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Peer reviewedLazar, Meryl K.; Bean, Rita M.; Van Horn, Barbara – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 1998
Describes a workplace literacy project implemented at a hospital with help from a university and a literacy organization. Finds significant changes in all basic skill areas and improvement in job performance, attitude, and self-esteem. Argues that well-designed programs improve employee job performance when program success is closely linked to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Hospital Personnel
Download full textMoe, Alden J.; And Others – 1980
As part of a project that identified the specific literacy skills required in ten occupations, this report provides two levels of instructional information about electricians. Factual data are presented in Parts I and II for use in decision making by program developers, administrators, teachers, and counselors. These sections note the specific…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Basic Skills, Communication Skills
BCEL Brief, 1992
This brief presents summary information and contacts/references for a sampling of programs and resources that have been developed to support small business workplace literacy projects. Twenty-two contacts are included: Finger Lakes Regional Education Center for Economic Development; Development Assistance Corporation; Wayne Community College;…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Basic Skills
Business Council for Effective Literacy, New York, NY. – 1987
This bulletin for businesses is a step-by-step guide to planning and implementing an effective job-related employee basic skills program. Part 1 provides general principles to guide the effort. It addresses literacy and basic skills, the importance of context, and changing requirements for literacy. A preview of key program principles concludes…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Corporate Education
Moe, Alden J.; And Others – 1980
As part of a project that identified the specific literacy skills required in ten occupations, this report provides two levels of instructional information about industrial maintenance mechanics. Factual data are presented in Parts I and II for use in decision making by program developers, administrators, teachers, and counselors. These sections…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Basic Skills, Communication Skills
Moe, Alden J.; And Others – 1979
As part of a project that identified the specific literacy skills required in ten occupations, this report provides two levels of instructional information about licensed practical nurses (LPNs). Factual data are presented in Parts I and II for use in decision making by program developers, administrators, teachers, and counselors. These sections…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Adult Vocational Education, Basic Skills
Moe, Alden J.; And Others – 1980
As part of a project that identified the specific literacy skills required in ten occupations, this report provides two levels of instructional information about machine tool operators. Factual data are presented in Parts I and II for use in decision making by program developers, administrators, teachers, and counselors. These sections note the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Adult Vocational Education, Basic Skills
Moe, Alden J.; And Others – 1979
As part of a project that identified the specific literacy skills required in ten occupations, this report provides two levels of instructional information about secretaries. Factual data are presented in Parts I and II for use in decision making by program developers, administrators, teachers, and counselors. These sections note the specific…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Adult Vocational Education, Basic Skills
Garay, Mary Sue – 1992
The globalization of business has influenced the development of customized, job-specific workplace literacy programs. Work-centered participatory literacy receives support from both business and labor and additional impetus from the National Literacy Act of 1991. The worker of the future will be a thinking and communicating problem solver. The…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Demonstration Programs, Educational Cooperation
Proper, Len – 1994
This report summarizes the 18 programs that have received Governor's Workforce Excellence Awards in Ohio over the past 3 years. The 18 award winning programs (based in companies employing from 75 to 16,000 employees) focus on the basic literacy, thinking, and personal skills that every Ohio worker must possess. They were selected from nearly 100…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Awards
Moe, Alden J.; And Others – 1979
As part of a project that identified the specific literacy skills required in ten occupations, this report provides two levels of instructional information about account clerks. Factual data are presented in Parts I and II for use in decision making by program developers, administrators, teachers, and counselors. These sections note the specific…
Descriptors: Accounting, Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Adult Vocational Education
Harlow, Debra B.; Askov, Eunice N. – 1994
Four community colleges in North Carolina cooperated to provide workplace literacy education to employees of eight plants in the state. The target population for the program was 710 adults who had not completed high school or who were functioning below high school level who were employed at one of the industry sites. The Comprehensive Adult…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Basic Skills
Moe, Alden J.; And Others – 1979
As part of a project that identified the specific literacy skills required in ten occupations, this report provides two levels of instructional information about draftsmen. Factual data are presented in Parts I and II for use in decision making by program developers, administrators, teachers, and counselors. These sections note the specific…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Adult Vocational Education, Basic Skills
Moe, Alden J.; And Others – 1980
As part of a project that identified the specific literacy skills required in ten occupations, this report provides two levels of instructional information about welders. Factual data are presented in Parts I and II for use in decision making by program developers, administrators, teachers, and counselors. These sections note the specific literacy…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Adult Vocational Education, Basic Skills
The Literacy Requirements of an Automotive Mechanic on the Job and in a Vocational Training Program.
Moe, Alden J.; And Others – 1980
As part of a project that identified the specific literacy skills required in ten occupations, this report provides two levels of instructional information about auto mechanics. Factual data are presented in Parts I and II for use in decision making by program developers, administrators, teachers, and counselors. These sections note the specific…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Adult Vocational Education, Auto Mechanics
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