The Center for Literacy
Alberta Action Research Project
Numbers and Narratives: Adding Up Stories of Success in Adult Literacy
Bow Valley Community College
Calgary, AB
Team Members
Project Manager
Audrey Gardner
Practitioner-Researchers
Ian Kennedy
Funder
Jeannie Finch
Calgary Learns
Research Friend
Merrill Cooper
Summary
The Numbers and Narratives project created and piloted a tool to assess mutual accountability between the funder, Calgary Learns, and two Bow Valley College adult literacy/basic education programs (fundees). The assessment tool can be used by both partners as a way to improve communication, expectations, procedures, capacity, and indicators of success (balancing qualitative and quantitative outcomes).
Research Question
What characteristics of the relationship between Calgary Learns and two Bow Valley College adult literacy/basic education providers support mutual accountability and how can these characteristics be strengthened or nurtured?
Outcomes
Read the final report of this project. [Summary] [Full Report]
