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Title Work place literacy: resource book	Date [198-]	Abstract This manual is for adult educators providing basic skills training for business and industry. Sections include advice on ini...
Title What works!: guidelines for workplace skills enhancement programs	Date [1989]	Abstract This handbook is designed for adult educators to use in establishing a successful workplace skills enhancement program at bus...
Title Manual for union-management educational partnerships	Date [199 2]	Abstract This manual was written for employers who will become involved in formal and long term workforce training. Included are dete...
Title Workplace literacy annotated bibliography	Date [1990]	Abstract The ERIC database contains a number of materials on the topic of workplace literacy. This annotated bibliography provides ex...
Title Government as a high performance employer; a SCANS report for America 2000	Date [1992]	Abstract The document advocates the government becoming a high performance employer. The Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessry...
Title Bottom line: basic skills in the workplace	Date 1988	Abstract This joint publication of the U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Department of Education describes the need for improved b...
Title Workplace basics: the skills employers want	Date 1988	Abstract The publication summarizes a portion of the workplace skills research conducted under a two-year joint project of the America...
Title Rock Valley College private sector partnerships for English literacy, final report, Aug 12, 1987 - June 30, 1988	Date 1988	Abstract The report describes the results of a project to recruit, provide tutoring, and provide classes for English as a Second Langu...
Title Workplace literacy programs	Date 1988	Abstract The Digest examines workplace literacy including the need for it, how it differs from general literacy, literacy skills neede...
Title Women, work, and literacy	Date 1988	Abstract The Digest based on publications of Wider Opportunities for Women (WOW), portrays the extent of the problem of illiteracy amo...
Title Job-related basic skills	Date 1990	Abstract The Digest defines job-related basic skills and reviews the current consensus on their importance. Levels of job literacy, e...
Title Worker-centered learning: a union guide to workplace literacy	Date 1990	Abstract Part I, "understanding workplace literacy," contains information to help union leaders understand the issues so they will mak...
Title Training to teach ESL in the workplace	Date 1990	Abstract There is an increased demand for literacy and skills training in the workplace, and a corresponding increase in the number of...
Title Annotated bibliography on issues in literacy and the U.S. workforce	Date 1990	Abstract A selective, annotated bibliography of thirteen of the most recent and best resources on issues related to workplace literacy...
Title Workplace literacy	Date 1990	Abstract This is a list of eleven items in the ERIC data base on the subject of workplace literacy. Included are curriculum, reviews ...
Title California's workforce for the year 2000	Date 1991	Abstract Article summarizes the report of the California Workplace Literacy Task Force, chaired by Tom Sticht, which studied the state...
Title Worksite training	Date 1991	Abstract The digest reviews recent literature on training conducted by employers and notes trends, methods, and future directions for ...
Title Ethnography and adult workplace literacy program design	Date 1991	Abstract The digest reviews ethnography, which seeks to understand and represent the points of view of the members of a particular cul...
Title School-to-work transition: its role in achieving universal literacy	Date 1991	Abstract The digest reviews the national education objective of strengthening the connection between education and work. The major to...
Title Do workplace literacy programs promote high skills or low wages?	Date 1991	Abstract This article advocates workplace literacy program designed to foster high performance workplace structures rather than mainta...
Title What work requires of schools: a SCANS report for America 2000	Date 1991	Abstract The Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) studied changes in the world of work and implications of tho...
Title Functional context education	Date 1991	Abstract This article defines functional context as "instruction using the context of relevant work or life tasks" and gives examples ...
Title Review of the National Workplace Literacy Program	Date 1991	Abstract The report examines projects funded during the National Workplace Literacy Program's first year of operation, including a rev...
Title Workplace literacy programs for nonnative English speakers	Date 1991	Abstract Workplace-based literacy programs take place at the work site or at a location designated by the work site, in response to ne...
Title R.O.A.D. to success	Date 1991	Abstract R.O.A.D. to Success is a workplace literacy program designed to help drivers who have trouble reading the Commercial Driver's...
Title Closing the skills gap; impact of a workplace literacy program	Date 1991	Abstract This report describes the features and results of an innovative workplace learning collaboration between Motorola Inc. and Me...
Title Learner-centered worker education program	Date 1991	Abstract This digest a describes a writing based, learner-centered program developed by The Hastings Institute, a non-profit corporati...
Title Workplace education efforts in small business: learning from the field, executive summary	Date 1991	Abstract This is the executive summary of a report of a research study of case studies of 18 different workplace education programs op...
Title Beyond training: a field test of the American Society for Training and Development's Workplace Basics, executive summary	Date 1992	Abstract This is the executive summary of a booklet summarizes a field test done of the Workplace Basics training package supported by...
Title Learning a living: a blueprint for high performance: a SCANS report for America 2000	Date 1992	Abstract This document is Part 1 of a final report of the Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) and is a follow...
Title SCANS Blueprint for action: building community coalitions	Date 1992	Abstract This document is Part II of a final report of the Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) and is a follo...
Title Workplace literacy: an update	Date 1992	Abstract This ""trends and issues alert" summarizes the issues around the phenomenon of workplace literacy. Print resources and resou...
Title How do you know if it's working? Evaluating the effectiveness of workplace literacy programs	Date 1992	Abstract In the workplace, literacy programs are viewed as components of "training," and as such needs to be evaluated differently fro...
Title Legal considerations concerning literacy testing in the workplace	Date 1992	Abstract The paper reviews the legal background regarding testing of various types in the workplace. Covered are provisions of the Ci...
Title Workplace literacy and people with disabilities: shifting the focus to the employer	Date 1992	Abstract In the past, literacy training for persons with disabilities has focused on skills needed to succeed in the workplace, with a...
Title Assessing workplace performance problems: a checklist	Date 1992	Abstract This digest looks at questions used in business training departments to assess the nature and relative importance of worker p...
Title Workplace ESL instruction: varieties and constraints	Date 1993	Abstract This digest describes some of the existing programs to prepare adults for the workplace or to help workers already on the job...
Title Teaching the SCANS competencies	Date 1993	Abstract The Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) studied changes in the world of work and implications of tho...
Title Workplace literacy: lessons from practice	Date 1993	Abstract The Digest gives an overview of the status of workplace literacy in reference to the second objective of the fifth national e...
Title Changing work force	Date 1993	Abstract This ""trends and issues alert" summarizes the issues around the changing work force in the United States. Print resources a...
Title Workplace literacy: its role in high performance organizations	Date 1995	Abstract The digest describes the relationship between collaborative approaches to workplace literacy and high performance work organi...
Title Welfare to work: the role of adult basic and literacy education	Date 1995	Abstract The brief reviews some of the research findings regarding the link of adult basic and literacy education to welfare reform. ...
Title Evaluating workplace ESL instructional programs	Date 1995	Abstract This digest examines evaluation measures and activities used in workplace programs, and discusses issues associated with the ...
Title Workplace literacy: trends in the literature	Date 1995	Abstract This ""trends and issues alert" summarizes the trends in the literature and issues around the phenomenon of workplace literac...
Title New ways of learning in the workplace	Date 1995	Abstract The digest addresses some of the new ways to learn at work, such as action learning, situated learning, and incidental learni...
Title SCANS and the new vocationalism	Date 1995	Abstract The digest examines whether and how the SCANS (Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills) report has influenced ed...
Title Selling workplace ESL instructional programs	Date 1995	Abstract This digest explores the issue of why companies do and do not provide workplace basic skills and ESL instruction. It reports...
Title Union-sponsored workplace ESL instruction	Date 1996	Abstract This digest explores the history of union-sponsored workplace ESL instruction; discusses some models for program delivery; an...
Title Workplace Literacy (1)	Date 1996	Abstract The fact sheet from the U.S. Department of Education, Division of Adult Education and Literacy, defines workplace literacy a...
Title Task analysis strategies and practices	Date 1997	Abstract The brief presents information on current practices and examples of the various types of task analyses, highlighting their st...