Honouring their stories: the experience of one interviewer

Abstract

The author of this paper was contracted as one of three researchers for the project entitled Learning Capacities in the Community and Workplace: an action research project. The project was sponsored by Advocates for Community Based-training and Education for Women (ACTEW) and, initially, the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers (CEP) Union. The intent of the project was to uncover and document learning strategies used by adults in three different learning sites: an unionized factory; a community-based employment training program; and a literacy program. The job of this particular researcher was to focus on learners in the pre-employment and literacy programs in Toronto. The method of research was action based: the author was responsible for interviewing adult learners and facilitating sessions on filling out a Skills and Knowledge Profile (SKP)