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Parker, R. W. – Training Officer, 1975
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Students, Basic Skills
Download full textCurry, Donna; Smith, Mikki – 1993
This handbook was designed to help adult literacy education teachers to understand the plastics industry, develop a curriculum, and teach basic skills classes in a plastics company. The book contains four main sections. The first section, on the basics of plastics, contains a brief history of the industry, an elementary description of the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Basic Skills
Averitt, Sallie Dowling – 1993
This guidebook was designed to be a practical guide in developing workplace education programs. The handbook includes the following three sections: (1) background information, including details and supporting information about workplace education; (2) workplace education worksheets that adult education supervisors can take to the worksite to use…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Individualized Education Programs
Eurich, Nell P. – 1985
Education in U.S. industry and business is discussed, and the history of business-based education is traced to nineteenth century efforts to meet both the demands of productivity and the training of workers. After discussing the size and scope of efforts to train employees, reasons for corporate training are identified. Four dimensions of the…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Business, Continuing Education, Degrees (Academic)
Office of Vocational and Adult Education (ED), Washington, DC. Adult Learning and Literacy Clearinghouse. – 1996
Compiled from information contained in the Program Year 1994-95 Annual Narrative Performance Reports submitted by states to the U.S. Department of Education, this paper shares selected information on recent developments in workplace education programs for adults. Section 1 describes programs that exhibited strong partnerships and collaboration in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills
Smith, Paula S. – 1995
A demonstration project was conducted in Alabama to create a basic skills workplace curriculum that would assist a local corporation in improving work force productivity. During the 3-year project, a job-specific curriculum was written for Russell Corporation's Skills Training at Russell (STAR) program. The curriculum covered four topics: safety,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Demonstration Programs
Leef, Carol; Riddle, Tamara – 1996
This manual was developed as a guide for setting up a workplace education program. Based on the Workplace Education Project (WEP) in Peterborough, Ontario, the manual contains nine chapters that provide details of the WEP and suggestions for implementing the process in other locations. The first chapter provides a rationale for a WEP program, and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Continuing Education
