research Materials
This document, prepared by the John Howard Society, provides a brief overview of the relationship between crime, employment and employment services. It cites a study showing that 75 per cent of those admitted to federal prisons had experienced at least some difficulty with getting or maintaining employment. As well, it notes that inmates are less likely than the general population to have completed high school.
The document discusses employment support as a means of preventing crime as well as reducing recidivism. It concludes by outlining the John Howard Society's support for preventative and rehabilitative criminal-justice policies.
Added: 2010-02-17
58. The Northern Edge Study Guide (2009)
Learning activities for fifteen stories from the first five issues of The Northern Edge
Authors: NWT Literacy Council
Collection: Learning Materials
This study guide, produced by the NWT Literacy Council, is aimed at both adult learners and adult educators. It includes learning activities based on fifteen stories from the first five issues of The Northern Edge, an online newspaper for adult learners.
The document begins with tips for using the study guide, including two writing resources for adult learners: writing skills, for lower literacy levels, and a writing process guide. There is one section for each of the fifteen stories. Each section includes the written text for the online story plus a list of learning activities. There are instructor notes, giving basic information about each learning activity and any necessary details about how to do it. As well, some sections include handouts, pages the instructor can copy for learners to use during the learning activities.
For each story, the first four learning activities focus on vocabulary, language skills, questions, and writing. Other learning activities explore different issues related to the content of the story.
The fifteen stories represent a variety of topics, including personal stories about healthy lifestyles, research on grizzly bears, how to register to vote, fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, and climate change.
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Added: 2010-02-19
59. Eat Right and Save Money - Revised (2009)
Authors: Lillis Lawrence
Collection: Learning Materials
Thie book entitled "Eat Right and Save Money" is a plain language guide to healthy eating and includes the Cree translation. It was first published in 1996 with the Plain Language Nutrition Project and was subsequently reprinted and revised to incorporate the new Canada Food Guide.
The contents include:
- Northern Food Guide (Mech-i-win Kiskinota Musinuhikun);
- Feeding Your Unborn Baby (Kasamut Kichawasimis);
- Snacks for Growth (Mechiwinsa Opikiwin Oche);
- Feeding Baby (Awasis Kasumut);
- Breastfeeding (Nohawasawin);
- Bottle Feeding (Notwakun);
- Solid Foods (Mechiwina);
- Food Shopping (Mechiwin Atawewin);
- Shopping Tips;
- Menu Ideas;
- Grocery List; and
- End of Month Shopping.
Added: 2007-09-14
60. Lean on Learning to leverage continuous improvements (2009)
Authors: Tracy Defoe, The Learning Factor
Collection: Research Materials
This report deals with the concept of continuous improvement to build a "lean" workplace. In this context, lean describes a workplace that doesn't waste material, movement or human potential. A lean workplace can be achieved by bringing workers and management together to find creative ways to improve efficiency and quality. Engaging workers in solving problems also helps improves literacy and essential skills through informal learning.
The author includes charts illustrating the process of solving problems and setting goals in the workplace.
Added: 2010-02-08
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