The Center for Literacy

Storyteller's Foundation Action Research Project
Hazelton, British Columbia

Literacy Outcomes of Community Interventions

Team Members

Summary

The Storyteller's Foundation action research team hard at work

Organizations in the rural community of Hazelton are using a community development approach for literacy development. While not always identified as literacy work, this less formal approach to learning is often successful in engaging participation but can be a challenging venue in which to measure literacy outcomes. In this action research project our team developed a tool to name, measure and track informal learning that happens in a community setting, while capturing our own learning as practitioners navigating the ‘messy and ambiguous’ process of trying to measure learning in a meaningful way.

Research Question

How do you name, measure and track informal learning that happens in a community setting?

Outcomes

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