Lace ‘em up! |
Sunday April 21

 
  

   

at the Vancouver Sun Run (10 Km)

You can walk or run to sign up for
Douglas College’s Sun Run Team. Early
bird registration is only $20 and all
participants receive an official Sun Run
T-Shirt. Don’t delay... entries and
payment must be to Yvonne by Feb. 19 in
order to meet the early bird deadline.
Suggestions for a DC Team name are
also welcome. Last year we had 35
members - it’s afun morning and proceeds
go to charity.

Contact Yvonne Mostert at 5386 (Administration) for entry forms.
Proceeds benefit Vancouver Sun’s Children Fund.

 

 

 

Education Leave Report (1994/95)

summary

Faculty who take education leave are required by College policy to publish a brief summary
of their activities in INside. Watch for further summaries.

Developmental Studies Instructor Joyce Cameron

What I hoped to accomplish during
my educational leave was to find an
answer to my question, “Why is it so
painfully difficult for some adults to
learn to read?” Specifically, I undertook
to examine the phonological awareness
of adult illiterate and semi-literate
students. My concern was to find out if
the ability to recognize the separate
sounds, rather than just hearing the word
as a single entity, related to reading
levels and strategies, and progress in
learning to read. The study involved
literacy students at Douglas College and
Vancouver Community College’s King
Edward Campus.

The results of the study strongly suggest
that there is a relation between
phonological awareness and progress in
reading. Lack of phonological awareness
appears to limit students’ strategies for
figuring out new words and thus hinders
their becoming independent readers.

In the process of reading other people’s
research and conducting my own, I gained a
sense of what type of programme would be
necessary to implement phonological
awareness training with adults. At present,
I am attempting to incorporate such a
programme into the work that I do with a
group of Douglas College literacy students.

For more information, contact Joyce
Cameron at 527-5416. I

Events
Calendar

 

Noon at New West

Free concert series

Thursdays at 12:30 in the Performing Arts
Theatre

Introduction to Bizet’s Carmen by artists
from the Vancouver Opera, Feb 8

Richard Troeger, harpsichord, Feb 29

Amelia Douglas Gallery
“Monaco”, Rita Monaco

Jan 8 - Feb 12

“Classic Lines”, Florov & Mathias
Feb 13 - Mar 8

Opening Reception: Feb 22, 4-8 pm

WomenSpeak Institute
WomenSpeak

Supporting Women in the Former
Yugoslavia

Feb 29, 7-9 pm

Boardroom

Call 5440 for tickets.

Environmental Sciences in
Action Speakers Series
Solar Energy: What’s new in the 90’s

Feb 15, 7-8 pm

Room 2201

Alumni Week & Career Fair
Feb 26 - Cookie Contest

Feb 27 - Airplane Toss

Feb 28 - Chili Cookoff

Feb 29 - Career Exploration Fair

All events take place in the concourse. To
enter a contest drop by the Alumni Office,
Room 4002, or phone 527-5322.

Douglas Development

Highlights

Brown Bag #2

Evaluating the Portfolio Pilot Project:
Survey Implications

Feb 8, 12-1 pm

Boardroom

To register call 5440

Spring Break Conference
Thinking & Talking Information
Technology Through: Teaching, Learning &
Technology

Feb 15 & 16

Call 5440 for more information

Teaching, Learning and
Technology Roundtable -
Inaugural Meeting

Feb 20, 4-6 pm

Douglas Room I