The Center for Literacy
Publications
The Centre for Literacy produces many unique publications for literacy practitioners, researchers, policy-makers, and interested members of the community.
Recently Added Publications
Adult ESL and Literacy: Issues and Options
Institute Document | Published in 2008 | Updated March 19, 2013
Authored by Heide Spruck Wrigley
Measuring health literacy: A challenge to curriculum design and evaluation
Research Brief | Published in 2008 | Updated June 11, 2012
Authored by Andrew Pleasant
There is a growing interest in health literacy and in developing curricula for health care providers and for the general public. However, developing curriculum without accompanying evaluation plans is like starting a race without a finish line, and current measures of health literacy are not up to the task of evaluating curriculum. This research brief critically reviews the literature on health literacy measures and proposes a future direction.
IFPCA Final Report for the Lifelong Learning Collections
Project Documentation | Published in 2008 | Updated June 11, 2012
Describes the reasons for, operation of, and initial outcomes of the Lifelong Literacy Collections project
ESL and Literacy: Finding Common Ground, Serving Learners' Needs (2008)
Institute Document | Published in 2008 | Updated March 19, 2013
- Originally developed for Summer Institute 2008: ESL and Literacy - Finding Common Ground, Serving Learners' Needs
Libraries and Literacy: Making it Work (2007)
Institute Document | Published in 2007 | Updated March 19, 2013
Originally developed for Summer Institute 2007: Libraries and Literacy
Accountability and the Public Trust: Restoring the Balance (2006)
Institute Document | Published in 2006 | Updated June 11, 2012
Literacy Across the Curriculumedia Focus, Vol. 18, No. 1
LACMF | Published in 2005 | Updated June 11, 2012
Adult Basic Education & Literacy, Media and Technology (2005)
Institute Document | Published in 2005 | Updated June 11, 2012
Audiotapes and literacy: A summary of current research
Research Brief | Published in 2004 | Updated June 11, 2012
Authored by Linda Shohet; Samantha Green
This is the second in a series of briefs that focus on evaluative research into the use of alternative means of health communication; these include plain language, audiotapes, videotapes, interactive media, and visual images. Searches were conducted of the medical and education literatures as part of a Health Literacy Project that examined the communication needs of patients with limited literacy or other communication barriers. The guiding question was: ‘What impacts have been documented in relation to the identified
target groups?’
Literacy Across the Curriculumedia Focus, Vol. 17, No. 2
LACMF | Published in 2004 | Updated June 11, 2012
