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Download full textMott Community Coll., Flint, MI. – 1993
Originally designed to serve 400 employees, the Mott Community College (MCC) Workplace Literacy Project provided instruction in basic workplace skills to 566 employees from 20 companies. The cost was 2 percent lower than projected. All participants were assessed and counseled on the basis of the assessment tests. Individualized training plans were…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Computer Assisted Instruction, Curriculum Development
Neff, George – 1991
Vocational Literacy is a new academic field which has arisen in response to criticism from industry that vocational graduates are not sufficiently literate to perform on the job. South Seattle Community College (SSCC) in Washington has investigated the feasibility of coordinating courses in computer literacy with English and technical courses to…
Descriptors: College English, Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education
Cacy, Roselynn; And Others – 1992
This guide is designed to help program developers establish a literacy program geared to specific occupations. It uses examples from English second-language literacy education for the hotel housekeeper. The guide consists of seven sections addressing the following aspects of program development: getting started and overall planning; selecting a…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Curriculum Development, English (Second Language), Financial Support
Florida Community Coll., Jacksonville. – 1994
The SCORE project developed and delivered workplace literacy training to employees and/or job candidates in the customer service and telephone sales industry at the AT&T Corporation. The work was done in partnership with the Florida Community College (FCC) at Jacksonville. Of 259 adults served, 39 percent became employed as a result of the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Critical Thinking
Willis, Jean H. – 1994
The Meridian Partnership is a cooperative program established in 1992 by Meridian Community College (MCC), in Mississippi, and Peavey Electronics Corporation to provide expanded workplace literacy instruction to Peavey employees and to perform job analyses to develop customized mathematics and reading courseware. Hardware, software, classroom…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Community Colleges
Poulton, Bruce R. – 1994
As described in this performance report, the Workplace Literacy System (WLS) project was a national demonstration program in which North Carolina State University, Forsyth Technical Community College, and Sara Lee Knit Products Company (SLKP) participated as partners. During the project's second phase, a nine-module curriculum on the history of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction, Content Area Reading
Metropolitan Baltimore Council of AFL-CIO Unions, MD. – 1992
Maryland's Labor Education Achievement Program (LEAP) worked with a wide diversity of union workers in multiple industries and within numerous private companies and public agencies over a dispersed geographic area. Staff development included a workshop for local coordinators and a teacher inservice training session. LEAP provided…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Ancillary School Services, Competency Based Education
Metropolitan Baltimore Council of AFL-CIO Unions, MD. – 1991
The Labor Education Achievement Program (LEAP) exceeded its recruitment and enrollment goal for April 1990 to June 1991. The number of union workers receiving services was 697 in 59 classes at 20 sites. Recruitment success was made possible by the use of the communication networks of the Baltimore AFL-CIO Metropolitan Council of Unions and public…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Allied Health Occupations Education, Basic Skills
Royce, Sherry – 1992
This document reviews 117 special projects selected by a panel of literacy experts using three criteria: effectiveness, innovation, and adaptability. Special projects are grouped by the area, or major thrust, of the project and product. The nine areas are as follows: counseling, curriculum, English as a Second Language, management, promotion,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Counseling, Career Counseling, Computer Assisted Instruction
Poulton, Bruce R. – 1992
The Workplace Literacy System Project (WLS) prepared interactive CD-ROM discs containing about 50 hours of instruction and drill in basic skills presented within the context of the textile/apparel manufacturing industry. The project was conducted at a Sara Lee knit products plant in North Carolina. During the project, literacy task analyses were…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Computer Assisted Instruction, Curriculum Development
Wells, Alice; Robertson-Phillips, Theresa – 1992
The Labor Education Achievement Program (LEAP) provided workplace literacy services to 664 union workers in 39 classes at worksites, union halls, and other locations. Students' average age was nearly 40. All had attended some public school; 91 percent had some high school education. Students reported various reasons for enrollment; 90.6 percent…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Ancillary School Services, Competency Based Education
Higher Colleges of Technology, Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates). – 2000
This document contains a total of 57 welcoming speeches, theme addresses, seminar and workshop papers, and poster sessions that were presented at a conference on technological education and national development. The papers explore the ways technology and technological advances have both necessitated and enabled changes in the way education is…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Articulation (Education)
