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91. New Skills, New Confidence (2011)
Submissions to Adult Learners' Week Contest: April 2 - 9, 2011
Series: Adult Learners’ Week in Nova Scotia
Authors: Literacy Nova Scotia
Collection: Learning Materials
This document brings together the 74 submissions received for Literacy Nova Scotia’s fourth annual International Adult Learners’ Week contest.
The contest was the culmination of six writing workshops conducted for Literacy Nova Scotia in communities around the province. The contest was also open to learners from other adult learning, English as a Second Language, seniors’ and workplace programs, in addition to workshop participants.
Prizes and honourable mentions were awarded in the categories of workplace and workforce programs; community college and adult high school; and community-based programs.
Starting with the theme “New Skills, New Confidence,” the participants described the impact that upgrading their education has had on their lives.
Funders:
- Nova Scotia Department of Labour and Advanced Education
- OLES
Added: 2011-04-29
92. The Next Step: Reading Skills for Adults - Book 14014 (2003)
Series: The Next Step
Authors: New Brunswick Literacy Coordinators
Collection: Learning Materials
The Next Step – Reading Skills for Adults series is part of a project intended to enhance New Brunswick adult upgrading curriculum and instructional materials. The focus of this series of six books is reading comprehension skills.
This is the first in the series; subsequent books build on and reinforce the information provided in this book. Chapters include instruction on the main idea, facts and details, sequencing, context clues, inferences, logical conclusions, facts vs. opinion, vocabulary development (homonyms, context clues, phonics), reading literature (such as poetry, short stories, myths and legends), and journalism (newspapers).
Added: 2005-02-22
93. The Next Step: Reading Skills for Adults - Book 14015 (2003)
Series: The Next Step
Authors: New Brunswick Literacy Coordinators
Collection: Learning Materials
The Next Step – Reading Skills for Adults series is part of a project intended to enhance New Brunswick adult upgrading curriculum and instructional materials. The focus of this series of six books is reading comprehension skills.
This is the second in the series; this book builds on and reinforces the information provided in the first book, 14014. Chapters include instruction on the main idea, facts and details, sequencing, context clues, inferences, logical conclusions, facts vs. opinion, vocabulary development, figures of speech, literary devices, reading literature (such as poetry, short stories, myths and legends), and journalism.
Added: 2005-02-22
94. The Next Step: Reading Skills for Adults - Book 14016 (2003)
Series: The Next Step
Authors: New Brunswick Literacy Coordinators
Collection: Learning Materials
The Next Step – Reading Skills for Adults series is part of a project intended to enhance New Brunswick adult upgrading curriculum and instructional materials. The focus of this series of six books is reading comprehension skills.
This is the third in the series; this book builds on and reinforces the information provided in the first two books, 14014 and 14015. Chapters in this book include instruction on the main idea, facts and details, sequencing, context clues, inferences, logical conclusions, facts vs. opinion, vocabulary development (homonyms and idioms), figures of speech and literacy devices (such as anecdote, metaphor, simile, onomatopoeia, and hyperbole), reading literature (such as poetry, short stories, myths and legends), and journalism (newspapers and magazines).
Added: 2005-02-22
95. The Next Step: Reading Skills for Adults - Book 14017 (2003)
Series: The Next Step
Authors: New Brunswick Literacy Coordinators
Collection: Learning Materials
The Next Step – Reading Skills for Adults series is part of a project intended to enhance New Brunswick adult upgrading curriculum and instructional materials. The focus of this series of six books is reading comprehension skills.
This is the fourth in the series; this book builds on and reinforces the information provided in the first three books, 14014, 14015 and 14016. Chapters in this book include instruction on the main idea, facts and details, sequencing, context clues, inferences, logical conclusions, facts vs. opinion, vocabulary development (homonyms and idioms), figures of speech and literacy devices (such as metaphor, simile, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, irony, and foreshadowing), reading literature (such as poetry, short stories, myths and legends), novels and journalism (newspapers and magazines).
Added: 2005-02-22
96. The Next Step: Reading Skills for Adults - Book 14018 (2003)
Series: The Next Step
Authors: New Brunswick Literacy Coordinators
Collection: Learning Materials
The Next Step – Reading Skills for Adults series is part of a project intended to enhance New Brunswick adult upgrading curriculum and instructional materials. The focus of this series of six books is reading comprehension skills.
This is the fifth in the series; this book builds on and reinforces the information provided in the first four books, 14014, 14015, 14016, and 14017. Chapters in this book include instruction on the main idea, facts and details, sequencing, context clues, inferences, logical conclusions, facts vs. opinion, vocabulary development (homonyms and idioms), figures of speech and literacy devices (such as metaphor, simile, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, irony, and foreshadowing), reading literature (such as poetry, short stories, myths and legends), novels, journalism (newspapers and magazines) and drama.
Added: 2005-02-22
97. The Next Step: Reading Skills for Adults - Book 14019 (2003)
Series: The Next Step
Authors: New Brunswick Literacy Coordinators
Collection: Learning Materials
The Next Step – Reading Skills for Adults series is part of a project intended to enhance New Brunswick adult upgrading curriculum and instructional materials. The focus of this series of six books is reading comprehension skills.
This is the sixth in the series; this book builds on and reinforces the information provided in the first four books, 14014, 14015, 14016, 14017 and 14018. Chapters in this book include instruction on the main idea, facts and details, sequencing, context clues, inferences, logical conclusions, facts vs. opinion, vocabulary development (homonyms and idioms), figures of speech and literacy devices (such as metaphor, simile, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, irony, and foreshadowing), reading literature (such as poetry, short stories, myths and legends), novels, journalism (newspapers and magazines) and drama.
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Added: 2005-02-22
98. Nova Scotia Workplace Education Initiative (2009)
Series: Case Studies on Adult Learning
Authors: Shawnna Sequeira
Collection: Learning Materials
This document, part of a series of case studies on adult learning, offers a look at the Nova Scotia Workplace Education Initiative (WEI). The WEI operates as a partnership between business, labour, and government that provides learning programs for workers who need to upgrade their Essential Skills for work and community living.
When an employer or employee group expresses interest in having an Essential Skills training program in their workplace, a WEI field coordinator comes in to facilitate a needs assessment and a program planning process. The resulting training plan must be endorsed by a joint employer-employee project team.
Once a plan is in place, the WEI program covers instructors’ fees, while employers and employees are expected to contribute to other delivery costs. WEI courses typically involve 40 to 80 hours of contact time with groups of 8 to 12 employee-learners, and normally take place at or very near the workplace sites.
In post-program evaluations, about two-thirds of employers identified improvements in productivity, worker-management communication, and labour relations. Eighty-six percent of employees surveyed said that the WEI encouraged them to seek out further educational and training opportunities.
Added: 2012-12-13
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99. Nurturing the Good Mind: A discussion paper on Aboriginal Family Literacy & the Friendship Centre Movement (2006)
Authors: National Association of Friendship Centres (NAFC)
Collection: Research Materials
The goal of this document is to provide a framework for discussions on the role of the National Association of Friendship Centres (NAFC) in promoting family literacy. The NAFC represents more than a hundred organizations that provide programs and services to Aboriginal people living in urban areas.
The authors discuss the nature and importance of family literacy; provide an overview of family literacy activities already being carried out by friendship centres across Canada; and offer some thoughts on the next steps to be taken.
They have also included a list of organizations that are involved in family literacy development at the national or regional level.
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Added: 2011-01-11
100. Opening Possibilities Through Learning (2010)
Submissions to Adult Learners' Week Contest, March 1 - 7, 2010
Series: Adult Learners’ Week in Nova Scotia
Authors: Literacy Nova Scotia
Collection: Learning Materials
This document contains the approximately 70 submissions received for Literacy Nova Scotia’s third annual International Adult Learners’ Week contest.
The contest grew out of six writing workshops conducted for Literacy Nova Scotia in communities around the province. The contest was open to learners from other adult learning, English as a Second Language, seniors’ and workplace programs, as well as participants in the writing workshops.
Starting with the theme “Opening Possibilities through Learning,” the participants described how the lack of education affected their lives and the steps they took to overcome their educational deficits. Most of the submissions are personal stories in essay form, but one participant submitted a letter and others prepared videos.
Prizes and honourable mentions were awarded in the categories of videos; workplace development; community college and adult high school; and community-based programs.
Added: 2010-04-07
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