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Manitoba Dept. of Education and Training, Winnipeg. – 1993
In 1991, the Domestic Violence Review, commissioned by Manitoba Justice, recommended that schools in Manitoba integrate a component on domestic violence into the curriculum. This document presents a teaching support for Health Curriculum in Middle Years (Grades 5-8) designed to prevent violence in daily life and in relationships. The unit is…
Descriptors: Anger, Battered Women, Child Abuse, Family Violence
Canadian Teachers' Federation, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1990
This booklet is designed to encourage age-appropriate classroom discussion and activities aimed at deterring violence against women. Teachers can address violence as an issue that touches the lives of teachers and students. Domestic violence against women cuts across socioeconomic, ethnic and cultural groups. Topics addressed by grade level…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Battered Women, Crime, Elementary Secondary Education
Edington, Linda M.; And Others – 1991
Only recently have providers of services to battered women and abused children begun to look at the connection between these two populations. This manual is a tool for any adult who comes in contact with children of battered women. Its purposes include: giving basic information about battered women and describing how this abuse and violence…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Battered Women, Child Abuse, Children
Shore, Sue, Ed.; Trenerry, Ruth, Ed.; Coombe, Melanie, Ed. – 2001
This publication presents reports on four small-scale research projects conducted by educators that helped them explore ways of "doing literacy" and "doing literacy research." Focus of the projects was to learn more about how to do research by completing a work-based project related to literacy. "Teaching and Researching…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Battered Women, Community Education, Community Services
Horsman, Jenny – 1999
Based on research with literacy learners, instructors, and practicing therapists, this book re-examines learning through a lens focused on the prevalence of and effects of violence in women's lives. Section 1, "Canaries in the Mine," highlights a shift away from seeing those who have experienced violence as damaged and towards…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Anxiety
Doris Marshall Inst. for Education and Action, Toronto (Ontario). – 1989
This manual provides materials for a 6-day workshop for immigrant women working on the issue of woman abuse; it is intended to help them do their own programs in their own language out of their own cultural context. Objectives of the course are as follows: to increase educator skills and confidence in (1) developing learning activities and using…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Battered Women, Change Agents, Change Strategies
Doris Marshall Inst. for Education and Action, Toronto (Ontario). – 1988
This manual provides materials for a 5-day course in the development of design and facilitation skills for participants. The course is intended for community educators who work in the areas of immigrant settlement, cultural interpretation, or wife assault and have responsibilities for leading group discussions or running educational programs.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Battered Women, Change Agents, Change Strategies