This issue includes an account of a Winnipeg conference on training for the high-performance workplace and an update on trials for the first sets of questions for the Test of Workplace Essential Skills (TOWES).
An article in this issue focuses on the political issues underlying the development and delivery of essential-skills programs in the workplace. During a two-day workshop, practitioners and expert speakers discussed the need to understand the values and positions of stakeholders in workplace education.
This is a book review that appears in Adults Learning for June 2004, Volume 15, Number 10, pp. 28-29. It illustrates the continuing struggle that adult literacy educators and learners are engaged in all around the world.
A Guide to Good Canadian Materials for Women Learning to Read
This document is a resource guide to good Canadian literacy materials for women. The first of its kind, the guide reflects a commitment to both a literacy practice that puts students first, and a feminist perspective, which recognizes the need for materials that deal with the particular realities of women's lives. It features reviews of selected books and pamphlets of special interest to women learning to read.
A review of the book, "Using Research and Reason in Education: How Teachers Can Use Scientifically Based Research to Make Curricular & Instructional Decisions", by P.J. Stanovich and K.E. Stanovich
This book review from CONNECT features a series of four computer guides produced by the Halifax Immigrant Learning Centre. The four guides are titled: Corel Word Perfect 8, Microsoft Word 97, Microsoft Word 2000 and The Internet: Using Microsoft Explorer.
This book review from CONNECT highlights Computers in the Classroom - A Collaborative Approach by Ann Haney. This book is an in-depth outline of an approach to utilizing technology as a tool in adult literacy education.
This book review from CONNECT features The Technology Toolkit, the account of a literacy and technology initiative by the Brooklyn Public Library. The Technology Toolkit describes the learners' experiences with this program, and provides a resource for instructors who wish to help adults learn computer skills.
