Adult Literacy and Community Development

My vision for working at VOC this year is to explore the intersection of adult literacy and community development. Through research, I would like to learn more about the relationship between writing studies and practice of adult learners; by collaborating with community organizations, I deepen my understanding and understanding of the impacts and tasks of literacy work, And how to change it The overall goal of improving living and building a stronger community.

In Canada, adult literacy work and understanding of literacy problems have been done for more than a quarter century. The 1990 International literacy year promoted this development and gave it new visibility. When we started in the 1990s, we will timely evaluate Canadian adult literacy skills. This report will try this - to explain the state of literacy work's work and to identify important issues for the future. It is written for supporters, researchers and policy makers of literacy improvement.

During the past quarter century, the ideas from all walks of life made public literacy on adults' reading and writing skills, creating a new era of literacy. Community, culture, language, and literacy advocacy groups use literacy skills as one aspect of community development and human rights, media explain their literacy skills as personal burden and social expenditure, researchers and policy planning The person clarifies the meaning and scope of functional literacy. Ask for educational opportunities; employers and government labor managers need cultural, "flexible" or trainable labor. Of course, all these ideas were openly discussed, from government and propaganda reports until the conversation at the coffee shop between political activists and public voters.

Program development until the mid 1980s was usually dependent on government, educational institutions, faithful individuals of community organizations, and even traditional adult education in rural and rural areas. The literacy rate improvement program could be characterized as "marginal and experimental" from 1983 to 24, and the trends across the country were uneven. Nevertheless, the overall program level continues to increase. In 1980 several states, including British Columbia and Quebec, established a clear government policy to support adult literacy skills and basic education 25.