Maurice Taylor
Biographic Data
| ID | 3924416 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maurice Taylor |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maurice |
| FAMILY NAME | Taylor |
| SIGNATURE | TAYLOR M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Ottawa |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1926 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The role of work-related learning in the identity transformation of Canadian workers with low literacy skills
Informal Adult Learning and Everyday Literacy Practices
This study investigated the types of informal learning activities that adults with low literacy skills engage in outside of formal literacy programs and how these activities relate to their literacy practices. Key informants for the study included 10 adults identified at International Adult Literacy Survey levels 1 and 2. Using ethnographic methods, data were collected over three months from several sources. Three major themes emerged: life roles…
What Does it Mean to Become Skilled for Young People in Canada, England and Germany
Through the lens of the institutional structures for education and training, this study sought to examine the processes, content and meaning of becoming skilled for young people in Canada, the United Kingdom, and Germany. Using a close matching methodology and comparative case analysis, eight occupational fields ranging from nursing to electrician were selected. Subjects were gainfully employed in the area having completed their training. Finding…
Work Training
This paper reports a comparative analysis of data from two linked national projects carried out in the United Kingdom and Canada during 1987–1990. The two projects providing the base data are, respectively, the 16–19 Initiative—an Economic and Social Research Council funded programme of research into the educational and occupational experiences of young adults in contrasting local labour markets in the UK—and a project funded by the University of…
Bad Boys and School Suspensions
The focus of this research is the disciplinary policy of school suspension and its effect on black male students. We examined the application of public school suspensions by race and sex in an integrated school district in the southeastern portion of the United States. Data for the study were compiled from oficial records housed in the administrative complex for the entire school district. The suspensions cover one academic year from September of…
Health Insurance and Canadian Public Policy
The evaluation of juvenile courts and clinics
A rejoinder to the Gluecks' reply to the critique of One thousand juvenile delinquents
General District Service
Bad Boys and School Suspensions
The focus of this research is the disciplinary policy of school suspension and its effect on black male students. We examined the application of public school suspensions by race and sex in an integrated school district in the southeastern portion of the United States. Data for the study were compiled from oficial records housed in the administrative complex for the entire school district. The suspensions cover one academic year from September of…
Health Insurance and Canadian Public Policy
General District Service
The evaluation of juvenile courts and clinics
A rejoinder to the Gluecks' reply to the critique of One thousand juvenile delinquents
Health Insurance and Canadian Public Policy
Bad Boys and School Suspensions
The focus of this research is the disciplinary policy of school suspension and its effect on black male students. We examined the application of public school suspensions by race and sex in an integrated school district in the southeastern portion of the United States. Data for the study were compiled from oficial records housed in the administrative complex for the entire school district. The suspensions cover one academic year from September of…
Work Training
This paper reports a comparative analysis of data from two linked national projects carried out in the United Kingdom and Canada during 1987–1990. The two projects providing the base data are, respectively, the 16–19 Initiative—an Economic and Social Research Council funded programme of research into the educational and occupational experiences of young adults in contrasting local labour markets in the UK—and a project funded by the University of…
What Does it Mean to Become Skilled for Young People in Canada, England and Germany
Through the lens of the institutional structures for education and training, this study sought to examine the processes, content and meaning of becoming skilled for young people in Canada, the United Kingdom, and Germany. Using a close matching methodology and comparative case analysis, eight occupational fields ranging from nursing to electrician were selected. Subjects were gainfully employed in the area having completed their training. Finding…
Informal Adult Learning and Everyday Literacy Practices
This study investigated the types of informal learning activities that adults with low literacy skills engage in outside of formal literacy programs and how these activities relate to their literacy practices. Key informants for the study included 10 adults identified at International Adult Literacy Survey levels 1 and 2. Using ethnographic methods, data were collected over three months from several sources. Three major themes emerged: life roles…
The role of work-related learning in the identity transformation of Canadian workers with low literacy skills
Sociology (7 works) · Political science (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Pedagogy (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Biology (2 works) · Business (2 works) · Context (archaeology (2 works) · Ecology (2 works) · Ecology (2 works)