Browse by keyword "Literacy research"
1. 2005 National Summer Institute (2005)
Working Together on Literacy and Health Research - Final Report
Authors: Gail Hammond, Irving Rootman, Jim Frankish, Marina Niks, Sandy Middleton, Melody Monro
Collection: Research Materials
This is the Final Report for a National Summer Institute held in Vancouver, BC in July 2005 regarding Literacy and Health Research. Included are key strategic directions for future research around literacy and health issues.
Funders:
- Social Sciences Humanities Research Council of Canada
Added: 2006-08-15
2. The 3Rs of Research Practitioner Toolkit (2008)
Authors: Cindy Davidson, Literacy Network of Durham Region
Collection: Learning Materials
This toolkit is designed for practitioners who may feel intimidated at the prospect of integrating research into a program.
The authors begin by defining “research in practice” simply as using the evidence of research and applying it in some way to one’s own experience and “research integration” as using the knowledge of the research.
In the second chapter, the authors set out six stages of research integration: awareness; information gathering; impact reflection; preparing for change; program implementation; and collaboration and exploration.
They also provide strategies for research integration and include a set of tools and templates to help at all stages of integration.
Funders:
- Ontario Ministry of Education and Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
Added: 2009-07-07
3. Aboriginal-Enhanced Access to Native Learning (2000)
Authors: Sally Gaikezheyongai
Collection: Research Materials
This report is the result of the latest Native Women's Resource Centre literacy project. It is the result of a one-year project that included a community needs assessment aimed at improving access to Native learning programs and services. An overview of the 13 year history of Native Literacy Programs in Toronto is presented. At least 60 community members were consulted, including : (past, present and future) Native Learners, Native literacy practitioners and representatives from local Native agencies who have hosted Native Literacy programs over the years. The report also attempts to demystify what is meant by utilizing a culture-based approach and framework in developing a Native Literacy Program.
For further information, contact :
The Native Women's Resource Centre of Toronto Inc.
191 Gerrard Street East
Toronto ON M5A 2E5
Tel. (416) 963-9963
Fax. (416) 963-9573
WWW : http://www.nativewomenscentre.org/
Added: 2001-08-01
4. Addressing Canada's Literacy Challenge: A Cost/ Benefit Analysis (2009)
Authors: T. Scott Murray, Mike McCracken, Doug Willms, Stan Jones, Richard Shillington, John Stucker
Collection: Research Materials
In this report, the authors discuss the cost and the importance of investing in literacy. They suggest that advanced literacy is the single most important tool that Canadians need to compete in the global economy and present estimates of the total cost of raising the literacy skill of the adult population to Level 3.
This report includes an executive summary and forward followed byfive chapters:
Chapter 1- Introduces the report and provides background on the Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey and the International Survey of Reading Skills (ISRS) studies upon which analyses in the report are based.
Chapter 2 - Summarizes what was measured in the ISRS and what it means
Chapter 3 - Defines segments in the Canadian literacy market
Chapter 4 - Contains estimates of the costs and benefits of releasing Canada’s economic potential through literacy instruction
Chapter 5 - Summary and conclusions
Added: 2009-01-08
5. Adult Basic Education & Literacy, Media and Technology (2005)
An annotated bibliography
Authors: Centre for Literacy of Quebec
Collection: Research Materials
This bibliography was compiled for The Centre for Literacy's 2005 Summer Institute: Adult Basic Education & Literacy, Media and Technology.
The references and annotations point to relevant research, project, strategy and evaluation reports that describe and analyze the current and future influences of changing technologies on definitions of literacy, lifelong learning policy, and program-level practice in Canada and internationally.
This list is far from exhaustive, but represents a core set of readings on the topic and offers a solid starting point for more in-depth research.
Added: 2006-03-02
6. Adult Basic Education and Literacy Activities in Canada 1975-76 (1976)
Authors: Audrey M Thomas
Collection: Research Materials
A report of a project undertaken for World Literacy of Canada to survey the nature and extent of functional illiteracy in Canada, with a focus on those activities currently being undertaken in Anglophone Canada.
Added: 1990-01-01
7. Adult Education and Literacy in the United States (2007)
A Syllabus and Resources for an Online Course of Self-Study
Authors: Thomas G. Sticht
Collection: Research Materials
Thomas Sticht, International Consultant in Adult Education, has put together a syllabus for self-study to give those new to the field of literacy more background in adult education and literacy development, and to offer others in the field a chance to deepen their knowledge about the field and its history, policies, practices and issues that it deals with. All recommended reading is available in the NALD Library.
Added: 2007-02-26
8. Adult Illiteracy in Canada - A Challenge (1983)
Authors: Audrey M Thomas
Collection: Research Materials
This landmark study of the early 1980s provides a useful glimpse of the "state of the art" at that time. This publication addresses issues facing a substantial number of Canadians, the illiterate and the seriously-undereducated.
Added: 2003-06-03
9. Adult Learning in Canada and Sweden: A Comparative Study of Four Sites (2004)
Authors: Nayda Veeman
Collection: Research Materials
The author submitted this thesis in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Educational Administration from the University of Saskatchewan. The study sought to understand policy factors underlying the differences between the literacy levels of Canadian and Swedish adults as reported in the International Adult Literacy Survey.
Added: 2004-11-12
10. Adult Literacy Work in Canada (1992)
Authors: Richard Darville
Collection: Research Materials
Adult Literacy Work in Canada provides a map of the state of literacy work in Canada, which identifies key issues in literacy for the 1990's. This study is offered as a stimulus to informed discussion and debate on literacy questions in various Canadian jurisdictions. It is also intended as a contribution to maintain the level of public awareness developed during 1990, International Literacy Year.
Ideas in the report have developed in many discussions among literacy practitioners and advocates. Many governmental policy documents and reports, and a number of civil servants, have been consulted. Some information has been drawn from a survey conducted by the Canadian Alliance for Literacy, a coalition of national organizations that seek to promote a more literate Canada. Reports of provincial and territorial representatives to the Movement for Canadian Literacy Board have been very helpful.
Adult Literacy Work in Canada is part of a larger project to enhance public understanding of the stake of Canadians in a literate society.
Funders:
Added: 2004-07-30
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