SFS-2.5 – Skills for Success Practitioner Tools & Resources

Differentiate

Active Learning Strategies, Adult Learning Theory, Skills for Success Best PracticesDEL-3.2, DEL-3.3, SFS-2.5, SFS-3.9

Differentiated Instruction (DI) is the planning and delivery of instruction that considers the varied levels of readiness, learning needs and interests of each training participant. Practitioners might employ different methods with different participants, depending on their readiness and needs, and provide options for demonstrating their understanding and mastery of the material.

Knowing and Responding to Learners – A Differentiated Instruction Educator’s Guide (2016). (n.d.). http://edugains.ca/resourcesDI/EducatorsPackages/DIEducatorsPackage_2016/DI_EducatorsGuide_AODA.pdf
Huisman, J. (1998). Differentiation and diversity in higher education systems. HIGHER EDUCATION-NEW YORK-AGATHON PRESS INCORPORATED-, 13, 75-110.
TEAL Center Fact Sheet No. 5: Differentiated Instruction. LINCS. https://lincs.ed.gov/state-resources/federal-initiatives/teal/guide/diffinstruct

Document Use

Numeracy, Reading, Skills for Success Framework, WritingDEL-2.1, DES-3.1, SFS-2.1, SFS-2.3, SFS-2.5, SFS-2.7

Document Use is reading and using signs, labels, lists, maps, entry forms, and other visual and spatial displays of information. Document Use was one of the nine Essential Skills in the original framework. In the Skills for Success Framework, it is a skill that is embedded in Reading, Numeracy, and Writing.

Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (2010). Readers’ Guide to Essential Skills Profiles. http://en.copian.ca/library/learning/hrsdc/guide/guide.pdf
Document Use Self-Assessment. https://www.canada.ca/en/services/jobs/training/initiatives/skills-success/tools/document-use-self-assessment.html
Document Use at Work. SkillPlan. https://skillplan.ca/document-use-at-work/
Document Use Workbook. (2017). Skills Compétences Canada. https://www.skillscompetencescanada.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/DocUse_Final20Nov17_EN.pdf
Skills for Success Framework (2021): https://www.canada.ca/en/services/jobs/training/initiatives/skills-success.html
Research report to support the launch of Skills for Success (2021): https://www.srdc.org/media/553148/sfs-srdc-final-report-en.pdf

Metacognition

Active Learning Strategies, Adult Learning TheoryDEL-1.3, SFS-2.5

Metacognition is the awareness of thinking about thinking. It helps participants understand their own learning processes.

Teaching Metacognitive Skills. https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-teaching-excellence/teaching-resources/teaching-tips/metacognitive
Owen, D., & Vista, A. (2022, March 9). Strategies for teaching metacognition in classrooms. Brookings. https://www.brookings.edu/blog/education-plus-development/2017/11/15/strategies-for-teaching-metacognition-in-classrooms/
Bingham, B. E., Coulter, C., Cottenie, K., & Jacobs, S. R. (2021). A Metacognitive Instructional Guide to Support Effective Studying Strategies. The Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.5206/cjsotl-rcacea.2020.3.8318
metacognition. LearnAlberta.ca. (n.d.). https://www.learnalberta.ca/metacognition

Scaffolding

Adult Learning Theory, Skills for Success Best PracticesASS-2.2, ASS-2.3, DEL-3.2, DES-3.2, SFS-2.5

Sabbott. (2015, April 6). Scaffolding definition. The Glossary of Education Reform. https://www.edglossary.org/scaffolding/
Digital Promise. (2016). Designing Technology for Adult Learners: Support and Scaffolding. http://digitalpromise.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/designing_-technology.pdf
Salyers, Vincent & Carter, Lorraine & Cairns, Steve & Durrer, Luke. (2014). The Use of Scaffolding and Interactive Learning Strategies in Online Courses for Working Nurses: Implications for Adult and Online Education. Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education. Available online at: http://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/cjuce-rcepu/article/view/22199. 1-26. 10.21225/D59S3Z.

Skills for Success Framework

Skills for Success FrameworkDEL-2.1, DES-1.3, DES-3.1, SFS-1.1, SFS-1.2, SFS-1.4, SFS-2.1, SFS-2.3, SFS-2.4, SFS-2.5

The Skills for Success Framework is based on the skills needed to participate and thrive in learning, work and life. Skills for Success include skills that are foundational for building new skills and knowledge and important for effective social interaction. These skills overlap and interact with each other, and with other technical and life skills. They are inclusive and can be adapted to different contexts.

Launch:

Skills for Success Framework (2021): https://www.canada.ca/en/services/jobs/training/initiatives/skills-success.html
Research report to support the launch of Skills for Success (2021): https://www.srdc.org/media/553148/sfs-srdc-final-report-en.pdf

History & Evolution:

Young Adult Literacy Survey (1986)
Survey of Literacy Skills Used in Daily Activities (1989)
National Adult Literacy Survey (1993)
Jones report (1994): Levels for Basic Skills: a research note for the definition of basic skills and development of measurement instruments. Human Resources Development Canada: technical report.
Mosenthal & Kirsch (1994): Defining the proficiency standards of adult literacy in the U.S.: A profile approach. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED379531.pdf
OECD’s Definition and Selection of Competencies Project (2005): https://www.oecd.org/pisa/35070367.pdf
Human Resources Development Canada’s Essential Skills Research Project (1994)