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Research in Practice in
Adult Literacy
Research in Practice is literacy research carried out by or with practitioners and students directly engaged in adult literacy teaching and learning.
The links below will help you to locate information about and examples of adult literacy Research in Practice work, using the Internet and the AlphaPlus Library Catalogue.
On the Internet
"It simply makes us better" Learning from Literacy Research in Practice Networks: A Resource for Literacy Research in Practice in Canada - This report examines Research in Practice networks in the UK, the US and Australia as models for developing similar Canadian networks.
http://www.nald.ca/ripal/Resourcs/simply/english/simply.pdf
A framework to encourage and support practitioner involvement in adult literacy research in practice in Canada. - This paper defines research in practice and describes the supports that need to be in place to promote its development in Canada.
http://www.nald.ca/library/research/Framwrk/Framwrk.pdf
ALNARC (Adult Literacy and Numeracy Australian Research Consortium) - Actively seeks to develop a of a 'visible culture' of research in Australian adult literacy and numeracy, including documentation of research projects and sponsoring, sponsoring practitioner researchers to investigate their own practice.
http://www.staff.vu.edu.au/alnarc/
Dancing in the dark how do adults with little formal education learn?, How do practitioners do collaborative research? - A Research in Practice project conducted by literacy practitioners in British Columbia.
http://www.nald.ca/library/research/dark/dark.pdf
Developing a framework for research in practice in adult literacy in Canada - A description of an ongoing project, that will result in an inventory that describes current of research activities, and an analysis of the conditions necessary to support research in practice as well as recommendations, based on analysis of the data collected as part of the inventory, that provide a strategic framework or future practice and policy
http://www.nald.ca/fulltext/framewk/page1.htm
Festival of literacies. - This project at OISE seeks to create an open learning space for everyone engaged in adult literacy teaching. Activities include scheduled face to face and online workshops on a range of ideas and issues in adult literacy and research-in practice.
http://www.literaciesoise.ca/index.htm
From the ground up : A Research in Practice approach to Outcome-Oriented Program Evaluation - Description of a three year research project (2005-2007) underway through RiPAL B.C.
http://www2.literacy.bc.ca/Research/groundup/groundup.pdf
I’ve opened up: exploring learners perspectives on progress - A Research in Practice project conducted by literacy practitioners in 5 community-based literacy programs in Ontario
http://www.nald.ca/ppr/FinalProgressReport.pdf
Literacies online : a place to connect, collaborate, create - A Canadian journal about adult literacy research and practice. Visit the web site to sample articles in past issues,participate in or review past Web forums and to subscribe to the journal.
http://www.literacyjournal.ca/
Literacy resources/Rhode Island - Provides a variety of interesting links to information and resources on Research in Practice projects in the U.S. and around the world
http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Swearer_Center/Literacy_Resources/inquiry.html
NCSALL (National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy) - A U.S. based research and development centre focused on adult learning, has done extensive work in connecting adult literacy research, practice and policy. Visit the web site to find an array of documents and accounts of this work
http://www.ncsall.net/index.php?id=967
Practitioner research: but is it really research? - This paper defines how practitioner research differs from academic research and offers examples of practitioner research in action.
http://www.edst.educ.ubc.ca/Friday_Seminar/Niks_Alkenbrack.pdf
Research and practice in adult literacy (RAPAL). - A British member-based organization that seeks to encourage and promote collaborative and reflective practice involving everyone engaged in adult literacy teaching and learning. The web site also includes an index of articles from the RaPAL Journal.
http://www.literacy.lancaster.ac.uk/rapal/
RiPAL (Research in practice in adult literacy). - The RiPAL network in Alberta supports adult literacy educators to link research and practice and to do research about practice. The web site contains a number of very interesting examples of Research in Practice work in Alberta.
http://www.nald.ca/ripal/about.htm
RiPAL-BC. - The RiPAL network is also active in British Columbia. Visit the web site to find more information about Research in Practice in B.C. and to see examples of innovative Research in Practice work.
http://www.nald.ca/ripal/ebulletin/feb05/1.htm
What goes on here? : practitioners study the practitioner-student relationship - A Research in Practice project conducted by literacy practitioners at the Trent Valley Literacy Association in Ontario
http://www.nald.ca/fulltext/whatgoes/cover.htm