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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Workplace instruction and workforce preparation for adult immigrants	Date September 2007	Abstract 'Adult educators across the country are looking for ways to ensure that foreign-born adults will be successful in gaining Eng...
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 Workplace education: twenty state perspectives	Date Sept 4, 2007	Abstract Developed for the August 20, 2007 meeting of the National Commission on Adult Literacy, this policy brief examines current wo...
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 Workplace education	Date 1999	Abstract The fact sheet from the U.S. Department of Education, Division of Adult Education and Literacy, defines workplace literacy a...
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 Workforce Investment Act: some implications for adult and vocational education	Date 2000	Abstract This alert looks at the implications for adult and vocational education of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA), passed in 1998...
Title Workforce Investment Act: implementation status and the integration of TANF services	Date 2000	Abstract This document is the testimony of the Director of Education, Workforce, and Income Security Issues, Health, education, and Hu...
Title Worker-centered learning: labor's role	Date 1999	Abstract This digest explores the labor movement's new vision for workers' education. Extensive references are given.
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 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 Work Force Education; Beyond Technical Skills	Date 1999	Abstract This alert reviews some of the trends in the development of the so-called "soft skills," or the skills required for organizat...
Title Work force education or literacy development: which road should adult education take?	Date 1998	Abstract The digest examines reviews recent literature on work force development as a goal of adult literacy. Included are the curren...
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 Whatever happened to workplace literacy?	Date 2003	Abstract This paper examines what has happened to workplace literacy programs in the United States in the period after the end of the ...
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 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 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 Welfare reform: three states' approaches show promise of increasing work participation	Date 1997	Abstract This report reviews the experiences of three states--Idaho, Massachusetts, and Michigan--with increasing the participation of...
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 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 Training practices for small businesses	Date 1999	Abstract The brief presents information on the training practices of small businesses. Types of training, barriers, and cost effectiv...
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 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...
Title Skill standards; job analysis profiles are just the beginning	Date 1997	Abstract The alert summarizes the trend toward use of skills standards to align the education system with the emerging, high performan...
Title Serving welfare recipients with learning disabilities in a work first environment	Date 1998	Abstract This analysis describes the results for the adult learning disabled population of the U.S. welfare reform model which emphasi...
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 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 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 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 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 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 Return on investment (roi) from adult education and training; measuring the economic impact of a better educated and trained U.S. workforce	Date 2011	Abstract This position paper asserts that billions of dollars could be earned, saved, and pumped back into the struggling economy as a...
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 Preparing the workers of today for the jobs of tomorrow	Date July 2009	Abstract This report presents a projection of potential developments in the U.S. labor market over the next five to ten years and disc...
Title Preparing limited English proficient persons for the workplace	Date 2000	Abstract This digest describes cultural considerations and effective approaches for LEP individuals' work force development, including...
Title Post-employment education and training models in the welfare-to-work grants program	Date 1999	Abstract This paper synthesizes information about providing education and training after an individual is employed -- one type of post...
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 New directions for cooperative education	Date 1999	Abstract This digest explores the factors helping and hindering cooperative education at this juncture in its history, examines how it...