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| Adult Learning | 4 |
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| Journal Articles | 4 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 4 |
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| Adult Education | 1 |
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| Nevada | 1 |
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Peer reviewedLey, Kathryn; And Others – Adult Learning, 1992
Describes an effort to attack a regional workplace illiteracy problem with a community-based needs assessment. Indicates that the needs assessment will be effective if it (1) emphasizes the social and economic effects of illiteracy, (2) explicitly links illiteracy to its regional effects, and (3) is accomplished within the time and funding…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Needs Assessment, Regional Programs, Workplace Literacy
Peer reviewedFowler, Robert – Adult Learning, 1992
Describes a successful workplace literacy program necessitated by increased skill requirements of employees. Discusses mistakes as well as good decisions. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Corporate Education, Job Skills, Retraining
Peer reviewedBaloun, Tamara L. – Adult Learning, 1995
Discusses the basic skills training program instituted for the nonexempt work force at First Chicago Corporation, the 10th-largest bank holding company in the United States. Presents the rationale for the program and describes the successful training efforts in place at the bank. (JOW)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Basic Skills, Corporate Education, Work Environment
Direct linkCase, Rod E.; Ainsworth, John; Emerson, Rick – Adult Learning, 2004
This article provides a field-based account of how to develop and implement an adult workplace literacy program for English as a Second Language (ESL) students based upon the principles of a social practices definition of literacy. The purpose of the program is to provide basic literacy instruction for the growing population of Spanish-speaking…
Descriptors: Workplace Literacy, Adult Education, English (Second Language), Spanish Speaking
