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TAYLOR, Maurice

TAYLOR, Maurice

Professor
LMX 230
Telephone: 613 562 5800 4037
email: mtaylor@uottawa.ca


Member of the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies

Research interests and scholarly activities

Teaching fields

Recent publications

Papers in refereed journals

  1. Taylor , M., Evans K. & Abasi, A. (2007). Understanding teaching and learning in adult literacy training: Practices in Canada and the United Kingdom . Literacy and Numeracy Studies: International Journal in the Education and Training of Adults, 15 (2) 57-72.
  2. Abasi, A., & Taylor , M. (2007) Tackling the issues and challenges of using video in adult literacy research. Australian Journal of Adult Learning, 47(2), 289-307.
  3. Taylor, M., S. & Widdifield, C. Goh, S. (2007) Fostering partnership development in workplace literacy: A case study of the Canadian National Literacy Secretariat Business and Labour Partnership Program. New York Journal of Adult Learning, 5, (2), 5-18.
  4. 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.
  5. Taylor , M. (2006). Informal adult learning and everyday literacy practices. The Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 49 (6), 500‑509.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.

Chapters in books

  1. Taylor , M. , & Blunt, A. (2006). Towards a Canadian research culture in adult literacy learning. In B. Spencer, T. Fenwick, & T. Nesbitt (Eds.), Lifelong learning in Canada (pp. 161‑167). Toronto , ON : Thompson Educational Press.
  2. Taylor , M. (2005). Essential skills and informal learning. An ethnographic study of adults at 1ALS Level 1 and Level 2. In T. Wallace, N. Murphy, G. Lepine, & D. Brown (Eds.), Exploring new directions in essential skills (pp. 65-72). Public Policy Forum, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada , Ottawa , Canada .
  3. Taylor , M. (2005). Towards a model of cognitive apprenticeship in adult literacy learning. In A. Lazaridau (Ed.), Contemporary issues on educational administration and policy (pp. 61-73). Athens Institute for Education and Research, Athens , Greece .

Papers in refereed conference proceedings

  1. Taylor, M., & Ayala, G. (2008). The transfer of learning in employment preparation programs for adults with low literacy . In Proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education (pp. 365-370). Vancouver, British Columbia.
  2. Hauer, D., & Taylor, M. (2008) . Collaborative learning in an aboriginal adult literacy centre. In Proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education (pp. 171-176), Vancouver, British Columbia.
  3. Taylor , M., Evans, K., Mohamed, A. (2007). The interplay between formal and informal training: Comparing Experiences in Canada and the United Kingdom . In Proceedings of the 26 th Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education (pp. 589-594). Halifax , NS .
  4. Ellis, J. A., Ootoova, A., Blouin, R, Rowley, B., Taylor , M., Decourtney, C., Joyce, M., Greenly, W. (2007). Establishing the psychometric properties and preferences for the Northern Pain Scale. Pain Research and Management, 2, (12), 126.
  5. Taylor , M ., Evans, K., Abasi, A. (2006). Towards a teaching and learning model in adult literacy programs. In Proceedings of the 25 th Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education (pp. 263‑268). Toronto , ON .
  6. Taylor , M., & Abasi, A. (2005). Developing communities of practice in adult literacy through collaborative learning. In Proceedings of the 24 th Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education (pp. 256-262). London , ON .
  7. Taylor , M., & Boulton, J. (2004). Informal learning practice of adults with low literacy skills. In Proceedings of the Adult Education Research Conference/Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education (pp. 474-479). Victoria , BC .

Technical reports

  1. Taylor , M. (2008). The value of formal and informal learning for workers with low skills , Ottawa , Ontario : Office of Literacy and Essential Skills, Human Resources and Social Development Canada.
  2. Taylor , M. (2007). Fostering partnership development: An historical look at the National Literacy Secretariat business and labour partnership program. Ottawa , Ontario : National Literacy Secretariat, Human Resources and Social Development Canada .
  3. 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 .
  4. 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 .
  5. Michaud, P., & Taylor , M. (2004). Training approaches for classification professionals . Ottawa , Ontario : Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat.

Conference presentations

June 2008
Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education
Vancouver, British Columbia
Transfer of Learning for Low Skilled Workers

June 2008
Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education
Vancouver, British Columbia
Collaborative Learning in an Aboriginal Adulter Literacy Center

May 2008
Work and Learning Knowledge Centre, Canadian Council on Learning
Ottawa, Ontario
Workplace Strategies for Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition

November 2007
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario , Pain Awareness Week
Ottawa, Ontario
Reliability and Validity for the Northern Pain Scale

June 2007
Adult Education Research Conference (US) and the Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education
Halifax, Nova Scotia
The Interplay between Formal and Informal Training for Basic Level Employees

May 2007
Canadian Pain Society
Ottawa, Ontario
Establishing the Psychometric Properties and Preferences for the Northern Pain Scale

October 2007
ABC Canada Literacy Foundation Roundtable, (Invited)
Toronto, Ontario
Research Trends in Workplace Literacy

May 2006
Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education
Toronto, Ontario
A Close-up Look at Literacy Experiences in Canada and the United Kingdom

May 2005
Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education
London, Ontario
Developing Communities of Practice in Adult Literacy through Collaborative Learning

April 2005
Ontario Association of Adult and Continuing Education School Board Administrators
Ottawa, Ontario
Collaborative Learning Styles and Teaching Models in Adult Literacy

March 2005
Learning & Literacy Directorate Workshop, HRSDC (Invited)
Ottawa, Ontario
Towards a Comprehensive Framework for a National Adult Learning and Literacy Program

November 2004
Canadian Society for Training and Development
Toronto, Ontario
Organizational Needs Assessments in Workplace Literacy Programs

October 2004
National Essential Skills Symposium (Invited)
Gatineau, Quebec
Essential Skills and Informal Learning

June 2004
Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education and the American Adult Education Research Conference
Victoria, British Columbia
Informal Learning Practices of Adults with Limited Literacy Skills

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