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Shaw, James G., Ed. – 1976
The 12 articles in this publication provide indepth treatment of important aspects of in-house training programs for technical writing and editing. The articles deal with the following topics: the value of an in-house writing course, teaching in industry, developing an in-house writing course for engineers and scientists, a new approach to…
Descriptors: Editing, Engineers, Guides, Industrial Training
Fleenor, Juliann E. – 1983
Two in-house communication training seminars--the first a two-hour seminar for transmission technicians and the second a six-week course for nurses and hospital technicians--were held to improve technical communication. In the first, service technicians were helped to analyze their audience--their manager and company engineers--as a motivation…
Descriptors: Adults, Audience Analysis, Career Development, Communication Skills
Commission of the European Communities, Brussels (Belgium). Directorate-General for Education, Training, and Youth. – 1995
The EUROTECNET program has been refocused to concentrate more on continuing vocational education as the area of greatest need across the European Community. Four priority fields or domains of innovative activity have been defined for the final 2 years of EUROTECNET. Priority domain 1 is innovative training needs analysis with a special focus on…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Educational Innovation, Educational Needs, Foreign Countries
Nabisco, Richmond, VA. – 1995
This document contains the learning modules developed during the Nabisco Richmond Facility's workplace literacy project. The first section is the facilitator's guide and the second is the participants' copy. Modules are included on the following topics: listening, problem solving, applied math (including calculator usage and military time), graph…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Communication Skills, Curriculum
Seminole Community Coll., Sanford, FL. – 1994
This manual is designed for tutors who are helping to teach workplace literacy to job seekers or newly employed adults, especially former migrant farm workers in Florida. The manual is organized in five sections. The first section contains background material, including an overview of the program, and information about adult learners, migrant farm…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Employment Potential, High School Equivalency Programs
Hull, Glynda, Ed. – 1997
These 14 papers look at U.S. factories and workplace education programs to see what is expected of workers. "Hearing Other Voices" (Glynda Hull), argues alternate viewpoints are essential to create frameworks for understanding literacy in relation to work. "Discourses of Workplace Education" (Katherine Schultz) analyzes the discourse of new…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Vocational Education, Dislocated Workers
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
Garcia, Paula; And Others – 1994
The guide outlines program design and curricula for a series of workplace education courses for limited-English-proficient adult immigrants. The courses are designed to raise basic skills in reading, writing, mathematics, problem-solving, and communication. Sections describe the program's target audience, objectives, goals, design, staff, theory…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Classroom Techniques, Course Content, English for Special Purposes