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1. 2008 Survey of Canadian Attitudes toward Learning: Results for learning throughout the lifespan (2009)
Authors: Canadian Council on Learning (CCL)
Collection: Learning Materials
This annual survey provides a look at Canadians’ opinions, beliefs and experiences with learning across the lifespan. The 2008 edition covers four learning domains: early childhood learning; structured learning at the elementary, secondary and post-secondary levels; work-related adult learning; and health-related learning.
Within each of the four domains, questions were designed to elicit information on a variety of topics, including child-care arrangements; access to post-secondary education; participation in work-related training; and sources of health-care information.
The survey was designed by the Canadian Council on Learning (CCL) in consultation with Statistics Canada, which administered the survey on behalf of CCL. A total of 5,488 Canadians aged 18 to 74 were surveyed by Statistics Canada. All respondents had previously participated in Statistics Canada’s Labour Force Survey. Canadians living in institutions, on reserves, or in the northern territories were not included in the sample.
Added: 2010-02-10
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2. Accredited Online Colleges on the Rise (2012)
Authors: Nick Johnson
Collection: Research Materials
In this paper, the author suggests that distance learning is not only here to stay, but will have an unprecedented impact on the educational systems currently in place.
The promise of online learning is that it will one day deliver personalized content to every student, tailored to each individual’s learning style and presented at a pace determined by the individual’s ability and availability.
Whether such a grand promise can be delivered is a topic for testing and debate in the next few years, the author says. At the same time, because of the Internet, more academic information continues to become more readily accessible to more people at a lower cost, and that pattern is not about to change.
Added: 2012-01-27
3. Credibility and Disability (1996)
Women's Education des femmes, Summer 1996 - Vol. 12, No. 2
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Jane Field
Collection: Research Materials
In this article, the author discusses prevalent misconceptions about people with disabilities; the stereotypes, the assumptions and the need for many people to make a serious change in attitude.
Added: 2004-03-26
4. Dilemmas of Owners and Workers in a Risk Society (2009)
CPRN Research Report
Authors: Julie Ann McMullin, Victor W. Marshall, Tammy Duerden Comeau, Catherine Gordon
Collection: Research Materials
The paper examines perceptions of risk among employees and employers in small information technology (IT) firms. The authors point to an environment of growing insecurity about unemployment, underemployment and the future of pension plans. Specifically, they investigate what meaning workers attach to risks borne to support the viability of the firm.
The authors analyse data collected from IT owners and workers in Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States. Their analysis shows that owners, managers and employees all worry a great deal about the future of the firm, with employees also worrying about other job-related issues, including whether they can compete in the job market.
The authors note that employees and employers adopt an entrepreneurial team-based firm culture to manage firm risks.
The authors include an explanation of their methodology, which involved a web survey completed by more than 400 respondents and qualitative data obtained from selected respondents.
Funders:
- Social Sciences Humanities Research Council of Canada
Added: 2010-04-07
5. A Facilitator's Guide For Self-Esteem (1999)
Creating a Learning Culture in the Home
Authors: Cate Durant
Collection: Learning Materials
This document has a series of exercises that groups can use at workshops to learn how to understand, develop, and nurture self-esteem. It also has information to help someone facilitate the workshop.
Added: 2003-06-24
6. Family Literacy in Ontario (2006)
Putting it on the Map!
Authors: Action for Family Literacy Ontario
Collection: Research Materials
This position paper presents a vision of a professional, fully funded and secure infrastructure for family literacy.
Investing in family literacy programming is a concrete and proactive way to
address the educational and training needs of Ontario's future.
By investing in family literacy, Ontario can take its place as a leader in the area of this important intergenerational approach.
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Added: 2006-02-08
7. Finding Lost Luggage (1996)
Journeys in Language, Learning and Culture
Series: Wayfaring
Authors: Helen Woodrow
Collection: Learning Materials
Finding Lost Luggage by Helen Woodrow is a story in the book Wayfering Journeys in Language, Learning and Culture, it is a collection of writings by ABE instructors and students in Newfoundland brought together for a "language awareness project", designed to explore attitudes, beliefs, and knowledge about language and the teaching of language.
Even in the book's earliest stages, the concept of wayfaring, travelling close to the ground, was prominent as a metaphor for the literacy we need inside classrooms, and inside ourselves.
This is also a useful contribution to the literature of practitioner research and inquiry.
Added: 2004-06-07
8. "I've opened up" (2006)
Exploring Learners' Perspectives on Progress
Authors: Susan Lefebvre, Patricia Belding, Mary Brehaut, Sarah Dermer, Anne-Marie Kaskens, Emily Lord, Wayne McKay, Nadine Sookermany
Collection: Research Materials
This project explored what constitutes progress in community-based literacy programs from the perspective of learners. The research took place between December 2004 and January 2006.
This project explored learners' experiences and understanding of progress and sought to define and articulate this knowledge. The research showed the importance of understanding and valuing the perspectives learners have of their progress. We discovered numerous nonacademic outcomes critical to learners' progress that they associated with adult literacy programs. Learners realized very well what literacy can do for them and value the many nonacademic outcomes they experience in various facets of their lives. The learners' comments also provided insight into the richness and complexity of the learning outcomes and of the interactions between these outcomes, their program environment, the learning process and non-academic learning outcomes they achieved.
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- OLES
- Ontario Ministry of Education and Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
Added: 2006-05-25
9. Listening to the Women's Voices (1991)
Women's Education des femmes, Fall 1991 - Vol. 9, No. 2
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Fran Davis, Arlene Steiger
Collection: Research Materials
In this article, the authors look at the differences in behaviour, learning styles and attitudes between women and men in a traditional classroom.
Added: 2004-09-09
10. Report on Consultations with Adults Living with HIV/AIDS (2008)
Full Report
Authors: Sue Folinsbee, Wendy Kraglund-Gauthier, Allan Quigley, Hélène Grégoire
Collection: Research Materials
This document grew out of a Health and Learning Knowledge Centre (HLKC) consultation organized by the Canadian Council on Learning (CCL) in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 2005. The meeting saw the establishment of working groups to concentrate on health-related issues for identified priority groups, including adults living with HIV/AIDS.
This report is based on consultations held in Montreal (QC); Edmonton (AB); and Truro (NS).
The authors explain the consultation methodology; describe the outcomes of the consultations; provide recommendations from participants on overcoming barriers and filling gaps in health and learning; and list the working group’s suggestions for promoting a knowledge agenda.
Added: 2012-05-03
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