Regions: North Slave Region
Tags: program development, social sciences, social support, socio-economics, literacy, government involvement, educational evaluation, adult education, school attendance, international analogy, public learning
| Principal Investigator: | Ward, Angela (1) |
| Licence Number: | 13580 |
| Organization: | University of Saskatchewan |
| Licensed Year(s): |
2004
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| Issued: | Mar 26, 2004 |
| Project Team: | Keith Walk |
Objective(s): The purpose of this study is to determine the policy and practice factors that account for the differences in adult literacy levels between Canada and Sweden. Literacy advocates are anxious to understand why Swedish adults have demonstrated literacy levels at consistently higher levels than those of Canadian adults in the International Adult Literacy Survey. The researchers will seek to answer the following questions: 1) What are the governments' adult literacy strategies? How were these developed and implemented; 2) What economic and social factors influence adult literacy in Sweden and Canada?; 3) How are adult education programs delivered? Who attends? What support do they receive? This research is part of a 3 year study of the experiences of teachers and learners in adult education in Canada and Sweden.
