Download or read book Literacy for Socio economic Integration of Marginalized Adults microform a Case Study of a Canadian Pre employment Training Program written by Alam, Matiul and published by National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada. This book was released on 1996 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Skills Upgrading for Ontario Working Age Adults An Environmental Scan of Programs Gaps and Opportunities Final Report written by Jean-Pierre Voyer and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report (101 pages), from the Social Research and Demonstration Corporation, summarises the findings of an analysis of existing gaps and promising Canadian and international approaches to workforce and workplace training for low-skilled adults. The study involved an environmental scan of existing Ontario literacy and essential skills (LES) programs; a scan of other selected jurisdictions (including New Zealand) to identify promising approaches in both LES workforce and workplace training; a detailed examination of the most promising LES program models; and to conduct a preliminary analysis of the feasibility of implementing such approaches in the Ontario context. Of particular interest were those programs with a sectoral focus or those that aimed to address problems of persistence through a pathways approach or by better integrating literacy and occupational training. Table of contents: Part 1: Introduction Part 2 : Workplace LES programs * Key trends, perspectives and practices (Workplace LES in Ontario. Key trends. Theoretical perspectives) * Learning needs of Ontario low-skilled adults (Learner profiles. Learner needs: Effective practices and program responses. Further research needed) * Canadian models for delivering workplace literacy training (Model 1: General literacy skills approach. Model 2: Essential Skills approach tailored to SMEs. Model 3: An integrated approach to Essential Skills tailored to large firms. Model 4: Sectoral approach. Model 5a: Manitoba. Model 5b: Nova Scotia) * Evidence about program effectiveness (Effectiveness of the general literacy skills approach. Effectiveness of essential skills approaches. Effectiveness of province-wide approaches. Match to learner needs) * Workplace literacy -- International models (Australia. New Zealand. United Kingdom. United States) * Consultations (Consultation findings) * Feasibility analysis * Recommended Next Steps Part 3: Workforce LES Programs * Literacy and essential skills training as part of a workforce development system (What is workforce employment and training? How has workforce development evolved? Learner needs. Recent developments and key issues. Effective Practices) * Promising approaches to workforce development (Integrated LES and employment: The Foundations Program. Worker Support and Advancement Centre Model. Ontario pathways programs. Comprehensive career pathways approach: making the pieces fit) * Consultations (Consultation findings) * Feasibility analysis * Recommended Next Steps References Appendix A : Case study summary chart Appendix B : Interview participants and protocol for Workplace LES Consultations Appendix C: Protocol for Workforce LES Consultations.

Download or read book The Land that We Dream of written by Elaine Gaber-Katz and published by Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. This book was released on 1991 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Training for the New Economy written by Gordon Betcherman and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Food for thought Piloting an integrated workforce literacy and Essential Skills pre culinary program written by Metro Toronto Movement for Literacy and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report (24 pages), by Pathways Training and Metro Toronto Movement for Literacy, describes the design and development of an integrated workforce literacy and essential skills pre-culinary program for marginalized adults. By integrating classroom components, practical application and employment services, this pilot project was designed to create a holistic, comprehensive learning experience with supports that would facilitate a seamless transition to further training or employment in the food services sector. This report describes the program and its outcomes as experienced by students and frontline staff; interviews with project personnel; student surveys and focus groups; a wrap-up meeting with project personnel; 3 month follow-up conversations with students and phone interviews with employers. Table of contents: * Introduction * Project rationale * Essential program elements * The workforce literacy and Essential Skills pre-culinary program * Project participants * Outcomes and experiences * Learnings and looking ahead * Conclusion.

Download or read book Neoliberal Conceptual Framing and the Disappearing of Marginalized Adults from the Basic Adult Education Learning Landscape in Ontario written by Laura Ellen Wyper and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract This study of Literacy and Basic Skills (LBS) programs that are funded under the provincial Ministry of Advanced Education and Skills Development (MAESD) in Ontario looks at the potential first and second order effects of MAESD LBS policy changes since 2012. This study brings to bear an anti-colonial and anti-oppressive practice lens, in order to examine the potential for, and implications of marginalization and displacement within a number of adult basic education programs in the province of Ontario. A component of this study will consider comparisons between Northern and Southern Ontario. Twenty-two LBS administrators and practitioners across Ontario-who between them have a cumulative knowledge of approximately 50 LBS sites in the province-were interviewed. These site administrators and practitioners were invited to participate after having been selected on the basis of sampling across both Northern and Southern Ontario from the Learning Networks of Ontario by LBS streams (Francophone, Deaf, Aboriginal, and English) and sectors (College, School Board, Community-based). Northern LBS site sampling included sites in the three Northern Regional Literacy Networks. Southern LBS site sampling included sampling by stream and sector in the sixteen (in total) Eastern, Western, and Southern Regional Literacy Networks. Interviews were semi-structured with "what would you do in this situation" vignette scenarios which could be expanded by the administrators and practitioners. The potential displacement of adult education students that seems to be happening in Northern and rural Ontario LBS is discussed, as is the marginalization of senior learners, developmentally delayed learners, and English Second Language learners from some sites. The implications of these results are discussed in relation to issues concerning equity in education, how New Public Management and neoliberal conceptual framing can create erasure as a consequence of second order policy effects, and the relationship between practitioner response and gatekeeping. Further discussions of practitioner self-efficacy, practitioner resistance, and meaning making at work, related to sustainable place-based community development ideologies, rooted in our diversity of economic, geographic and socio-cultural needs, for more holistic, multilingual education models and decolonial praxis are all explored.

Download or read book Adult Literacy Perspectives written by Maurice Charles Taylor and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: Discusses adult education and literacy programs in Canada and worldwide. Emphasizes two broad viewpoints: the quantitative, accountable, and technological approach to teaching literacy and basic skills education, i.e. "teacher-centered approach," and the qualitative, learner-evaluated humanistic approach, "learner-centered approach."

Download or read book Crossing the Great Divides written by Paul Porter and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Making Meaning Making Change written by Elsa Auerbach and published by Delta Publishing. This book was released on 1992 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TESOL / ESL Teaching.

Download or read book Theoretical Perspectives on Gender and Development written by Jane L. Parpart and published by IDRC. This book was released on 2000 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theoretical Perspectives on Gender and Development demytsifies the theory of gender and development and shows how it plays an important role in everyday life. It explores the evolution of gender and development theory, introduces competing theoretical frameworks, and examines new and emerging debates. The focus is on the implications of theory for policy and practice, and the need to theorize gender and development to create a more egalitarian society. This book is intended for classroom and workshop use in the fields ofdevelopment studies, development theory, gender and development, and women's studies. Its clear and straightforward prose will be appreciated by undergraduate and seasoned professional, alike. Classroom exercises, study questions, activities, and case studies are included. It is designed for use in both formal and nonformal educational settings.

Download or read book Global Report on Adult Learning and Education written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Local Agenda 21 Planning Guide written by International Development Research Centre (Canada) and published by IDRC. This book was released on 1996 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Local Agenda 21 Planning Guide: An introduction to sustainable development planning

Download or read book Societies Social Inequalities and Marginalization written by Raghubir Chand and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-04-04 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an overview of marginality or marginalization, as a concept, characterizing a situation of impediments – social, political, economic, physical, and environmental – that impact the abilities of many people and societies to improve their human condition. It examines a wide range of examples and viewpoints of societies struggling with poverty, social inequality and marginalization. Though the book will be especially interesting for those looking for insights into the situation and position of ethnic groups living in harsh mountainous conditions in the Himalayan region, examples from other parts of the world such as Kyrgyzstan, Israel, Switzerland and Finland provide an opportunity for comparison of marginality and marginalization from around the world. Also addressed are issues such as livelihood, outmigration and environmental threats, taking into account the conditions, scale and perspective of observation. Throughout the text, particular attention is given to the context and concept of ‘marginalization’, which sadly remains a persistent reality of human life. It is in this context that this book seeks to advance our global understanding of what marginalization is, how it is manifested and what causes it, while also proposing remedial strategies.

Download or read book Landscapes of Literacy written by Maria Luisa Canieso- Doronila and published by Luzac Oriental. This book was released on 1996 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirteen marginal Philippine communities were examined in an ethnographic study of the meaning of functional literacy and whether literacy invariably promotes development. The 13 sites were purposely selected to provide a broad sampling from three standpoints: (1) major livelihood and form of economic activity (farming, fishing, urban poor, disaster areas); (2) ethnolinguistic grouping (Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao); and (3) lifestyle or rhythm of life in the community (traditional, transitional, Moslem Filipino minority, lowland Christian majority, urban poor, developmental). The sample functional literacy rate in the study's communities ranged from 34.4% to 79.8%. Special attention was paid to the following topics: community life as a context of literacy practice; community knowledge and the passage to a literate tradition; different practices, meanings, and definitions of functional literacy in different contents; constraints in the relationship between literacy and development; and possibilities for literacy in conceptualizing a school of the people. The study demonstrated that the concepts of literacy and numeracy cannot be separated from their social and cultural settings and that standard measures of literacy used in industrialized countries are often inappropriate in other nations. (Eleven tables/figures are included. The report contains 41 references. Appended is information about the quantitative method and data analysis.) (MN)

Download or read book Integrating Lifelong Learning Perspectives written by Carolyn Medel-Añonuevo and published by UNESCO. This book was released on 2002 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains the major papers presented during the International Conference on Lifelong Learning: Global Perspectives on Education, held in Beijing, China, from 1 to 3 July 2001. Almost 200 participants from government agencies, academic institutions, research organizations, multilateral agencies and non-government organizations from 40 countries, shared their policies and practices on lifelong learning in their respective contexts. This compilation illustrates the range of perspectives and practices in different parts of the world. The organizers of this conference, the Beijing Academy of Educational Sciences, the Chinese National Commission of UNESCO, the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, the Socrates Program of the European Commission and the UNESCO Institute for Education looked forward to the unique opportunity of bringing together such a range of stakeholders, not only for exchanging experiences but more important, to collectively reflect and analyse the implications for policy and educational practices of such discourses and experiences.

Download or read book Cast off Youth written by Thomas G. Sticht and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1987-09-30 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report summarises a two-year study of the US military's experiences with "cast-off" youth. It details how the military tested, trained and employed personnel generally considered untrainable and unemployable because of low aptitude scores on military selection tests. This report analyses the experiments conducted by the armed forces to develop effective training for youth from the low end of the mental quality spectrum. Information on policy implications and details of training methods are discussed. * Cast-off youth Part 1: Employing the umemployable * Mental standards in the military * The low-aptitude soldier in World War II and the Korean conflict * Vietnam and Project 100,000 * The All-Volunteer Force and the ASVAB miscalculation * Cast-off youth in perspective Part 2: The functional-context training approach * Military strategies for using low-aptitude personnel * Functional-context technical training * Functional-context literacy training Part 3: Developing an experimental functional-context training curriculum * Survey of electronics training programs and the electronics industry * A functional-context training electronics technician's course * Cast-off youth: Summary and recommendations Appendix: Mental quality and military service: An interview with Robert S. McNamara.

Download or read book Stacking the Deck written by Bruce Curtis and published by James Lorimer & Company. This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction Chapter One "So Many People": Ways of Seeing Class Differences in Schooling Chapter Two The Origins of Educational Inequality in Ontario Chapter Three Streaming in the Elementary School Chapter Four Streaming in the Secondary School Chapter Five Unstacking the Deck: A New Deal for Our Schools Abstract Bibliography