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41. Connecting Research With Policy (2004)
Series: Informal Learning Practices and Media Perceptions of Adults with Low Literacy Skills
Authors: Maurice C. Taylor, Glenn Pound
Collection: Research Materials
This document provides a summary of a research project which investigated adult literacy learning from two perspectives: an insider view of the informal learning practices of adult literacy learners; and the point of view from the mainstream media. Key findings of the research are outlined, accompanied by a possible range of policy implications at the local, provincial, and federal level.
This is part of a series of documents generated during a two-year National Literacy Secretariat funded research project entitled, “Informal Learning and Media Perceptions of Adults With Low Literacy Skills”.
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Added: 2004-01-01
42. Consultation on Workplace Literacy (1997)
A Report
Authors: National Literacy Secretariat (NLS)
Collection: Research Materials
This report attempts to capture the debate and discussion that took place on June 11 and 12, 1997 in Ottawa, on workplace literacy. The NLS is working with its partners to create significant projects that will make a difference in the area of workplace literacy. As a first step, they convened a meeting of their partners who have experience in the area of workplace literacy. The objective of this meeting was to develop a list of priorities for workplace literacy practitioners, researchers in the area, workplace literacy coordinators and provincial/territorial government representatives.
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Added: 2004-04-05
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43. Contextualizing Research in Manitoba (2002)
Where are we going? What are we doing?
Authors: Robin Millar, Sherry Porter
Collection: Research Materials
The Centre for Education and Work (CEW) received project and financial support
from the National Literacy Secretariat to conduct a consultation with the literacy field about the status of research in Manitoba in order to develop a framework, process, and
implementation plan for research in literacy in Manitoba.
Added: 2002-11-18
44. Continuing Ontario's Participation in Developing National Aboriginal Literacy Goals and Strategies (2003)
Aboriginal Literacy
Authors: Priscilla George
Collection: Research Materials
The National Aboriginal Design Committee (NADC) began under the auspices of Beverly Anne Sabourin and Associates (BASA). In Phase I of this project, BASA compiled an inventory of basic and intermediate adult literacy programs sponsored and/or initiated by Aboriginal Peoples, and involving Aboriginal learners as clients. Phases II and III developed evaluation mechanisms of Aboriginal literacy programs.
An overarching theme is the need for, and the recognition of, distinct Aboriginal approaches to literacy/education.
This report outlines the development of national aboriginal literacy goals and strategies and covers the period May 2002 to July 2003.
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Added: 2005-04-29
45. Creating Authentic Materials and Activities for the Adult Literacy Classroom (2003)
A Handbook for Practitioners
Authors: Erik Jacobson, Sophie Degener, Victoria Purcell-Gates
Collection: Learning Materials
This handbook draws upon the findings of a five-year study of adult literacy education in the United States, entitled “The Literacy Practices of Adult Learners Study,” or LPALS. The study supported the hypothesis that the use of “authentic” or real-life materials and activities in the classroom led students to increase their literacy activities outside the classroom.
This handbook is aimed at teachers and administrators who want to make instruction more meaningful in terms of their students’ lives outside the classroom. The authors have included chapters on learning literacy in context; getting to know students; and authentic thematic activities for the classroom.
The authors have also included a list of resources for teachers who want to incorporate authentic materials and activities into their teaching.
Added: 2011-05-13
46. Current Writing Attitudes and Practices in Selected Adult Literacy Programs in Western Canada (1999)
Authors: Patrick J. Fahy, Deborah Morgan
Collection: Research Materials
This article explores how writing is viewed and used in adult literacy programs as a method of increasing self-awareness. The authors conducted a survey of selected literacy programs, to test assumptions about writing attitudes and practices, and to guide professional development planning for adult literacy coordinators. This article presents the findings of the survey, and discusses implications for professional development training.
Added: 2003-04-29
47. Curriculum Deliberation Online (2003)
Part 3
Series: Collaborating Online In Adult Literacy
Authors: L. Herod
Collection: Research Materials
This is the third of three articles about the author's research into the curriculum deliberation process in an online environment. This article discusses the potential and promise of the deliberative process for the Canadian adult literacy community should the pan-Canadian electronic conferencing system recommended in the report, “First Steps: Towards a Pan-Canadian Literacy Electronic Conferencing System” be put in place.
The study was conducted as a requirement of the author's Doctor of Education program with the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at the University of Toronto.
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Added: 2005-07-14
48. Developing a Framework for Research in Practice in Adult Literacy in Canada (2004)
Authors: Tannis Atkinson, Sandy Middleton, Marina Niks
Collection: Research Materials
Research in practice promotes improvements in practice, informs policy, and contributes to learner success in the adult literacy field. Research in practice in adult literacy has been gaining strength and visibility; however, there is an unevenness of support and capacity across the country. There is a need for a strategic framework that will address this disparity and guide future practice and policy.
The intent of this project is to: conduct an inventory of research in practice in adult literacy in English-speaking Canada; make comprehensive recommendations for the further growth and development of research in practice based on the results of the inventory, and; create opportunities for practitioners across the country to be part of the development of the framework.
Added: 2004-11-17
49. Discovering the Strength of Our Voices (1991)
Women and Literacy Programs
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Betty-Ann Lloyd, Brenda Conroy
Collection: Research Materials
This report discusses a research project undertaken to:
• examine how gender and the power balance of the male/female relationship affect women's access to, and experience of, literacy programs and how it affects the impact of literacy programs on women
• determine how literacy programs and literacy practice might be changed to better respond to the reality of the lives of adult women learners, and
• share this information with women literacy students and workers, through print materials and in workshops, to foster the development of relevant, appropriate, and accessible literacy learning opportunities for women
• talk with women literacy students and workers who are currently involved in literacy programs
• develop key questions out of the "data" of the women's stories
• develop a research design to investigate these questions further using an action research model.
Added: 2003-10-07
50. Doing Freedom: An Ethnography of An Adult Literacy Centre (2004)
Authors: Bonnie Soroke
Collection: Research Materials
This thesis is based on research on the experiences and perceptions of the people of the Reading and Writing Centre in Duncan, BC. The purpose is to document the relationship dynamics of good adult basic education in a place where teachers and students say they are “doing freedom”—freedom from stereotyping and individual blaming, authoritarian practices, and the narrow roles of teacher and student; freedom to respect themselves and others, make choices and be respected for those choices, and exercise individual and collective power.
Added: 2004-08-11
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