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Podcast Scripts

Research in Practice Podcast 1    February 22, 2007
Talking to Nadine & Susan

Hello, everyone. I’m Sheila Stewart of the Festival of Literacies here with Nadine Sookermany of Parkdale Project Read and Susan Lefevbre of Literacy for East Toronto.  We’re going to talk about the research in practice project they were involved in called I’ve Opened Up. 

Tracey may gives us a little music here when she edits it. 

  • Please tell us about your research project…its purpose and who the group of researchers are.  What were the successes and challenges of your project?
  • Can you say a bit more about how you worked together as a group of new practitioner-researchers?

 Break with more music.

  • Let’s talk a bit about how research in practice can lead to change.  How did doing this research in practice project change/affect your practice? affect you?  your program? the literacy field? 
  • Can you elaborate on So what?   So you did a project, a report, etc and so what?

Thank you so much for listening.  Thank you, Nadine and Susan.  I hope you’ll look around the Festival of Literacies website for more information about Susan and Nadine’s project and other important aspects of literacy work and research.  Please check out our other exciting podcasts.

Research in Practice Podcast 2  March 14, 2007
Talking to Anne & Dee

Hello, I’m Marina Niks of RiPAL-BC, that’s Research in Practice in Adult Literacy here in British Columbia.  I’m currently in Hazelton with Dee McRae and Anne Docherty.   

Anne and Dee, you both have a lot of experience as practitioners and now as practitioner-researchers. 

  • Anne, I’m excited about what you say in your research in practice project, called Catching Our Breath: Collaborative Reflection-on-Action in Remote-Rural BC.  Can you tell me about the purpose of the project?  What successes and challenges have you met along the way? 
  • Dee, you’ve been involved in a number of research in practice projects.  Can you tell us about your recent project called Make it Real: Participatory Action Research with Adult Learners?  What was it like to be the facilitator and researcher in this project?  What did you learn?  What were some of the challenges?  

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  • Anne and Dee, could you please tell us about your current project.  What is its purpose?  And who are the group of practitioner-researchers who are involved? 
  • Can you say a bit more about how you work together as a group of practitioner-researchers?  What are some of the challenges?  And what helps you to work well together?
  • Let’s talk a bit about how research in practice can lead to change.  How did doing this research in practice project change/affect your practice? affect you? your program? the literacy field? 
  • Can you elaborate on So what?   So you did a project, a report was written, etc and so what?

Wrap-up:  Thank you so much, Dee and Anne.  And thank you everyone for listening.

Research in Practice Podcast 3   March 27, 2007
Talking to Fran & Judi

Hello, everyone. I’m Sheila Stewart of the Festival of Literacies here with Fran Zimmerman and Judi Snively of St. Christopher House Adult Literacy Program in downtown Toronto.  We’re going to talk about how they are bringing research into practice in an innovative new project that looks at ways of working with learners who have learning disabilities.

  • Please tell us about your project. Who is involved in the project and what are they doing?
  • How/why did you decide to take this approach to enhancing literacy practices in your program?
  • It is early days yet but can you talk a little but about the successes and challenges of your project?
  • Let’s talk a bit about how bringing research into practice can lead to change.  How do you think doing this project is changing/affecting your practice? you? learners? tutors? program? the literacy field? 

Thank you so much for listening.  Thank you, Fran and Judi.  I hope you’ll look around the Festival of Literacies website for more information about this project and other important aspects of literacy work and research.  Please check out our other exciting podcasts.