Download or read book Workplace Literacy written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Literacy in the Labor Force written by Andrew Sum and published by Department of Education. This book was released on 1999 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using data from the 1992 National Adult Literacy Survey, focuses on the literacy skills of the nation's total civilian labour force.
Download or read book Literacy in the Work Force written by Leonard Lund and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Up to 10 percent of U.S. workers are either functionally illiterate or marginally literate. These workers increase the operational costs of their employers and restrain companies' flexibility. The high school graduates of the 1990s will exacerbate the problem by entering the work force with marginal literacy skills. A survey of 1,600 manufacturing and service firms received 163 usable responses revealing that most companies do not test for literacy or mathematical skills. Employers agree that literacy is a major problem, one that acts as a drag on the nation's ability to compete with Asian and European nations. A large number of companies provide funds and support to the community and educational groups engaged in adult literacy programs and are showing results. Business executives suggested goals that could become a literacy agenda for business: (1) develop a definition of the term "literacy"; (2) institute an auditing system to assess the extent of workplace literacy; (3) determine what skills employees need; (4) take advantage of the research and skills in teaching literacy that already exist; (5) institute a system to advise local residents of the literacy scores of high school graduates; and (6) encourage greater use of employer consortia in literacy programs. (NLA)
Download or read book Reading Across the Life Span written by Steven R. Yussen and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1993-05-26 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the liveliest areas of research in the social sciences is reading. Scholarly activity is currently proceeding along a number of different disciplinary lines, addressing a multitude of questions and issues about reading. A short list of disciplines involved in the study of reading would include linguistics, psychology, education, history, and gerontology. Among the important questions being ad dressed are some long-standing concerns: How are reading skills acquired? What are the basic components of reading skill? How do skilled readers differ from less skilled ones? What are the best ways to approach instruction for different groups of readers-young beginning readers, poor readers with learning problems, and teenage and adult illiterates? How can reading skill best be measured-what standardized instruments and observational techniques are most useful? The large volume of textbooks and scholarly books that issue forth each year is clear evidence of the dynamic nature of the field. The purpose of this volume is to survey some of the best work going on in the field today and reflect what we know about reading as it unfolds across the life span. Reading is clearly an activity that spans each of our lives. Yet most accounts of it focus on some narrow period of development and fail to consider the range of questions that serious scholarship needs to address for us to have a richer under standing of reading. The book is divided into four parts.
Download or read book Worker centered Learning written by Anthony R. Sarmiento and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unions are some of the best experts on workforce literacy. Few organisations can match their track record for helping workers improve their literacy skills. Unions' experience - brought to you in this guidebook - can help you establish or strengthen a workplace literacy program for your members.
Download or read book Workplace Literacy written by DIANE Publishing Company and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1996-07 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follows the National Workplace Literacy Program as it has been implemented over several funding cycles. Its major objectives are: improved basic skills for employees, improved employee perfromance, model curricula for industries, and institutionalization of programs by partners and replication at new sites. Suggests self-help steps for anyone who may wish to apply for federal funds under the Program. Long-term strategies are discussed for the program along with a discussion of key issues which will shape the future of workplace education programs.
Download or read book Workplace literacy written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Changing Work Changing Workers written by Glynda Hull and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1997-03-06 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Changing Work, Changing Workers looks at U.S. factories and workplace education programs to see what is expected currently of workers. The studies reported in Hull's book draw their evidence from firsthand, sustained looks at workplaces and workplace education efforts. Many of the chapters represent long-term ethnographic or qualitative research. Others are fine-grained examinations of texts, curricula, or policy. Such perspectives result in portraits that honor the complex nature of work, people, and education. For example, one chapter examines the shop floor of a computer manufacturer in Silicon Valley and shows how well-intentioned organizational changes, such as the imposition of self-directed work teams, often go awry, particularly in multicultural workplaces. Another chapter provides the history of a federally funded literacy project designed for garment workers in New York City, documenting the struggles and achievements that accompanied this attempt to prepare immigrants for alternatives to work in a rapidly downsizing industry. Other settings and topics include a community college where minority women are prepared for the skilled trades; an auto-accessory plant with a "pay-for-knowledge" training program; a union-based literacy program designed for hospital workers; and the popular vocational curriculum called "applied communications."
Download or read book Literacy in the Labor Force written by Andrew Sum and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Framework for Developing Skill Standards for Workplace Literacy written by Eunice N. Askov and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1998-02 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adult educators working in workplace literacy & workforce preparation programs need to be aware of the many efforts to define standards for the knowledge, skills, & abilities needed for successful performance in the workplace. This report describes the various efforts related to skill standards & other policy initiatives for those who may not be directly involved in these ongoing efforts. Includes skill descriptions as the framework for workplace literacy skill standards. Contents: background to the occupational skill standards efforts; occupational skill standards; framework for skill standards; discussion & conclusions.
Download or read book Scientific and Technical Literacy in the Work Force written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Technology and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Literacy Leader Fellowship Program Reports no 1 State level policy for workplace basic education what advocates are saying written by Eunice Nicholson Askov and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Literacy in the Workplace written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Scientific and Technical Literacy in the Work Force written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Technology and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Workplace Skills Reading for Information Student Workbook written by Contemporary and published by McGraw-Hill Education. This book was released on 2010-02-02 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reading Drills is a three-level series, with classic and contemporary fiction and nonfiction readings, designed to teach students how to improve their reading speed while building valuable comprehension and critical thinking skills.
Download or read book Guide to Workforce Literacy written by AlphaPlus Centre and published by Alphaplus Centre. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Requirements for Workforce Literacy written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
