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1. Information Literacy Report: the National Forum on Information Literacy (1989)
This article provides a summary of the Information Literacy Report. The National Forum on Information Literacy was established in November of 1989 to focus attention within the United States on the importance of information literacy to individuals, to the economy and to citizenship. The Forum is committed to fostering public awareness and support for the role of education in the development of information literate people. Forum members agreed with the authors of the report that information literacy is an essential ability for all people.
Added: 1990-01-01
2. Workplace Literacy Assessment Tools (1989)
Authors: Maurice C. Taylor
One of the most important elements in setting up a workplace basic skills program is the assessment of the individual employee. Because this field is still evolving, research on different “assessment instruments” used in these programs is sketchy. However, evaluating the appropriateness of existing literacy instruments for use in workplace basic skills programs may provide some insight into further test development strategies.
This document is a technical review of three such instruments: the Canadian Adult Achievement Test (CAAT); Tests of Adult Basic Education (TABE), Forms 5 and 6; and The Gates-MacGinitie Reading Tests (GMRT), Canadian Edition. Each test was reviewed for content, development, and usability.
Added: 1990-01-01
3. Workplace Literacy Demands (1989)
Authors: Maurice C. Taylor
The purpose of this study was to identify the literacy requirements of 10 college vocational training programs and their corresponding occupations. This document estimates the “readability” of the curriculum of the vocational courses and of the materials used at the job site. Results may help to improve instruction and assist basic education students in making more accurate career choices based on their skills.
Added: 1990-01-01
4. Making Adult Basic Skills More Meaningful (1989)
Authors: Maurice C. Taylor
The information contained in this report illustrates the literacy related competencies of ten skill training programs and their corresponding occupations. The report can be used in several ways. It can be read in the sequence in which the project was conducted - literature review, methodology, presentation of results and strategies to improve instruction. In addition, the different chapters can be used as separate units depending upon the role of the instructor.
Added: 1990-01-01
5. Reaching-Out Approaches (1989)
Adult Literacy Initiatives For New Brunswick
The need to encourage more Canadian adults to upgrade their basic literacy skills (reading, writing and mathematics) grows each year. Even though proven teaching methods exist and dollars are available, the central problem remains: how to reach out to recruit and retain those who could benefit from upgrading efforts.
A workshop on April 14 and 15, 1989, brought together 90 teachers, learners, volunteers, labour leaders, representatives of government agencies, and others to identify reaching- out approaches which they had found to be successful. This booklet records these practical and proven methods, in the hope that others will find them useful in the effort to help more New Brunswickers improve their lives by participating in literacy skills/development.
Added: 1990-01-01
6. Exemplary Adult Literacy Programs and Innovative Practices in Canada (1989)
Authors: Audrey M Thomas
The author was asked to "research and report in writing on existing programs and delivery mechanisms for adult literacy that might be seen as 'exemplary' by adult literacy practitioners in British Columbia." This report provides descriptive case-studies of thirteen innovative adult literacy programs in Canada, many of which have been in existence for nearly ten years or more and thus have a track record. Some of the thirteen are younger, but were chosen because of some innovative practices or project(s) in which they are engaged. After these descriptions there are five shorter descriptions of programs or parts of programs which are particularly innovative or serve to illustrate a particular point. Finally, there is a list of some innovative practices among Native groups in Ontario.
Added: 2002-07-31
7. Opening the Doors to Lifelong Learning:Empowering Undereducated Adults (1989)
Authors: Provincial Literacy Advisory Committee, The
This report provides an extensive analysis of the adult literacy issue in B.C. and presents the details of the strategy to address the need. It recommends, among other things, that government investment in adult literacy should be increased by 100% for 1990-91 and in lesser amounts for the four following years, and that government should signify its long term commitment by confirming adult literacy as a policy priority.
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Added: 2003-02-10
8. The Best of CCLOW Networks (1989)
Women's Education Des Femmes, 1979-1989, Vol. 7, No. 2
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
In honour of CCLOW's 10th anniversary, the Editorial Board asked each network to contribute a piece on what they felt had been their greatest accomplishment. This article contains the stories.
Added: 2004-03-25
9. Breaking with Tradition: Women in Blue Collar Work (1989)
Women's Education des femmes, Sept. 1989 - vol.7 no. 3
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Chandra Russell
In this article, the author talks about women in non-traditional occupations.
Added: 2004-03-25
10. CCLOW Journey (1989)
Women's Education des femmes, 1979-1989, Vol. 7, No. 2
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Lynn Fogwill
This article was written by one of the "founding mothers" of CCLOW. Lynn Fogwill describes CCLOW's beginnings and growth over the years.
Added: 2004-03-25
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