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Listen to
Learn Youth Literacy Project (2000)
by Gia Penna, Youth
Project Coordinator for Literacy Network Northeast (LLN)
Project was
established to : identify gaps in youth literacy service provisions; provide a
better understanding of the difficulties youth encounter in pursuing education;
identify reasons for youth dropping-out; provide recommendations to literacy
service providers on youth programs; understand what attracts youth to learn
and what discourages them, etc.
Contact: LLN, 38 Pine Street North, Suite 146,
Timmins, ON P4N 6K6
Tel. (705) 267-5663 or 1-800-489-7614 Fax (705)
267-5711,
literacy@ntl.sympatico.ca
Also available online at:
www.nt.net/~literacy/pg13Youth.htm
Workplace
Education Newfoundland and Labrador: A Guide to Support Workplace Education
(2002)
Workplace Education Steering Committee Newfoundland
and Labrador
Intended as a guide and resource for those in a position
to encourage workplace literacy and workplace education throughout the
province. Includes a CD with a study of best methods in workplace education in
Canada and recommendations for the development of workplace education in
Newfoundland and Labrador.
Contact:
Literacy Development Council of Newfoundland and Labrador, P.O. Box 8174, Stn.
A, St. John’s NF A1B 3M9
Tel. (709) 738-7323 or 1-800-563-1111 Fax
(709) 738-7353,
www.nald.ca/nfldlit.htm
The
Canadian Journal of the Study of Adult Education: Special Issue on Literacy
(2001)
Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education
(CASAE)
Special issue of the CASAE Journal on the theme of literacy. A
journal that is significant for the quality and range of topics it covers, also
includes several book reviews or recensions, such as on the book Too Scared to
Learn by Jenny Horsman.
Cost: $15
Contact: B. Allan Quigley,
Editor-in-Chief, CASAE, Dept of Education, St. Francis Xavier University, P.O.
Box 5000, Antigonish NS B2G 2W5
Tel. (902) 867-3244
aquigley@stfx.ca
www.oise.utoronto.ca/CASAE/main.html
READ Kit
(2001)
Adult Basic Education Association (ABEA)
A
tool that allows social workers using a simple ordered process to recognize
signs of low skills, examine current skills, goals and needs, advise clients of
options and document findings in order to make appropriate referrals. Developed
in consultation with Ontario Works workers in Hamilton and Niagara regions.
Cost: $10
Contact: ABEA, 22 King St. East, Hamilton ON L8N 1A3
Tel. (905) 527-2222, Fax (905) 527-2166
abeall@sprint.ca
www.abea.on.ca/
Action
Research in Workplace Education: A Handbook for Literacy Instructors
(2002)
by Maurice Taylor, Partnerships in Learning
A
handbook about how to use action research in workplace education programs.
Crafted around the idea that action research can help change literacy practices
in teaching and learning. Illustrates how an instructor can actually become a
researcher.
Contact: Maurice Taylor, U.
of Ottawa, Faculty of Education, 45 Jean-Jacques Lussier, P.O. Box 450, Station
A, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5
Tel. (613) 562-5800 ext. 4037 Fax (613) 562-5146
MTAYLOR@uottawa.ca
Also available online at :
www.nald.ca/CLR/action/cover.htm
Creating a
Rural Literacy Centre: Handbook for Literacy Practitioners
(2001)
by Sandra Craswell, Words Work Literacy Society
Displays the progress of Words Work Centre’s research which lead to
developing a rural literacy centre. Contents include : The Vision, Opening
Doors, Operations and Sustaining a Centre.
Contact: Vesna Kavaz, Literacy Coordinator,Words
Work Literacy Society, 4705 - 49 Ave., Athabasca AB T9S 1B7
Tel. (780)
675-5650,
Vesna_Kavaz@aaal.ab.ca
www.nald.ca/wordwork.htm
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