National Adult Literacy Database

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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See also:

• Accord sur l'éducation autochtone

A Discussion Paper

Authors: Rongo H. Wetere

Collection: Research Materials

The author begins with a discussion of the social and educational problems facing Canada’s Aboriginal people. He argues that Canadians can learn a great deal from the experiences of the indigenous people of other countries, particularly the Maori of New Zealand.

The author outlines initiatives that have raised literacy levels among the Maori, then goes on to describe the ArrowMight Canada program, which was designed to deliver adult literacy, numeracy, and computer education in a home-based format. The program consists of three modules and includes multimedia lessons. Students also have access to help from a community facilitator.

The author explains that the program is based on the experiences of 35 countries in Latin America and Africa, as well as New Zealand, that use the Cuban teaching philosophy found in the “Yo si Puedo” (Yes, I Can) program. Specific modifications have been made to meet the needs of Native and non-Native English-speaking Canadians.

Pilot applications of the program have been carried out in several regions of Canada.

Added: 2011-08-09

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Authors: George Demetrion

Collection: Research Materials

What follows is a bibliographic review of the author's online and print based articles and book chapters from 1993-2004 on various facets of the pedagogy, politics, and science of adult literacy education.

A strong autobiographical emphasis is highlighted especially on pp. 9-14, but more broadly throughout the text in the argument carried out explicitly and implicitly that the pedagogical and political are personal "all the way down," to quote the aphoristic phrase of pragmatic philosopher, Richard Rorty.

The common theme throughout all of the topics identified is an exploration of the complex relationship between the dynamics of the author's lived experience as a director of adult literacy programming in Hartford, CT, and his alter vocation as an intellectual seeking to make sense of the scholarship of adult literacy in light of the concrete irreducibility of his own daily practice.

Added: 2005-11-09

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