"I've opened up" (2006)
Exploring Learners' Perspectives on Progress
By: Susan Lefebvre, Patricia Belding, Mary Brehaut, Sarah Dermer, Anne-Marie Kaskens, Emily Lord, Wayne McKay, Nadine Sookermany
This project explored what constitutes progress in community-based literacy programs from the perspective of learners. The research took place between December 2004 and January 2006.
This project explored learners' experiences and understanding of progress and sought to define and articulate this knowledge. The research showed the importance of understanding and valuing the perspectives learners have of their progress. We discovered numerous nonacademic outcomes critical to learners' progress that they associated with adult literacy programs. Learners realized very well what literacy can do for them and value the many nonacademic outcomes they experience in various facets of their lives. The learners' comments also provided insight into the richness and complexity of the learning outcomes and of the interactions between these outcomes, their program environment, the learning process and non-academic learning outcomes they achieved.
Funded by:
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- OLES
- Ontario Ministry of Education and Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities
Keywords:
- Academic success
- Achievement
- Adult basic education
- Adult basic literacy
- Adult learning
- Adult literacy
- Adult training
- Attitude change
- Attitudes
- Behaviour change
- Continuing education
- Employability
- Family literacy
- Goal setting
- Learning
- Lifelong learning
- Linguistics
- Literacy
- Participation in literacy programs
- Reading
- Real life materials
- Reports
- Research
- Resources
- Student opinions
- Students
- Success
- Will to learn
- Will to succeed
- Young adults
- Youth
Subjects:
- Adult Basic Education
- Adult Literacy
- Community based
- Libraries and Literacy
- Linguistics
- Literacy
- Literacy Awareness
- Meeting
- Reports
- Research
Added: 2006-05-25