Recent Acquisitions – Spring 2012 Subjects Aboriginal Literacy Adolescent Literacy Adult Education Children’s Literacy Computers, Technology and Learning Easy to Read Materials English as a Second Language (ESL) Grammar Health Literacy Instruction - Literacy Instructional Materials - Literacy Learning Libraries Literacy Research Media Literacy Numeracy Reading Women and Literacy Workplace Education

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Aboriginal Literacy 150 BRA Brant, Jameson C. (2012). Haudenoshonede Thanksgiving: Arts and crafts. Ningwakwe Learning Press This book presents a Thanksgiving Address as passed on from an elderly longhouse orator, accompanied by photographs. This is followed by instructions for Thanksgiving-related crafts.

150 GRA Graveline, Fyre Jean. (2012). Circle works: Transforming Aboriginal literacy. Ningwakwe Learning Press. This manual, geared towards an adult literacy setting, provides a teaching model based on ancestral Aboriginal philosophies combined with the author`s experiences as an ant-racist, feminist, experiential educator and activist.

150 GRA Graveline, Fyre Jean. (2012). Listening to Mother Earth and Father Sky: Teachings for urban aboriginals. Ningwakwe Learning Press. This book brings together teachings on the human relationship with nature from Inuit, First Nations and Métis groups from across Canada.

150 KEC Kechego, Jody. (2011). Stepping up: A personal guide to being an involved citizen in a First Nation community. Ningwakwe Learning Press. Drawing on his personal story, the author discusses how one can become an effective citizen in a First Nation community

150 MIS Mishenene, Rachel A. (2012). Revision Quest Student Activities Episode: Language: Student Activities. Ningwakwe Learning Press. Mishenene, Rachel A. (2012). Revision Quest Student Activities Episode: Language: Teacher’s Guide. Ningwakwe Learning Press. A companion to an episode of the CBC radio series Revision Quest, which examines the interconnection between language and culture and the importance of language preservation.

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150 ROO Roote, Vernon & Davidson, Cindy. (2012). M’daa Kendaaswin: To look for knowledge. Ningwakwe Learning Press. A book of ethical teachings for men

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Recent Acquisitions – Spring 2012 150 STO Stonefish, Brent. (2012). The Lunappe: Our history, our story, our future. Ningwakwe Learning Press. This book shares the author’s search for his identity and the exploration of his people, the Lunappe, based in Ontario.

150 TRO Troian, Martha. (2011). HIV/AIDS Awareness: Sage’s Story. Ningwakwe Learning Press. A story that teaches sexual health. Includes photos and information about HIV/AIDS from an Aboriginal perspective.

Adolescent Literacy 160 HAN Christenbury, L. , Bomer, R., & Smagorinsky, Peter (eds.). (2009). Handbook of adolescent literacy research. Guilford Press. A research handbook focusing specifically on research into adolescent literacy, examining how well adolescents are served by current instructional practices and highlighting ways to translate research findings more effectively into sound teaching and policy-making.

160 KAJ Kadjer, Sara B. (2010). Adolescents and digital literacies: Learning alongside our students. Urbana, Il: National Council of Teachers of English A guide on how to integrate technology into the classroom to enhance literacy instruction, connecting students’ online reading and writing practices to the literacy practices required by classroom curricula.

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Adult education 175 GRA Challenging the professionalization of adult education: John Ohlinger and contradictions in modern practice A series of essays on the ideas and work of radical educator and social critic John Ohliger, critiquing the role of “professionalized” adult education in a neo-liberal economic and political order and advocating for an adult education that keeps freedom and responsibility at the centre of learning. Includes essays by Ohlinger.

175 KAS Kasworm, CE., Rose, AD, & Ross-Gordon, JM. (2010). Handbook of adult and continuing education: 2010 edition. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications In this new edition, over sixty scholars exploring topics such as learning from experience, adult learning for self-development, race and culture in adult learning, technology and distance learning, learning in the workplace, and adult education for community action and development

175 LIF Jackson, Sue. (ed.). (2011). Lifelong Learning and Social Justice: Communities, work , and identities in a globalized world. Leicester, UK: National Institute of Adult Continuing Education. This book argues that the current policy focus on lifelong learning puts it at the service of a neo-liberal political agenda in which individual workers are held to be responsible for continuously upgrading their skills to suit the needs of employers in a globalized economy, and that it should instead be focused on promoting social justice.

175 RES Wihak,C, Harris, J, Breier, M. (eds.) (2011). Researching the Recognition of Prior Learning: International perspectives. Leicester, UK: National Institute of Adult Continuing Education. A collection of papers presented at a meeting of international scholars in 2009 at the Prior Learning International Research Centre (PLIRC). Together the papers provide an overview of international research practice concerning the Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL). Cases are presented from Australia, Canada, Quebec, England, Scotland, European Union, the OECD, South Africa, Sweden, and the United States. Table of contents

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Children’s Literacy 240 HIR Hirsh-Pasek, K., Eyer , D., Golinkoff, RM. (2004). Einstein never used flash-cards: How our children really learn – and why they need to play more and memorize less. Emmaus, PA: Rodale. Drawing on recent research on how children learn, child psychologists Hirsh-Pasek, Golinkoff and Eyer argue that although the current trend is to push preschoolers into academically oriented programs that focus on early achievement, children actually learn best through simple playtime, which enhances problem solving skills, attention span, social development and creativity.

240 KNO Knowles, Elizabeth, & Smith, Martha. (2005). Boys and Literacy: Practical Strategies for Librarians, Teachers and Parents. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited. Suggests strategies and resources for encouraging boys to read, based on recent research showing that boys are on, average, struggling more with literacy than are girls. Table of contents

Computers, Technology and Learning 320 CLA Clarke, Alan. (2006). Teaching Adults ICT Skills. Exeter, UK: Learning Matters. This text, written by the Associate Director for ICT and Learning at the National Institute for Adult Continuing Education (NIACE), is a guide for instructors on how to develop successful Information and Communication Technology (ICT) programs.

320 PAR Parsons, JJ. , & Oja, D. (2010). Practical computer literacy [3rd ed.] [book and CD] Each chapter includes FAQ’s (Frequently Asked Questions) explaining concepts and providing tips. The book provides background information, the CD provides task simulations and the Projections section allows students to apply their skills. Topics covered include: basics of computer hardware and peripheral devices, software, Windows 7, creating and formatting Word documents and Excel spreadsheets, creating presentations and databases, and using e-mail and the Web.

321 ADE Adendorff, Olivia, & Wooden, Lois. (2009). Welcome to Computers for ESL Students: The easy, fun way. Labyrinth Learning. A guide to computer basics for low to intermediate ESL learners. Topics covered include: computer basics, Windows, creating documents with Wordpad and Word, using the Internet, and working with email.

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Easy to Read Materials 415 AKI Akinyemi, Rowena. (2009). Rainforests. Oxford University Press 415 BAR Barber, Terry. (2011). Emily Carr. Edmonton, AB. Grass Roots Press. Barber, Terry. (2011). Lucy Maud Montgomery. Edmonton, AB. Grass Roots Press. Barber, Terry. (2011). Norman Bethune. Edmonton, AB. Grass Roots Press Barber, Terry. (2011). Poundmaker. Edmonton, AB. Grass Roots Press. These easy-to-read biographies, written at a Grade 2 level, portray the lives of famous Canadian, American, and international figures. Photographs, maps, and illustrations reflect the text, making the words easier to decode. Each biography contains 48 pages. You can download free workbook activities for each biography from Grass Roots Press (http://www.grassrootsbooks.net/ca/easy-readers/biographies).

415 GOO Endicott, Maria. (2011). New Year’s Eve. Edmonton, AB. Grass Roots Press. Fielding, Joy. (2011). Home invasion. Edmonton, AB. Grass Roots Press. Hough, Robert. (2011). The Day the rebels came to town. Edmonton, AB. Grass Roots Press. Hyde, Anthony. (2011). Picture this. Edmonton, AB. Grass Roots Press. Itani, Frances. (2011). Missing. Edmonton, AB. Grass Roots Press. These titles are from the Good Reads series of simply written novellas written by well-known Canadian authors. Reading guides are available for each title on the Grass Roots Press website. (http://www.grassrootsbooks.net/ca/chapter/good-reads)

415 OXF Hardy-Gould Janet . (2009). Deserts. Oxford University Press. Hopkins, Andy, & Potter, Joc. (2008). Animals in danger. Oxford University Press. Stewart, Sue. (2008). Recycling. Oxford University Press. These titles are from the Factfiles series of non-fiction books providing up-to-date information supported by photos. Reading level: grades 1-2.

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English as a Second Language 450 BER Breish, Lynda, & Thibaudeau, Sandra. (1997). Canadian concepts 1. Don Mills, ON: Prentice Hall. For the second edition of the Canadian Concepts series, many ideas and requests from teachers across Canada have been incorporated. Features include thematic units, Canadian content that gives practical information about life in Canada, and community content tasks to link students to their community. Canadian Concepts 1 is targeted at post-literacy students.

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Grammar 500 GRA Haines, Simon; Nettle, Mark; Hewings, Martin. (2007). Advanced grammar in use: Supplementary exercises. Hewings, Martin. (2005). Advanced grammar in use: A self-study reference and practice book for advanced users of English. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. Murphy, Raymond, & Smalzer, William R. (2011). Basic grammar in use: Self-study reference and practice for students of North American English. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. Murphy, Raymond, & Smalzer, William R. (2009).Grammar in use intermediate: Self-study reference and practice for students of North American English. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. Smalzer, William R. (2011). Basic grammar in use: workbook with answers. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. Smalzer, William R.; Murphy, Raymond. (2009).Grammar in use intermediate: workbook with answers. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. Titles from the Grammar in Use series of workbooks on English grammar for ESL learners. “Full-colour student books come with an answer key, additional exercises at the back of the book, and interactive CDROM, which provides more targeted practice, listening exercises, create-your-own tests, and grammar games.” (Grass Roots Press catalogue)

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Health Literacy 510 ABR Abrams, Mary Ann. (2009). Plain Language Pediatrics: Health Literacy Strategies & Communication Resources for Common Pediatric Topics. American Academy of Pediatrics. Abrams, Mary Ann. (2009). Plain Language Patient Education: Handouts For Common Pediatric Topics. American Academy of Pediatrics. Plain Language Pediatrics offers a framework for implementing a plain language approach to health communication, providing tips to health professionals on presenting information to patients and their parents so that it is clearly understood twenty-five reproducible plain language patient education handouts in English and Spanish are included.

510 OSB Osborne, Helen. (2011). Health literacy from A to Z: practical ways to communicate your health message [2nd ed.]. Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning. This is a new edition of the handbook designed for health professionals with ideas and strategies for use in everyday practice.

510 MAY Mayer, Gloria G., & Villaire, Michael. (2007). Health literacy in primary care: A clinician’s guide. New York, NY: Springer Publishing. This book is a guide to primary care practitioners who are looking for help in providing care to their lowliteracy patients.

510 VAN Vancheri, Cori. (2011). Innovations in Health Literacy - Workshop Summary. National Academies Press. This document summarizes the workshop held by the IOM Roundtable on Health Literacy on May 27, 2010, to explore areas for research in health literacy, the relationship between health literacy and health disparities, and ways to apply information technology to improve health literacy. Leaders from three government agencies presented the new National Action Plan to Improve Health Literacy (NAP), and participants examined the role research can play in achieving the goals the NAP sets forth.

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Recent Acquisitions – Spring 2012 510 TER Terstenyak, P.J., & Kopinsky, C. (2011). Making Health Literacy Work for You: Health literacy manual for community health workers and frontline clinical staff. Community Outreach, St. Vincent Charity Medical Center. This health literacy training manual is designed to be a given as a workshop for community health workers and frontline clinical staff.

Instruction - Literacy 550 BES Morrow, L.M., & Gambree, LB. (eds.) (2011). Best Practices in Literacy Instruction (4th ed.) An overview of current research on literacy instruction for primary and secondary education.

Instructional Materials- Literacy 560 VOY Church, Linda. Voyager 1 Voyager 2 Voyager 2: Teacher’s Resource Guide Voyager 3 Voyager 3: Teacher’s Resource Guide Voyager combines a contemporary theme-based approach with the best elements from traditional instruction. It teaches the essential reading, writing, listening, speaking, and critical thinking skills and strategies needed by adults to function on the job and in today's diverse, rapidly changing, and information-rich society. Within each student book, units are divided into popular themes and themes into lessons. A reading lesson – authentic literature, informational article, adult student writing, or graphic material – in the heart of each lesson. The reading comprehension, writing, and oral communication activities and skill-building exercises all relate to the reading. Lessons in the early books also teach phonics and other word recognition strategies. Throughout, Voyager encourages students to be active learners – engaged in thinking about and applying what they are learning. http://www.grassrootsbooks.net/ca/workbooks/Voyager

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Learning 690 CON Ileris, Knud (ed.). (2009). Contemporary Theories of Learning: Learning theories…in their own words. Routledge. Gathers together chapters on current learning theories by experts in the field.

690 CRO Cross, Jay. (2007). Informal learning: Rediscovering the natural pathways that inspire innovation and performance. San Francisco, CA: Pfeiffer. A look at how informal learning happens in the workplace. As the author notes, most workplace learning is informal: he calls it “natural learning – learning from others when you feel the need to do so.” This book presents ways for organizations to recognize and encourage informal learning.

690 LIT Cartwright, K.B. [ed.]. (2008). Literacy processes: Cognitive flexibility in learning and teaching. New York, NY: The Guildford Press. This book examines cognitive flexibility in literacy processes and instruction, with contributors from the fields of literacy, psychology and cognitive development.

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Libraries 720 DOW Dowd, Nancy. (2010). Bite-sized marketing: realistic solutions for the overworked librarian. American Library Association A book of marketing strategies for libraries and tips for integrating marketing into every day practice and making it manageable.

Literacy Research 785 NEW Baker, Elizabrth A. (ed.) (2010). The New Literacies: Multiple Perspectives on Research and Practice. New York, NY: The Guilford Press. This book focuses on ways in which literacy learning in K-Grade 12 classrooms can integrate technology into ”traditional” print-based literacy. ` Table of contents

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Media Literacy 820 BUC Buckingham, David. (2003). Media education: Literacy, learning, and contemporary culture. Cambridge, UK: Polity Press This book argues for the importance of media education and provides a set of principles upon which to base a media curriculum. Table of contents

Numeracy 870 COB Coben, Diana, & Atere-Roberts, Elizabeth. (2005) Calculations for Nursing and Healthcare (2nd ed.). Acknowledging the anxiety many people have about math, this book proposes strategies to help health professionals with doing the calculations they need to make in their work.

870 NON ABE Fundamental Mathematics I : Module 1: A New Way to look at Math ABE Fundamental Mathematics I: Module 2: Natural Number Sense ABE Fundamental Mathematics I : Module 3: Natural Number Operations ABE Fundamental Mathematics I : Guide for Instructors This series of workbooks comes out of the Fundamental Mathematics program, aiming to teach mathematics in a way that develops meaningful context for learners, using “natural language”, and accounting for individual differences in learning needs and learning styles.

870 SAF Safford-Ramus, Katherine. (2008). Unlatching the Gate: Helping adult students learn mathematics. This book for educators teaching adults mathematics is a guide to practice rooted in educational theory, summarizing the major learning theories from educational psychology, adult education and mathematics education as well as research in adult mathematics education.

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Reading 950 KIT Kita-Bradley, Linda. The Active Reader: Book 2. Edmonton, AB: Grass Roots Press Kita-Bradley, Linda. The Active Reader: Book 3. Edmonton, AB: Grass Roots Press Kita-Bradley, Linda. The Active Reader: Book 4. Edmonton, AB: Grass Roots Press Kita-Bradley, Linda. The Active Reader: Book 5. Edmonton, AB: Grass Roots Press “The Active Reader series is based on the premise that fluent readers actively engage with the text, using a variety of strategies. Each workbook provides ten carefully levelled reading passages relating to five popular themes: people, relationships, health and safety, environment, and history.” (http://www.grassrootsbooks.net/ca/workbooks/the-active-reader)

950 SAM Farstrup, Alan E., Ed.; Samuels, S. Jay, Ed. (2011). What Research Has to Say About Reading Instruction (4th ed.) International Reading Association. A collection of essays of current reading theory and research

Women and Literacy 1150 EMP Empowering women through literacy: Views from experience. (2009). Charlotte, NC: IAP Information Age Publishing A volume of writings by educators working in women’s literacy on the impacts of addressing women's empowerment through literacy.

Workplace Education 1200 CON Conner, Marcia L., & Clawson, James G. (2004). Creating a Learning Culture : Strategy, technology and practice. Cambridge University Press. Features essays from industry observers and case studies of prominent corporations, on the importance of a learning culture for businesses.

1200 GHE Gherardi, Silvia. (2006). Organizational Knowledge: The texture of workplace learning. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing. This book addresses the issue of how safety in the construction industry becomes expertise conserved and transmitted within organizations, and how learning becomes a continuous feature of a working environment.. It examines current debate in the literature on organizational learning and knowing, discusses the “texture” of

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1200 ILL Illeris, Knd. (2011) The Fundamentals of Workplace Learning: Understanding how people learn in working life. Routledge. A guide to how people learn in the workplace in which author Knud Illeris presents a model to explain how people can be encouraged and invited to learn at work.

1200 KIR Kirkpatrick, James D., Kirkpatrick, WD. (2010). Training on Trial: How workplace learning must reinvent itself to remain relevant. Amacom. A guide for workplace trainers on how to make the case for workplace training.

1200 KIR Kirkpatrick, DL, & Kirkpatrick, JD. (2007). Implementing the four levels. San Francisco, CA: BerrettKoheler. The authors draw on their decades of collective expertise to offer advice for putting their training effectiveness model into practice. They also discuss the requirements for an effective training program.

1200 KIR Kirkpatrick, DL, & Kirkpatrick, JD. (2006). Evaluating Training Programs: The Four Levels. [3rd. ed.] San Francisco, CA: Berrett-Koheler. Provides a guide to Donald Kirkpatrick’s Four Levels model for evaluating workplace training programs. Includes case studies showing how the model is being used in programs and organizations.

1200 LEA Chawla, Sarita, & Rensch, John [eds.]. (1995). Learning Organizations: Developing cultures for tomorrow’s workplace. A collection of essays on what makes an organization a “learning organization” – open to learning and to change.

1210 PUT Putting writing research into practice: Applications for teacher professional development. (2010). New York, NY: Guilford Press. Essays on how to apply the findings of recent research in classroom practice.

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