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131. The CONNECT Supporting the Canadian Advancement of Literacy and Essential Skills (SCALES) – Phase One: Research Results (2011)
Series: SCALES Project
Authors: CONNECT Strategic Alliances
Collection: Research Materials
During the summer of 2010, researchers with the Supporting the Canadian Advancement of Literacy and Essential Skills (SCALES) project surveyed practitioners who work with unemployed and low-skilled workers to find out what resources they needed in order to incorporate a Literacy and Essential Skills (LES) approach into their work.
After reviewing this environmental scan, researchers concluded that trying to reach large numbers of practitioners at once was far too challenging, and a more focussed and strategic approach for data collection was required.
The revised research strategy addressed three key areas: what is and isn’t known about current approaches to LES in the context of active employment service provision; the needs of career development practitioners; and the opportunities available to develop and test tools.
Information collected through the revised research strategy has been used by the SCALES project team to develop tools that will be tested through pilot projects.
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Added: 2012-05-17
132. The CONNECT Supporting the Canadian Advancement of Literacy and Essential Skills (SCALES) Project - Environmental Scan (2010)
Series: SCALES Project
Authors: CONNECT Strategic Alliances
Collection: Research Materials
This document summarizes the key findings of research conducted between June and September 2010 as part of a project aimed at improving the employability of unemployed or underemployed Canadians by providing tools to identify their Literacy and Essential Skills (LES).
CONNECT Strategic Alliances, representing Ontario’s 24 publicly funded colleges, has undertaken the project in partnership with Nova Scotia Community College (NSCC) and Douglas College in British Columbia.
Through telephone interviews and online surveys, the researchers looked at the LES resources currently used by career practitioners and other professionals working with unemployed and low-skilled workers, and asked what resources are needed to help practitioners incorporate an LES approach into their work.
The authors note that while this environmental scan provided valuable data, low response rates in certain areas make it difficult to draw clear conclusions and point to the need for further study.
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Added: 2012-05-08
133. Connecting the Dots... (2007)
Linking Training Investment to Business Outcomes and the Economy
Authors: Canadian Council on Learning (CCL), Allan Bailey
Collection: Research Materials
Canada’s preparedness to compete in the increasingly competitive, knowledge-based, global marketplace appears to be in jeopardy because of a lack of awareness that investing in the human capacity of Canada’s workforce is paramount to success. This paper reviews some of the key issues relating to Canada’s economic performance and explores critical linkages between weak national productivity growth, business performance and underinvestment in training and skills development.
In their reflections, the authors consider the following questions: What is the real benefit to Canada’s national economy from training employees? What is the payoff to businesses for investing in training? What is the evidence that training improves the bottom line? Are there any credible and easy-to-use strategies organizations can adopt to evaluate business returns and performance improvements from training?
Added: 2008-06-19
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134. Connecting Literacy, Learning & Work (2008)
Authors: Christine Pinsent-Johnson
Collection: Learning Materials
This book is intended for those who work in adult literacy programs and are engaged in the on-going process of making connections between literacy, learning and work. It contains some research-based discussion, curriculum ideas, a few ready-to-use tools, interviews with instructors, and student photo stories. It is a book that tells a story about an adult literacy program that made changes to the way it thought about and taught literacy for adults who want to make changes to their working lives. Although there is one story, it is told from many perspectives: those of the students, the instructors, the program managers, published research and the author.
Added: 2009-05-20
135. 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
136. Connecting Supply and Demand in Canada's Youth Labour Market (2008)
CPRN Research Report
Authors: Canadian Policy Research Network, Richard Brisbois, Larry Orton, Ron Saunders
Collection: Research Materials
Canadian Policy Research Networks began the Pathways project in an attempt to shed more light on the paths young people take through school to the labour market and on the institutional and policy arrangements and values that support or hinder successful pathways. Through this project they hope to develop policy options that would improve young people's ability to identify, select and navigate pathways that lead to rewarding and productive lives. This is the eighth study that has been published in the series.
This particular paper focuses on "demand-side" issues in the youth labour market, how employer demand is conveyed to students and those who support them, and how well the skills that young people gain are utilized on the job.This report is based on a literature review, analyses of survey data and key informant interviews. It includes an executive summary, introduction, methodology section, listing of key websites and the following main chapters:
- The Use and Limitations of Occupational Projections
- Skill Utilization and Skill Development in the Workplace
- The Role of Employers in the School-to-Work Transition
- Policy Implications and Research Gaps
Added: 2008-06-12
137. Connecting to Workplaces (2004)
Validating Outcomes Demonstrations with Employers
Authors: Susan Taylor
Collection: Research Materials
From October 2003 to June 2004, Literacy Network Northeast conducted a job creation partnership project in Northeastern Ontario entitled the Workforce Skills Training project. This project involved hiring twelve researchers in eight communities throughout Northeastern Ontario. These researchers worked in literacy and basic skills funded agencies gathering information on entry-level jobs in the local labour market and creating job profiles.
This document is a report of the project and outlines the results of the pilot process and pros and cons regarding employer contact. It also summarizes what employers said, what conclusions were drawn from the results, what principles were learned due to the methods used as well as challenges encountered. This report includes a comprehensive executive summary, in addition to background information, a description of the project, results, recommendations and conclusions.
Added: 2008-06-12
138. Consultations on the Government of Canada's Proposal to Establish a Canadian Learning Institute (2003)
Authors: Benjamin Levin, Shirley Seward
Collection: Research Materials
This report outlines the views expressed over the course of consultations done in early 2003. The consultations were regarding the broad parameters of a proposed Canadian Learning Institute, including knowledge and information needs, mandate and organizational structure.
This report identifies areas where there seemed to be agreement and areas where views diverge, under three main themes: Overall views, Proposed mandate, Proposed governance and structure.
Added: 2006-08-10
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139. 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
140. Core Presuppositions of Balanced Reading Theory (2009)
Personal Reflections
Authors: George Demetrion
Collection: Research Materials
As a program manager and curriculum developer, the author has spent most of his career at the ground level of adult literacy education practice. He has investigated how adult literacy students take on the process of learning to read and how teachers, particularly volunteer tutors, have sought to help them.
The author reflects on how his efforts to increase his understanding of adult literacy reading theory and practice have affected his own position. He wants to open a discussion about these insights amidst the conflicting models found within the field, notwithstanding the increasingly pragmatic shift toward a balanced perspective.
The author divides his work into an introduction; an overview of balanced reading theory; core presuppositions; integrated reading theory and the role of successive approximation; concluding remarks; and references.
Added: 2009-04-16
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