MAURICE TAYLOR is a tenured full professor at the University of
Ottawa, Faculty of Education where he teaches and supervises graduate
students in adult education. He has been a member of the Faculty
of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies since 1992 and has taught in
English and French in the post-secondary school system. Over his
25 years of experience in adult education and literacy, Maurice
has participated in ministerial colloquia on skill development leave,
immigration landings, and adult learning initiatives. He has conducted
numerous research studies on adult training practices, job-related
curriculum and andragogy in higher learning. He has also served
on both national and international advisory committees related to
adult learning and has held administrative positions with the Canadian
Association for the Study of Adult Education, the Commonwealth Association
for Education and Training of Adults and the Canadian Conference
of Catholic Bishops. His publications focus mainly on adult literacy,
foundations of adult learning, workplace basic skills training,
and adult identity formation.
Working towards the advancement of knowledge in adult education,
his three main research tracks include adult literacy, workplace
basic skills training and adult development. Over the years, various
partnerships have been formed with community colleges, school boards,
and government departments around the multi-dimensional area of
adult literacy in both formal program settings and informal learning
environments. A second track, workplace basic skills training, stems
from the partnerships established with government and labour. This
track centres on transfer of training, alternative assessment and
program evaluation. Adult development and learning is a third area
of interest and includes such areas as adult identity formation,
transformational and situated learning.
Prior to coming to the University of Ottawa, Taylor held several positions at Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology in Ottawa, Ontario:
- Workplace Co-ordinator, Career and College Preparation Program
- Literacy Co-ordinator, Special Projects, Continuing Education
- Teaching Master, Adult Basic Education Department
- Professor, Programme de recyclage
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Referred Publications
Taylor, M., Evans, K., & Mohamed, A. The value of formal and
informal learning for workers with low skills. (Submitted to the
Journal of Workplace Learning).
King, J., & Taylor, M. Patient education for adults with low
literacy and chrinic illnesses. (Submitted to the Adult Basic Education
and Literacy Journal).
Taylor, M., Evans, K., & Abasi, A. (2007). Understanding teaching
and learning in adult literacy training: Practices in Canada and
teh United kingdom. International Journal in Education and Training
of Adults, 15(2), 57-72.
Taylor, M., Widdifiala, C., & Moh, S. (2007). Fostering partnership
development in workplace literacy. New York Journal of Adult Learning,
5(2), 5-18.
Taylor, M., Abasi, A., Pinsent-Johnson, C. & Evans, K. (2007).
Collaborative learning as the catalyst in communities of literacy
practice. Adult Basic Education and Literacy Journal, 1(1), 4-11.
Taylor, M. (2006). Informal adult learning and everyday literacy practices. The Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 49(6), 2-11.
Abasi, A. & Taylor, M. (2006). Tackling the issues and challenges
of using video in adult literacy research. Australian Journal of
Adult Learning, 5(2), 5-18.
Toll, D., Taylor, M. (2006). Transfer of learning at the workplace:
Sharpening the focus through the adult learning lens. The New York
Journal of Adult Learning, 4(1), 22-34.
Ashe, B., Taylor, M. & Doubouloz, C. (2005). The process of
change: Listening to transformation in meaning perspectives of adults
in arthritis health education groups. The Canadian Journal of Occupational
Therapy, 72, (4), 280-288.
Taylor, M., King, J., Pinsent-Johnson, C. & Lothian, T. (2003).
Collaborative practices in adult literacy programs. Adult Basic
Education: An Interdisciplinary Journal for Adult Literacy Educators,
13(2), 81-99.
Taylor, M. (2002). The annual review of adult learning and literacy-
A book review: Adult Education Quarterly, 52(3), 246-247.
Taylor, M. & Blunt, A. (2001). A situated cognition perspective
on literacy discourses: Seeing more clearly through a new lens.
The Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, 15(2), 79-103.
Taylor, M. (2000). Transfer of learning in workplace literacy programs.
Adult Basic Education: An Interdisciplinary Journal for Adult Literacy
Educators, 10(1), 3-20.
Taylor, M., Evans, K., & Brehmens, M. (2000). What does it mean
to become skilled for young people in Canada, England and Germany?
International Journal of Adolescence and Youth, 8(2), 109-128.
Taylor, M., & Tremblay, P. (1998). The explanatory power of
an early framework of good practice in workplace education. International
Journal of University Adult Education, 36(3), 38-48.
Technical Reports
Taylor, M. (2008). The interplay between formal and informal learning.
Ottawa, Ontario: Office of Literacy and Essential Skills, Human
Ressources and Social Development Canada.
Taylor, M. (2007). Fostering partnership development. Ottawa, Ontario:
Office of Literacy and Essential Skills, Human Ressources and Social
Development Canada.
Taylor, M. (2004). A close-up look at 10 Canadians with low literacy
skills. Ottawa, Ontario: National Literacy Secretariat, Human Resources
and Skills Development Canada.
Taylor, M., & Pound, G. (2004). Connecting research with policy: Informal learning of adults with low literacy skills. Ottawa, Ontario: National Literacy Secretariat, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada.
Michaud, P. & Taylor, M. (2004). Training approaches for classification professionals. Ottawa, Ontario: Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat.
Taylor, M. (2003). Action research: A handbook for workplace educators. Ottawa, Ontario: National Literacy Secretariat, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada.
Taylor, M. (1998). Partners in the transfer of learning: A resource manual for workplace instructors. Ottawa, Ontario: National Literacy Secretariat, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 424 412)
Taylor, M. (1998). Through the lens of a good practice framework. Ottawa, Ontario. National Literacy Secretariat, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 424 412)
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