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Golding, Barry; Carragher, Lucia; Foley, Annette – Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 2021
Our paper focuses on delineating and scoping international Women's Sheds, a movement that has emerged within the past decade, mainly in Australia, Ireland and the UK. It addresses two main research questions. Firstly, what is the origin, distribution, nature and intent of Women's Sheds internationally to March 2021? Secondly, how might Women's…
Descriptors: Community Development, Females, Organizations (Groups), Classification
Cummins, Jim, Ed.; Early, Margaret, Ed. – Trentham Books Ltd, 2010
This book shows how identity texts have been used as a central focus for effective and inspirational pedagogy in multilingual school contexts that is engaging students around the world. The term identity texts was first used by the Canada-wide Multiliteracies Project to describe a variety of creative work by students, including collaborative…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, Self Concept, Creative Activities, Cooperation
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Long, Louise; McPhillips, Therese; Shevlin, Michael; Smith, Ron – Support for Learning, 2012
The research described in this article aimed to explore and examine the dominant "assessment" and "participation" stories of upper-primary pupils with long-standing and marked literacy learning needs, their views on how their level of participation in the assessment and remediation of their additional needs might be increased…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Literacy, Focus Groups
Mark, Rob – Adult Learner: The Irish Journal of Adult and Community Education, 2008
The Literacy and Equality in Irish Society (LEIS) Project is an example of a project which used alternative non-text methodologies to help literacy and basic education learners explore and understand how inequalities in society have impacted on their lives. The project focused on inequalities, shifting the emphasis in literacy and basic skills…
Descriptors: Creativity, Foreign Countries, Adult Literacy, Teaching Methods