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Direct linkDonnette Narine; Takashi Yamashita; Runcie C. W. Chidebe; Phyllis A. Cummins; Jenna W. Kramer; Rita Karam – New Horizons in Adult Education & Human Resource Development, 2025
Job automation can undermine economic security for workers in general, and older workers, in particular. In this respect, consistently updating one's knowledge and skills is essential for being competitive in a technology-driven labor market. Older workers with lower adult literacy skills experience difficulties with continuous education and…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Automation, Careers, Lifelong Learning
Takashi Yamashita; Donnette Narine; Adeola Ojomo; Runcie C. W. Chidebe; Phyllis A. Cummins; Jenna W. Kramer; Rita Karam; Thomas J. Smith – Grantee Submission, 2024
Considering the digitalization of the workplace and increasingly crucial digital skill proficiency in the technology-rich labor market, the objectives of the present study are to develop digital skill use profiles and to identify specific individual characteristics that are linked with digital skill use patterns among older workers in the United…
Descriptors: Digital Literacy, Older Adults, Older Workers, Individual Characteristics
Donnette Narine; Takashi Yamashita; Runcie C. W. Chidebe; Phyllis A. Cummins; Jenna W. Kramer; Rita Karam – Grantee Submission, 2024
Job automation can undermine economic security for workers in general, and older workers, in particular. In this respect, consistently updating one's knowledge and skills is essential for being competitive in a technology-driven labor market. Older workers with lower adult literacy skills experience difficulties with continuous education and…
Descriptors: Automation, Careers, Lifelong Learning, Skill Development
Download full textMargaret Becker Patterson – Adult Literacy Education, 2025
Adults with low numeracy skills often start adult foundational education services or work with individual tutors. Using U.S. PIAAC 2012/2014/2017 data, this paper examines the characteristics, educational backgrounds, and numeracy proficiency of adult learners in adult foundational education, along with use of numeracy skills at home and how…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Numeracy, Adult Students, Student Characteristics
Zehorit Dadon-Golan; Iris BenDavid-Hadar – European Journal of Education, 2025
The knowledge-based economy and the information society highlights the importance of developing new competencies for personal, professional and social integration. Problem-solving in technologically rich environments (PS-TREs) is one of these competencies. This research examines the relationships between higher education and the PS-TREs…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, College Graduates, Foreign Countries, Knowledge Economy
Marta Encinas-Martín; Michelle Cherian – OECD Publishing, 2025
Achieving gender equality in education is not only a matter of social justice: it is a catalyst for economic growth and societal well-being. This OECD report explores gender disparities in education in the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region, drawing on data from the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) and the Programme for…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, STEM Education, Sex Fairness, Inclusion
