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1. Learning About Participatory Approaches in Adult Literacy Education (2000)
Six research in practice studies
Authors: Mary Norton, Grace V. Malicky, Andrea Pheasey, Audrey Fofonoff, Deborah Morgan, Linda Keam
This document grew out of a research project sponsored by The Learning Centre Literacy Association in Edmonton, in collaboration with the University of Alberta Faculty of Education. Carried out between 1998 and 2000, the project explored participatory approaches and research in practice.
The resulting document includes six research reports, as well as chapters about participatory approaches; research in practice; and the project itself.
Specific reports focus on group process in a computer training program; practitioner-based research in a First Nations community; factors that can affect the sharing of the facilitator’s role in a women’s writing group; first steps in a participatory practice; challenges to sharing power in an adult literacy program; and reasons for non-participation in literacy programs.
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Added: 2002-12-24
2. Literacy Learning in a Community-Based Program (1997)
Authors: Grace V. Malicky, C. Herb Katz, Charles A. Norman, Mary Norton
The purpose of this research was to investigate the nature of literacy learning for 5 successful adult learners in a community-based program as well as to identify factors which supported their learning. A qualitative, case study approach was employed. The adults demonstrated both acceptance of and resistance to the dominant discourse on literacy. Consistent with expectations for community- based programs, empowerment was a predominant theme but tended to be more at an individual, rather than a social level.
Added: 1997-01-01
3. Participation Patterns in Adult Literacy Programs (1994)
Authors: Grace V. Malicky, Charles A. Norman, Grant Schellenber
Research generally shows that participation rates are low and dropout rates are high in adult literacy programs. This article discusses a three-year study, conducted in a Canadian context, which examined participation patterns of adults in literacy programs as well as past school experiences and reasons for entering and leaving literacy programs.
Added: 1994-01-01
4. Perceptions of Adult Literacy Learners About Themselves and Their Lives (1996)
Authors: Grace V. Malicky, Charles A. Norman
One purpose of the 3-year study reported in this paper was to understand the lives of participants in adult literacy programs in a large urban center in Canada from the perspectives of the program participants themselves. A second purpose involved asking them about perceived changes in them and in their lives as they participated in literacy programs. This information can be used to help tailor literacy programs to the adults' needs and the subjective realities of their lives.
Added: 1996-01-01
5. Perceptions of Literacy and Adult Literacy Programs (1995)
Authors: Grace V. Malicky, Charles A. Norman
There are numerous definitions of literacy but relatively few data on the views of adult learners in literacy programs regarding literacy and even fewer on the views of adult literacy instructors. This study examined the views of 94 learners and 31 teachers regarding literacy as well as the actual classroom experiences of a subgroup of learners. Results showed that learners tended to view literacy from a fundamental perspective but entered programs for job-related reasons. Their teachers viewed literacy from a functional perspective but presented programs that were fundamental in nature. Emancipatory views were reflected to a very limited extent in either views of literacy or actual classroom experiences.
Added: 1995-01-01
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