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31. Books in the Home Program - Turnagain Ptarmigan!: Where Did You Go? (2006)
Series: Books in the Home Program
Authors: NWT Literacy Council
Collection: Learning Materials
Books in the Home is a program used widely in Canada. The program is based on the belief that parents are children's first and most important teachers. In this program, parents learn to read and share books with their children in positive and enjoyable ways. The program promotes reading and writing of both parents and children.
This program manual has been written to assist community groups who are interested in organizing and delivering a Books in the Home program in their community.
The book used for the family literacy activities in this manual is Turnagain Ptarmigan!: Where Did You Go?. It includes different learning activities such as a rhymes/songs bingo, northern rhymes, word games and rhyming cards. Other activities are included.
Added: 2006-07-25
32. The bottom line, No. 1 (1996)
April 1996
Series: WWestNet's The bottom line
Authors: Western Canada Workplace Essential Skills Training Network (WWestNet)
Collection: Research Materials
This first issue begins with an introduction to the newsletter, explaining its purpose.
Other articles deal with an organizational needs assessment (ONA) at the Dynasty Wood Products furniture plant; a training project for community literacy coordinators in Alberta; and the partnership between the Government of Manitoba and the Workplace Education Manitoba Steering Committee.
This issue also includes an article about the Basic Skills Research Project, which involved gathering job information from 2,500 workers in hundreds of occupations in order to provide a basic-skills-requirements profile for each entry-level occupation.
Added: 2010-02-24
33. The bottom line, No. 10 (1998)
September 1998
Series: WWestNet's The bottom line
Authors: Western Canada Workplace Essential Skills Training Network (WWestNet)
Collection: Research Materials
An article in this issue focuses on the political issues underlying the development and delivery of essential-skills programs in the workplace. During a two-day workshop, practitioners and expert speakers discussed the need to understand the values and positions of stakeholders in workplace education.
Another article outlines ABC CANADA’s change in focus away from the provision of consulting services directly to business and labour, towards supporting the work of a range of local educational providers.
Other articles deal with the formation of an essential skills steering committee in Alberta; a workshop held in Edmonton for workplace education practitioners; and reviews of recent publications in the fields of adult literacy, workplace training and ESL – English as a Second Language.
Added: 2010-03-17
34. The bottom line, No. 11 (1999)
January 1999
Series: WWestNet's The bottom line
Authors: Western Canada Workplace Essential Skills Training Network (WWestNet)
Collection: Research Materials
This issue includes an account of a Winnipeg conference on training for the high-performance workplace and an update on trials for the first sets of questions for the Test of Workplace Essential Skills (TOWES).
Another article focuses on Speech Assisted Reading and Writing (SARAW), a talking computer program for students with physical disabilities. There is also an article focusing on the key role of essential skills in obtaining jobs in Calgary’s manufacturing plants.
The issue also includes reviews of publications on literacy policy and practice in Canada; basic education and institutional environments; and literacy skills for the knowledge society.
Added: 2010-03-17
35. The bottom line, No. 12 (1999)
April 1999
Series: WWestNet's The bottom line
Authors: Western Canada Workplace Essential Skills Training Network (WWestNet)
Collection: Research Materials
This issue contains an article dealing with an impact study carried out in Alberta to identify and address essential-skills needs in food-processing plants. The study was undertaken by the Alberta Food Processors Association (AFPA), in partnership with the Alberta Workforce Essential Skills Steering Committee (AWES)
Another article focuses on a Canada-wide research project entitled Workplace Education Development (WED): Customizing Accreditation Curricula, which studies the strategies being used by workplace educators to customize the delivery of established accreditation curricula such as the GED (General Education Diploma) to maximize learning.
A project to develop and pilot a training curriculum for construction craft labourers in Alberta is the focus of another article.
This issue also contains an item about the establishment of a workplace literacy project, Learning@Work, a joint undertaking of the Saskatchewan Labour Force Development Board (SLFDB) and the National Literacy Secretariat. There is also a review of a publication on the language of documents.
Added: 2010-04-07
36. The bottom line, No. 13 (1999)
July 1999
Series: WWestNet's The bottom line
Authors: Western Canada Workplace Essential Skills Training Network (WWestNet)
Collection: Research Materials
This issue’s lead article focuses on the award received by Winnipeg-based Bristol Aerospace for its efforts in workplace literacy. Bristol implemented its Adult Basic Education (ABE) program in 1995. To reduce the amount of time required to complete some of the training program, Bristol adopted Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition (PLAR), which allows employees to challenge for credit for skills they already possess, then take only the courses required to complete a certification process. The award was presented by the National Literacy Secretariat, Human Resources Development Canada.
Another article describes plans by the Alberta Food Processors Association (AFPA) for a labour market study, using Statistics Canada data to profile workforce demographics and conducting interviews with industry representatives to define future trends in the industry. The project also includes an inventory of training programs in the sector and an essential-skills needs assessment.
The issue contains an item about personnel changes at SkillPlan, the British Columbia Construction Industry Skills Improvement Council. There are also reviews of publications dealing with the Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP) system in the food-processing industry; and with a good-practice framework for analysing workplace education programs.
Added: 2010-04-07
37. The bottom line, No. 2 (1996)
July 1996
Series: WWestNet's The bottom line
Authors: Western Canada Workplace Essential Skills Training Network (WWestNet)
Collection: Research Materials
This issue’s lead article focuses on a workshop held in Saskatchewan to help educators adapt their skills and knowledge to the demands of workplace education programming.
Other articles deal with a conference held in Mexico on competency-based education; a look at the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS); the Calgary Learning Centre’s annual Breakfast of Champions; and a comparison of approaches to adult education.
Added: 2010-02-24
38. The bottom line, No. 3 (1996)
October 1996
Series: WWestNet's The bottom line
Authors: Western Canada Workplace Essential Skills Training Network (WWestNet)
Collection: Research Materials
This issue of the newsletter includes an account of a workshop addressing the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS)and its Canadian component. Another article deals with how reading and writing skills are applied in the construction industry. Other articles deal with a needs assessment carried out by the Alberta Restaurant and Foodservices Association; a program designed to introduce disadvantaged youth to skilled trades; an update on workplace literacy in the Northwest Territories; and a workplace literacy program initiated at a remote uranium mine site in Saskatchewan.
Added: 2010-02-24
39. The bottom line, No. 7 (1997)
October 1997
Series: WWestNet's The bottom line
Authors: Western Canada Workplace Essential Skills Training Network (WWestNet)
Collection: Research Materials
This issue includes an article on the Saskatchewan Federation of Labour’s Worker’s Education for Skills Training (WEST) program, which received a Training for Excellence award from the Saskatchewan Labour Force Development Board.
Another article deals with the lack of awareness of workplace essential skills revealed by the Linkage Project undertaken by Workplace Education Manitoba.
Further articles focus on a conference on plain language; an analysis of functional context education; and a needs assessment being carried out at Calgary food production plants.
Added: 2010-03-10
40. The bottom line, No. 8 (1998)
January 1998
Series: WWestNet's The bottom line
Authors: Western Canada Workplace Essential Skills Training Network (WWestNet)
Collection: Research Materials
This issue features an article on the movement by organized labour, particularly in western and northern Canada, to increase its role in providing basic education to working people. The goal is to see literacy become a tool for workers to effect social and economic change.
Other articles deal with efforts by the Alberta government to improve its apprenticeship programs; a Manitoba study of both common and sector-specific issues in emerging economic sectors; and a conference on workplace education hosted by ABC Canada.
Added: 2010-03-10
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