Browse by author "Maurice C. Taylor"
1. Adult Education and the Law: A Collection and Examination of Legislation as it Bears on the Practice of Adult Education in Canada (1983)
Authors: Alan M. Thomas, Maurice C. Taylor
An introduction to the need for education professionals in Canada to study the laws from all levels of government that pertain to continuing education for adults. Includes a list of the titles of various provincial Acts and Regulations that bear on the practice of adult/continuing education.
Added: 1990-01-01
2. Adults Living with Limited Literacy and Chronic Illness: Patient Education Experiences (2010)
Adult Basic Education and Literacy Journal, 4(1),24-33
Authors: Judy King, Maurice C. Taylor
This study investigates how Canadians with limited literacy skills make sense of their patient-education experiences. The authors cite a Canadian Council on Learning (CCL) study indicating that 60 per cent of Canadians don’t have sufficient skills to manage their health and their health-care needs. That can mean difficulty in taking medications correctly or using health services effectively.
The authors note that research on the link between literacy and health has tended to focus on policy issues, program evaluation, and assessment tools. Patient education studies have centered on improving the readability of materials and increasing the awareness of literacy issues among health-care professionals. The authors instead sought to investigate the meaning of patient education experiences for adults with limited literacy and chronic illness and to ask how these patient experiences affected these adults and what types of barriers they encountered.
The authors divide their findings into five themes: roles and relationships; language and health-care interactions; living between worlds; mismatched expectations; and powerlessness. They also evaluate their findings through the lenses of adult learning theories and discuss the implications of their findings for all parties.
The authors provide a literature review and outline their research methodology.
Added: 2010-04-14
3. Collaborative learning in an Aboriginal Adult Literacy Centre (2008)
Authors: Debra Hauer, Maurice C. Taylor
This report, presented during the annual conference of the Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education (CASAE) in Vancouver in 2008, outlines a case study of an Aboriginal adult literacy centre. The study was framed by the concepts of guided participation and cognitive apprenticeship, which involve learning through guidance from an expert.
Results of the study show that adult learners moved through five phases of cognitive apprenticeship towards increased participation in the literacy community. The authors note that these findings point to particular patterns of guided participation in Aboriginal settings and broaden the understanding of a socio-cultural model of adult learning.
Added: 2011-08-16
4. Connecting Research With Policy (2004)
Series: Informal Learning Practices and Media Perceptions of Adults with Low Literacy Skills
Authors: Maurice C. Taylor, Glenn Pound
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
5. The Explanatory Power of an Early Framework of Good Practice Principles in Workplace Education (1997)
Authors: Maurice C. Taylor
This article analyzes 18 qualitative case studies of workplace education programs in Canada using a framework of principles of good practice. Results indicated that many of the components can be used as guide posts in the development of workplace education initiatives. In addition, certain framework components are supported, further defined and provide a foundational base for understanding the complexity of workplace learning.
Added: 1997-01-01
6. The Foundations of Adult Education in Canada (1993)
Book Review, A
Authors: Maurice C. Taylor
This is a review of the book "The Foundations of Adult Education in Canada" by Gordon Selman and Paul Dampier. The reviewer provides a summary of the book, and calls it "a well constructed and amply documented volume that does justice to the lively adult education scene in Canada."
Added: 1993-01-01
7. Informal Learning Practices of Adults With Limited Literacy Skills (2004)
A Research Summary
Series: Informal Learning Practices and Media Perceptions of Adults with Low Literacy Skills
Authors: Maurice C. Taylor
This research summary outlines a study done on the informal learning practices of adults with limited literacy skills. The types of learning activities outside of formal and non-formal adult education that Level 1 and Level 2 adults engage in their everyday lives at home, work and the community were examined.
The research summary 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
8. The Learning Lives of Adults With Low Literacy Skills (2004)
A Close-up Look at 10 Canadians
Series: Informal Learning Practices and Media Perceptions of Adults with Low Literacy Skills
Authors: Maurice C. Taylor
This report is about ten Canadian people who were categorized as Level 1 and Level 2 adults, according to the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS). It talks about the types of informal learning that goes on in their lives and how they practice their literacy skills. Included is an overview of the project, ten stories or narratives about some remarkable adults who have discovered learning in their own way, and annotated bibliography.
The report 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
9. Locus of Control and Completion in an Adult Retraining Program (1985)
Authors: Maurice C. Taylor
The central focus of the study was to investigate the relationship between locus of control of reinforcement and course completion of adult learners enrolled in an adult retraining program. The main hypothesis of this study is that adult learners who complete a Basic Training for Skill Development (BSTD) program are more internally controlled than those adults who do not complete the program.
Added: 1990-01-01
10. Locus of Control and Course Completion in Adult Basic Education (1994)
Authors: Maurice C. Taylor, Marvin W. Boss
The relationship between locus of control and course completion in an adult basic education program was investigated. Instruction was individualized; each learner was tutored by an adult volunteer. Those learners who completed the program were significantly more internally controlled than those who did not complete the program.
Added: 1994-01-01
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