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61. 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
62. Dancing in the Dark (2003)
How do Adults with Little Formal Education Learn? How do Literacy Practitioners do Collaborative Research?
Authors: Marina Niks, Dee McRae, Kate Nonesuch, Paula Davies, Darcy Allen
Collection: Research Materials
This is a report of a research project intended to answer two questions, 1) How do adults with little formal education learn?, and; 2) How do literacy practitioners do collaborative research? To both, there is a set of intricate steps that involve others: dancing. In both, there is a lack of formal training, education or certification to permit the dancers to do what they are doing: dark…thus, the title, “Dancing in the Dark”.
Added: 2003-12-17
63. Decade of Promise (1986)
An Assessment of Canadian Women's Status in Education, Training and Employment, 1976 – 1985
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Avebury Research & Consulting Limited
Collection: Research Materials
This research study serves to determine, from a statistical and analytical perspective, the impact of the United Nations Decade for Women (1976-1985) on women in Canada; whether Canadian women made any progress in three areas: Education, Training and Employment.
Added: 2003-10-07
64. Demographic Profile of the Transportation Sector (2003)
Authors: Clarence Lochhead, Canadian Labour and Business Centre
Collection: Research Materials
The highlights of this 2003 report include:
. The “ageing” of Canada’s total workforce continues, as seen in the rising percentage of older workers. The median age of retirement, however, appears to have stabilized in recent years. Since 1997, it has remained at roughly 61, but nonetheless well below what it was a decade ago.
. The percentage of older workers in the Transportation Sector continues to be well above the average for all industry sectors.
. Over the past five years, total employment in the sector increased by about 55,000 workers. However, this employment growth is not evident among all age groups. The number of workers aged less than 45 decreased by 26,000 while workers aged 45 and over increased by 81,000 during this period.
The report concludes that effective recruitment and retention strategies are a critical component in meeting the Transportation Sector’s current and future human resource requirements
Added: 2007-06-29
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65. Discourses of Dominance: Saskatchewan Adult Basic Education Curriculum and Aboriginal Learners (2004)
Authors: Lisa Wilson
Collection: Research Materials
This thesis was submitted to the College of Graduate Studies and Research in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Education in the Department of Educational Foundations, University of Saskatchewan.
The author explores the Saskatchewan Adult Basic Education (ABE) curriculum as it relates to the Aboriginal learner.
Added: 2005-08-11
66. 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
67. Discussion Paper - Family Learning Activities in British Columbia (1981)
Authors: Audrey M Thomas
Collection: Research Materials
The subject of this Discussion Paper is family learning activities as they relate to the continuing education divisions of the public educational institutions of British Columbia.
Added: 2003-06-03
68. 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
69. The Dual Digital Divide (2000)
The Information Highway in Canada
Authors: Andrew Reddick, Christian Boucher, Manon Groseilliers
Collection: Learning Materials
The purpose of this study was to analyze Canadian households at the margins in terms of access to the Information Highway, generally considered to be The Internet. The study provides a better understanding of the attitudes, practices and the needs of those who are not connected to the Internet, and the circumstances under which some of these non-users are likely to go online. For more information on this report please contact: Public Interest Advocacy Centre, 1 Nicholas Street, Suite 1204, Ottawa ON K1N 7B7, Tel. (613) 562-4002, Fax (613) 562-0007, Email : piac@web.net This report is also available online in pdf format at : http://dsp-psd.pwgsc.gc.ca/Collection/RH34-9-2000E.pdf (01.07.04)
Added: 2001-04-03
70. E-Literacy for the Workforce: Designing Effective Instruction (2002)
Authors: Heather Hemming, Lisa Langille, Sonya Symons
Collection: Research Materials
This study involved the development of an instructional approach designed to teach adults strategies for writing effectively in an electronic context through a combination of face-to-face and electronic-based tutorial sessions.
Added: 2005-06-20
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