An Orientation Guide for the New LBS College Practitioner

Literacy Research Strategy

The Ontario Literacy Research Strategy was released in 2000. The purpose of the strategy has been to promote quality research that will inform both practice and policy leading to improvement in literacy education for adults.
A number of important findings emerged from the consultations that took place with various stakeholders.

The findings include:

identifying the need to apply research in practice
establishing general directions and priorities for research
linking practitioners to research and incorporating them into the research process
improving the quality of literacy research
sharing information about research and disseminating research results

At present, MTCU supports both short-term and long-term research initiatives coordinated through a “Call for Proposals” process whereby the Ministry uses information gathered by the streams on field development priorities. Those priorities are announced on the Info-LBS page. While any LBS funded agency may submit a proposal, umbrella groups, networks and service organizations have specific research and development mandates. Areas of priorities have included access to literacy programs, program outreach, common assessment, computer-based learning, learner retention, family literacy and workplace literacy.

clipart graphic - stylized view of a computer TASK: To find out what the project priorities for 2003, log onto Info-LBS at http://alphacom.alphaplus.ca/alphacom. The priorities were posted February 21, 2003 and will tell you a great deal about the direction of the LBS Program in Ontario. If you are interested in research, find out about projects the CSC has initiated and if your college LBS program is participating in any of them.

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