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61. From Me .... to You (1996)
Authors: Eileen Smith
Collection: Learning Materials
A collection of Stories by Adult Learners
The idea for this book began as a way of involving adult learners in telling about their experiences and hardships when their lives were in a state of turmoil. The cod moratorium in Newfoundland represented the end of an era, but at the same time, it provided many people with a degree of financial security they had never known before. Others were forced to make very difficult decisions affecting their own lives and those of their children.
By participating in a project such as this, adult learners had the opportunity to express any built up frustrations or concerns, to expose them to the interview and writing process, and to share their accomplishments with other learners.
The first part of the book contains personal stories, and the second part includes stories gathered by the learners themselves from their different communities. The publication is available by contacting Newfoundland & Labrador Rural Development Council, P.O. Box 306, Gander, NF A1V 1W7, Tel. (709) 256-8833, Fax (709) 651-3849.
ISBN 0-9696042-2-X (96.11.19)
Added: 1996-11-19
62. Grab It Where You Can (1987)
Women's Education des femmes, Summer 1987 - Vol. 5, No. 4
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Laura Jackson
Collection: Research Materials
How does a woman upgrade her education and skills when she lives in a remote northern community? When the only road winds 25 kilometers north-east to a couple of small villages on the lake? When the nearest university is several hundred kilometers away? And what happens when a woman has children at home, and no money to spare?
The author spoke to three such women of Labrador. For each one, ingenuity and imagination were part of the answer.
Added: 2004-08-05
63. Guide to Writing (2001)
Authors: Newfoundland and Labrador Rabbittown Learners' Program, St. John's
Collection: Learning Materials
This useful guide to writing is divided into two sections : Writing and Free Writing. The first part of the guide contains examples, notions, and activities on penmanship, sentences, lists, paragraphs, invitations, etc. The second part of the book is about free-writing. To encourage the free-writing process, several aids are used to stimulate the learner. Daily journals, cartoon strips, newspapers, and poetry are only a few of the activities used to develop the learner's free-writing skills.
This resource is available in the NALD Literacy Collection. For more information or to order this guide, contact : Rabbittown Learners Program, P.O. Box 23022, Churchill Square, St. John's, NF A1B 4J9, Tel. (709) 579-6033, Fax (709) 579-8738, Email : rtlp@avint.net WWW : http://www.nald.ca/rtlphome.htm (01.10.02)
Added: 2001-01-01
64. Hospitality Curriculum: Learner (2004)
Series: Essential Skills Training - LLEO
Authors: Shannon Lee Barrett, Pat Melling
Collection: Learning Materials
This document is part of a series of Essential Skills occupational curricula developed by Quinte Literacy Group and Literacy Link Eastern Ontario (LLEO) for use in adult upgrading programs. It is paired with a corresponding practitioner’s guide.
The authors have divided the material into five modules, including an introduction to jobs available in the hospitality industry; reading directions; writing; numeracy; and safety. For example, the authors describe the job of a host by explaining that the host greets the customer at a restaurant or event and may show a visitor to a meeting room; seat the customer at a table; offer a menu; and describe any restaurant specials.
Each module contains learning activities based on real-life situations and materials. For example, the module on reading directions includes an activity based on the information found on the label of a product used to clean windows, while the numeracy module contains examples of time sheets and pay stubs.
Learning activities include True or False, Fill in the blanks, and matching exercises.
The authors have also included a unit on kitchen safety, which focuses on dealing with hazardous materials, avoiding cuts and burns, and preventing strain-related injuries.
Funders:
- East Central Ontario Training Board
- OLES
Added: 2011-10-07
65. Hospitality Curriculum: Practitioner (2004)
Series: Essential Skills Training - LLEO
Authors: Shannon Lee Barrett, Pat Melling
Collection: Learning Materials
This practitioner’s guide is part of a series of Essential Skills occupational curricula developed by Quinte Literacy Group and Literacy Link Eastern Ontario (LLEO) for adult upgrading programs and is designed to be used with the corresponding learner’s document.
In this document, the authors provide the answer key for the activities contained in the learner’s document. For example, there are answers to exercises such as True or False and Fill in the blanks, and, for exercises that include open-ended questions, lists of suggested keywords that might appear in the learner’s answers.
Funders:
- East Central Ontario Training Board
- OLES
Added: 2011-10-07
66. A “How to” Guide for AU Professors: Integrating Academic Upgrading (AU) into Pre-Apprenticeship Programs (2011)
Authors: College Sector Committee for Adult Upgrading (CSC) , Durham College of Applied Arts and Technology
Collection: Learning Materials
This handbook is part of a larger College Sector Committee (CSC) project aimed at ensuring that pre-apprenticeship students receive an Academic Upgrading (AU) component tailored to their trade and seamlessly connected with the trade component of their program. It is aimed at professors who are required to integrate AU into pre-apprenticeship or pre-trades programs in Ontario’s community colleges.
The handbook contains guidelines for planning and developing AU support for pre-apprenticeship and pre-trades programs; tips and strategies for developing trades-related AU and Essential Skills materials; and examples drawn from the pilot program with pre-electrical students and from other colleges’ pre-apprenticeship programs.
The authors have also included an appendix that offers an overview of apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship programs in Ontario.
Added: 2011-11-30
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67. Improvements... no less than Heroic (2007)
Harm Reduction and Learning in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside
Authors: Betsy Alkenbrack
Collection: Research Materials
This report presents the findings of a research project conducted over a two-year period by Capilano College instructors as part of their work with adults with “high-risk” lifestyles (including drug use, working in the sex trade, living with violent partners and being street-involved) at two learning centres in Vancouver’s downtown east side. The instructors who manage and teach in these centres wanted to learn more about the "Harm Reduction" approach for treating drug and alcohol addiction and how they could use it to improve teaching and learning at the centres. The philosophy behind this approach is that any change in a program participant’s lifestyle must happen on their own terms, at their speed, following a path that works for them.
This report is divided into three parts:
1. Literature review on "Harm Reduction" and lessons for literacy work
2. Research on "Harm Reduction" and lessons for literacy work in Vancouver's downtown east side
3. Conclusions and recommendations
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Added: 2008-04-23
68. Incarceration to Inclusion (2002)
Looking at the Transition from Correctional Facility Programs to Community Based Adult Education
Authors: Lois Hobley
Collection: Research Materials
In the winter of 1999, Jane Boulton, the Program Manager of Smithers Literacy Services had a burning question, "Why don't inmates access my program on return to the community? I know they are out there and have a need for literacy services, but where are they?" In conversations with other literacy practitioners in the region, Jane found she was not alone in this conundrum.
With this in mind, Smithers Literacy Services set out to discover the answers to the barriers to transition and more with the development of Incarceration to Inclusion, Looking at the Transition from Correctional Facility Programs to Community Based Adult Education.
Together with Sue Carson, counselor and teacher at the Terrace Community Correctional Centre (TCCC), Jane garnered the permission necessary to conduct research at the prison and upon successful funding, hired a researcher. Jane was committed to utilizing the research findings to develop a Model for Reintegration, a process that will assist inmates
access community education programs across northern B.C.
The idea that the research would generate a ripple effect in the northern region was an integral part of the plan. The act of research would be as transformational as the results. Practical, useful and relevant, Incarceration to Inclusion is a project that can impact us all.
Added: 2006-05-08
69. Information Series #2: Literacy in the Northwest Territories (2006)
Results from IALSS
Series: IALSS 2003 Findings
Authors: NWT Literacy Council
Collection: Research Materials
The International Adult Literacy and Skills Survey (IALSS) provides a summary of how well adults understand and use printed information at home, at work and in the community. In 2003, the IALSS for the first time measured literacy proficiency among all provinces and territories in Canada.
In this pamphlet, the authors identify youth, unemployed people, and Aboriginal people as the three groups that face the greatest literacy challenges in the Northwest Territories. They urge government to target programs and services towards those who need them most, and to get members of the target groups involved in the search for solutions.
This document is one of two that discuss the significance of the IALSS results for the Northwest Territories. To look at the other document, click here: http://library.nald.ca/item/5894.
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Added: 2006-11-10
70. It's Our Right: A Showcase of Workplace Education Program Learner Stories (2008)
Authors: Sue Folinsbee
Collection: Learning Materials
This booklet highlights stories of different CUPE (Canadian Union of Public Employees) locals across Canada that have successfully taken on the challenge of setting up workplace education programs for their members. The programs described have created a variety of opportunities for CUPE members. For example, members have been able to complete high school, improve their reading and writing, learn about computers, and brush up on math for certification. In some cases, family members have also had the same opportunities.
Added: 2009-02-18
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