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- Adult Numeracy Frameworks
- The Literacy Bookshelf
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- Training for the Enhancement of Online Educational Resources
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| NALD Networks | Volume 9 • Issue 1 |
Brigid Hayes Officially Recognised
for
Her Contribution to Literacy
Brigid Hayes’ contribution to literacy in Canada was officially recognised in December 2003 with her receiving the NALD Award for Contributions to Literacy. Her knowledge of and experience in workplace literacy made her an expert in this field, and she has undertaken significant activities to both help promote literacy and enhance literacy and lifelong learning.
Brigid Hayes receiving the NALD Award for Contributions
to Literacy
from Charles Ramsey, Executive Director of NALD
From 1989 until 2003, Brigid Hayes was a Program Consultant with the National Literacy Secretariat, Human Resources Development Canada. Her responsibilities included NLS partnerships with business and labour, workplace literacy, and policy issues. Brigid served with the Department of the Secretary of State from 1984 as a policy officer for youth, aboriginal people and voluntary action, and from 1987 as Director of the Voluntary Action Directorate. Before entering the federal public service, she worked for several years as a consultant in program and policy development with clients from the criminal justice field, women’s organizations, aboriginal women’s organizations and the voluntary sector.
In 2003, was afforded the opportunity to work with the Canadian Labour and Business Centre (CLBC). She now works at the CLBC as a Senior Researcher. Her work there will undoubtedly continue to be beneficial to the literacy community in Canada. The CLBC’s mission is to improve business and labour practices in Canada and to provide public policy advice on labour market and skills issues. For further information on the CLBC, please visit the website at http://www.clbc.ca.
[Part of the biographical information in this article was adapted from the report published in 1996, entitled Workshops on "Literacy, Economy and Society", hosted by Wwestnet, The Western Canada Workplace Essential Skills Training Network, and sponsored by the National Literacy Secretariat.]
Adult Numeracy Frameworks
by Irene Blayney
During the summer of 2004, the Literacy and Basic Skills Program of the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board will publish a survey of Adult Numeracy Frameworks.
This survey report, researched and written by Lisa Hagedorn, describes frameworks that are used to support adult numeracy education in Ontario and in five countries outside of Canada : England, Scotland, Ireland, the United States and Australia. It also briefly describes the numeracy framework used in the recent Adult Literacy and Lifeskills Survey.
The report ends with a lengthy discussion, in the form of questions and answers, of the issues that arise from the collection of frameworks. Some of the questions are:
What purpose does an adult numeracy framework serve?
Can we use K-12 curricula as frameworks for adult numeracy education?
How should skills and knowledge be distributed across sub-topics and levels — what is easier, what is more difficult?
How might a numeracy framework be different from a literacy framework?
How can we develop and implement a framework?
What lies beyond development and implementation?
The report’s introduction is helpful for people who are new to adult numeracy. It offers recommendations for how to present a framework as well as practical ideas to those who are developing frameworks. It also has an extensive list of references that is useful for those who would like to know still more.
The report will be available in hard copy from the LBS Program of the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board. The board will have a limited number of copies to distribute for free, and will sell more at cost.
The report will also be available in PDF and full-text on the NALD Website. This research was funded by the National Literacy Secretariat and the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities of Ontario.
For more information:
Irene Blayney, Ottawa-Carleton District School Board, Tel. (613) 239-2656,
Email: irene_blayney@ocdsb.edu.on.ca