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1. Adult literacy and economic growth (2004)
Authors: Grant Johnston
Collection: Research Materials
This paper looks at whether an increase in the basic literacy skills of adults would have a positive effect on the New Zealand economy. It finds good evidence for the benefits of literacy: studies
consistently find that adults with better literacy skills are more likely to be employed, and to earn more, than those with poorer literacy skills, even when taking account of other factors which affect work performance.
There is little rigorous evidence, however, for the benefits of adult literacy training and almost no accompanying information on the costs of this training.
While there is a good case for an increased focus on adult literacy, and on workplace literacy in particular, these findings suggest a cautious approach to expanding publicly-funded adult literacy programmes.
There is a clear need for more and better New Zealand-based research, for piloting innovative literacy programmes and for undertaking good-quality evaluations. A modest increase in literacy training may not materially affect economic performance.
Added: 2006-04-11
2. Adult Literacy in Ontario (1998)
The International Adult Literacy Survey Results
Authors: Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities (Ontario)
Collection: Research Materials
In 1990, Statistics Canada released the results of the Survey of Literacy Skills Used in Daily Activities (LSUDA), a 1989 Canada-wide survey of the reading skills of adults. In 1992, the then Ontario Ministry of Education reported on the LSUDA results for Ontario (Stan Jones, Survey of Adult Literacy in Ontario).
Shortly after the release of the LSUDA results in Canada and those of the National Adult Literacy Survey in the United States, interest in a comparative international study of adult literacy began to grow. In December 1995, the first results of the 1994 survey of adult literacy in seven countries, the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS), were reported in Literacy, Economy and Society, a joint publication of Statistics Canada and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. In September 1996, Statistics Canada released Reading the Future: A Portrait of Literacy in Canada, a report on the national data collected in IALS.
To measure literacy in IALS, respondents answered a set of test questions designed to measure adult reading skills as well as background questions about their education, work experience and literacy practices.
Ontario participated in the survey in order to gain key data to inform policy development and to focus its literacy programming. The present report covers in detail the IALS results for Ontario. It updates and supplements the previous report, Survey of Adult Literacy in Ontario. It is organized much as the previous report with a table, graph and commentary for each of the major literacy relationships. Throughout the text, shaded boxes provide background information. Usually the tables provide results for three scales -- prose, document and quantitative -- but the graphs are used to point to particularly interesting results in part of the data.
Added: 2007-05-11
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3. Annotated Bibliography of Aboriginal Books (2006)
Pre-School to Adult
Series: Annotated Bibliography of Aboriginal Books
Authors: NWT Literacy Council
Collection: Research Materials
Over the years, many people have asked us to put together a package of information on Aboriginal literature that is suitable for different age groups. That task, however, is not particularly easy. An extensive array of material is available nowadays, but should it all be included in such a list?
Considerable debate surrounds what is sometimes called “appropriation of voice” – when a person, no matter how sympathetic, depicts someone from another culture. We can only say that we have tried our best to be selective, and appreciate any feedback that people might have about our list.
Added: 2006-05-19
4. Barriers to Youth Employment in Nunavut (2007)
A Research Report and Action Plan
Authors: Nunavut Literacy Council
Collection: Research Materials
This paper presents the results of a research project conducted by the Nunavut Literacy Council in 2006 in order to identify barriers that face youth seeking employment in Nunavut. Researchers also examined ways to re-engage marginalized youth in education, employment and community life and looked at the extent that literacy is a barrier to youth employment in Nunavut. In addition to the results of interviews with focus groups, this report includes information from a review of scholarly, popular and government literature on the northern economy, employment trends, Inuit culture, approaches to work and learning, and history. An action plan with recommendations for employers, educators, government, communities and the literacy council is also presented.
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Added: 2008-02-07
5. Black Youth Literacy: A Guide for Program Development (2003)
Authors: Toronto Adult Literacy for Action (ALFA) Centre
Collection: Research Materials
The Black Youth Literacy Project is an initiative of the Toronto ALFA Centre, a community-based program that has been delivering literacy services to adults in the northwest corner of the City of Toronto since 1985. The aim of this project is to improve the educational engagement and self-concept of Black youth who have been turned off or let down by the regular education system and have left school; experience reading and writing difficulties; are either unemployed or underemployed; and are at risk of falling short of realizing their full potential.
The primary goal of this guide is to provide organizations, agencies and individual teachers with a framework and building blocks for creating programs that will: inspire a love of learning; and equip Black youth with the awareness, access and ability to further their education in whatever way they choose.
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Added: 2005-03-10
6. Books in the Home - Introduction & Session 1 (2006)
Series: Books in the Home Program
Authors: NWT Literacy Council
Collection: Learning Materials
The NWT Books in the Home program is similar to other programs used widely in Canada. It is based on the belief that parents are children's first and most important teachers. Parents learn to read and share books with their children in positive and enjoyable ways. It promotes reading and writing of both parents and children.
Children need to read, write, talk and listen to become literate. They also need to have fun and share their ideas with their parents. Parents who have gone through this program have noticed a remarkable change in their relationship with their children.
Added: 2006-07-24
7. Books in the Home - Overview (2006)
Series: Books in the Home Program
Authors: NWT Literacy Council
Collection: Learning Materials
Books in the Home is a program used widely in Canada. The program is based on the belief that parents are children's first and most important teachers. In this program, parents learn to read and share books with their children in positive and enjoyable ways. The program promotes reading and writing of both parents and children.
This manual has been written to give an overview of the program to assist community groups who are interested in organizing and delivering a Books in the Home program in their community.
As part of the program, each week participants will:
•Discuss literacy activities that we can do with our children
•Read a new book and do a related craft
•Do journal writing
•Spend time reading with our children, and
•Take home a new book
Added: 2006-07-25
8. Books in the Home Program - Good Night, Baby Bear (2006)
Series: Books in the Home Program
Authors: NWT Literacy Council
Collection: Learning Materials
Books in the Home is a program used widely in Canada. The program is based on the belief that parents are children's first and most important teachers. In this program, parents learn to read and share books with their children in positive and enjoyable ways. The program promotes reading and writing of both parents and children.
This program manual has been written to assist community groups who are interested in organizing and delivering a Books in the Home program in their community.
Good night, Baby Bear is the book used for this manual. It contains all kinds of family literacy learning activities such as poems and stories to learn, colouring pages, a shape game and many others.
Added: 2006-07-25
9. Books in the Home Program - Goodnight Moon (2006)
Series: Books in the Home Program
Authors: NWT Literacy Council
Collection: Learning Materials
Books in the Home is a program used widely in Canada. The program is based on the belief that parents are children's first and most important teachers. In this program, parents learn to read and share books with their children in positive and enjoyable ways. The program promotes reading and writing of both parents and children.
This manual has been written to assist community groups who are interested in organizing and delivering a Books in the Home program in their community. The book utilized for this manual is entitled "Goodnight Moon" and includes different learning activities for children and their families such as colouring pages, connect the dot, rhyming match game, word scramble, animal picture cards and others.
Added: 2006-07-25
10. Books in the Home Program - Kumak's House: A Tale of the Far North (2006)
Series: Books in the Home Program
Authors: NWT Literacy Council
Collection: Learning Materials
Books in the Home is a program used widely in Canada. The program is based on the belief that parents are children's first and most important teachers. In this program, parents learn to read and share books with their children in positive and enjoyable ways. The program promotes reading and writing of both parents and children.
This program manual has been written to assist community groups who are interested in organizing and delivering a Books in the Home program in their community.
Kumak's House: A Tale of the Far North is the book used for this manual. It includes different learning activities parents and children can do together. Information of different types of whales, an animal matching game, how to make an origami whale and a couple of stories are just a few of the many activities in this manual.
Added: 2006-07-25
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