Recommended
Resources
These resources have been recommended by Summer Institute participants
ArticlesCurricula
Definitions and Concepts
Manuals and Guides
Program Information
Research Reports
Resource Binders
Websites
Miscellaneous
College
Sector
Committee for Adult Upgrading (2009). Defining
Essential Skills. Retrieved
from http://www.collegeupgradingon.ca/current/definitions/ESdefinitions.pdf
Belfiore,
M.E….et. al. (2004).
Reading Work
Literacies in the New
Workplace. Routledge
Brinkerhoff,
R.O. (2003). The
Success Case Method: Find out quickly what's working and what's not. San
Francisco, CA: Berrett-Koehler
Draves
, W.A. (1997). How
to Teach Adults. LERN Books.
Evetts,
J. (1996) Document
Literacy: A guide for workplace trainers and educators.
Burnaby, BC: SkillPlan BC Construction Industry Skills Improvement
Council
Hammond,
K. & Bennett, K. (2000). Sectoral
Needs Assessment: A process for
essential skills analysis.
Alberta Workforce Essential Skills Committee
Jordan,
D.R., (2000). Understanding
and Managing Learning
Disabilities in Adults: Professional practices in adult education and
human resource
development. Melbourne, FL:
Krieger Publishing Company
LaRoche,
L.
(2003). Managing
Cultural Diversity in
Technical Professions.
Butterworth- Heinemann
LaRoche,
L,
& Rutherford, D. (2007). Recruiting,
Retaining and Promoting Culturally Different Employees. Butterworth-Heinemann
Ontario
Literacy Coalition (2000). The
Level
Descriptions Manual: A learning outcomes approach
to describing
levels of skill in communications & numeracy.
Toronto, ON:
Ontario Literacy Coalition
Reder,
S.
& Bynner, J. (2009). Tracking Adult
Literacy and Numeracy Skills. New
York, NY:
Routledge.
Saslow,
J. (2002). Workplace
Plus 2: Living and working in
English. Longman
Workbase
(2003). A
Tutor's Guide: Initial Assessment.
Retrieved May 10, 2010, from http://www.workbase.org.nz/Resource.aspx?ID=209
Workplace
Education Manitoba (n.d.). Snapshot
for Customer Service
Representatives. Retrieved May
10, 2010, from http://www.wem.mb.ca/uploads/PDFs/awarenessinfo/ES%20Snapshots/Snapshot_Customer%20Service%20Representatives.pdf
Pathway
to Progress (PTP) (2007). Workforce
Literacy & Essential Skills
Instructional Guidelines
Pathway
to Possibilities (2008). Signposts:
A Practical Curriculum for Guiding Instruction and Informal Assessment
in the Classroom. Toronto, ON:
PTP of Toronto
Simcoe/Muskoka Literacy Network (2008). Bridging the Employment Gap - Clerical. Retrieved June 11, 2010, from http://www.nald.ca/library/learning/gap/clerical/cover.htm
SkillPlan
(1996). Document
Use at Work. Burnaby, BC:
SkillPlan, BC Construction Industry Skills
Improvement Council
SkillPlan
(2003). Numeracy
at Work. Burnaby, BC:
SkillPlan, BC Construction Industry
Skills Improvement Council.
SkillPlan
(2005). Reading
at Work: Workplace Reader.
Burnaby, BC: SkillPlan, BC Construction Industry
Skills Improvement Council.
SkillPlan
(2006). Reading
at Work: Facilitator's Guide.
Burnaby, BC: SkillPlan, BC Construction
Industry Skills Improvement Council
SkillPlan
(2007). Developing
Work-Related Learning Materials.
Burnaby, BC: SkillPlan,
BC
Construction Industry Skills Improvement Council
SkillPlan
(2009). Thinking
Strategies for Numeracy.
Burnaby, BC: SkillPlan, BC Construction Industry
Skills Improvement Council
SkillPlan (2010). Six Steps to Mentoring. Burnaby, BC: SkillPlan, BC Construction Industry Skills Improvement Council
Australian
Bureau of Statistics. (2006 reissue). Adult Literacy and
Life Skills Survey,
Summary Results, Australia.
Retrieved May 24, 2010, from
http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/Lookup/4228.0Main+Features12006%20(Reissue)?OpenDocument
Australian
Industry Group. (2010). National
Workforce Literacy Project:
Employer views on workplace literacy and numeracy skills, their impact
on
business and the most effective measures for improving skills.
Retrieved May
24, 2010, from http://www.aigroup.com.au/policy/reports
Bélanger,
P. & Daniau, S.
(2008).
La
formation de base dans les petites et moyenne entreprises: pratiques
et modèles novateurs : synthèse
bibliographique internationale.
Montréal,
QC : CIRDEP, Université du Québec
à Montréal
Canadian
Manufacturers and Exporters (2009).
Business
Results Through Essential Skills and Literacy.
Mississauga,
ON: Canadian Manufacturs &
Exporters (CME)
The
Centre for Literacy of Quebec.
(2009). Workplace
Literacy & Essential
Skills: What works? and why?
[Literature Review]. Montreal, QC: The Centre
for Literacy
The
Conference Board of Canada
(2005).
Profiting from Literacy: Creating a
sustainable workplace literacy
program. Toronto, ON: The
Conference Board of Canada
Construction
Sector Council (2010). The
Business Case
for Essential Skills in Construction.
Retrieved from
http://www.csc-ca.org/pdf/CSC_BusinessCaseEssentialSkills_en.pdf
Corbeil,
J-P.
(2006). Le
volet canadien de l’Enquête
Internationale sur l’alphabétisation et les
compétences des adultes de 2003
(EIACA) : état de la situation chez les
minorités de langue officielle. Ottawa :
Statistique Canada. Retrieved May 2006
from
http://www.statcan.ca/francais/research89-552-MIF/89-552-MIF2006015.pdf
Miners,
R. (2010).
People without
Jobs, Jobs without People:
Ontario’s labour market future. Retrieved
June 11, 2010, from
http://www.collegesontario.or/research/other/people-without-jobs-jobs-without-people-final.pdf
Murray,
T.S.
(2009). Addressing
Canada’s Literacy Challenge:
A cost benefit analysis. Data
Angel. Retrieved from http://www.dataangel.ca/en/cost-benefit-jan26.pdf
Praxis
Research and Consulting (2008). Impacts
of Workplace Supported Literacy and
Essential Skills Enhancement in Small and Medium-Sized Businesses in
Canada. Halifax,
NS: Praxis Research and Consulting.
PTO (2007). Workforce Literacy and Essential Skills: Increasing student success through contextualized learning. Toronto, ON
Leveson, N. (2004). A New Accident Model for Engineering Safer Systems. Safety Science (42) 4. Retrieved from http://sunnyday.mit.edu/accidents/safetyscience-single.pdf
Federal Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Workplace English, Literacy and Language (WELL) program, from http://www.deewr.gov.au/Skills/Programs/LitandNum/WorkplaceEnglishLanguageandLiteracy/Pages/default.aspx
Association
of Canadian Community
Colleges Website: http://www.accc.ca/essentialskills
Association
of
Workplace Educators of North
Amerca (AWENS): http://www.awens.ca
Human
Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) –
Essential Skills: http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/workplaceskills/essential_skills/general/home.shtml
Human
Resources and Skills Development Canada. ‘Readers'
Guide to Essential Skills Profiles’: http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/workplaceskills/essential_skills/general/readers_guide_whole.shtml
Laubach
Literacy
Ontario, Laubach Training System: http://www.laubach-on.ca/teach/members/trainingsystem
Literacy
Victoria's Workforce Literacy
and Essential Skills: http://www.literacyvictoria.ca/programs/workforce-literacy-and-essential-sills-wles
National
Centre for
Vocational Education Research, ‘Adult literacy
resource’: http://www.adultliteracyresource.edu.au/Introduction
Northern
Light's Pre-employment
Workplace Essential Skills: http://www.nlc.bc.ca/public.program.php
Nova
Scotia School for Adult Learning (NSSAL): http://www.goNSSAL.ca
Nova
Scotia Workplace Education: http://www.nsworkplaceeducation.ca
Ontario
Sklls Passport: http://edu.gov.on.ca/OSPWeb/jsp/en/login.jsp
PTP
Adult Learning and Employment
Programs: http://ptp.ca/programs/literacy
"Un cours n’est pas conçu pour celui qui enseigne, mais pour celui qui apprend!": http://didapro.wordpress.com
Holt,
J. (rev. 1995). How
Children Fail. Cambridge, MA:
Da Capo Press