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Critical Literacy and Beyond: Lessons Learned from Students and Workers in a Vocational Program and on the Job.
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Hull, Glynda – Anthropology and Education Quarterly, 1993
Reports on the experiences of students in a community college vocational program (approximately 60% African American and 30% Asian American) in banking and finance and the jobs students got and lost in the data center of a bank. Concerns about workers' literacy problems are explored. (SLD)
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Banking, Basic Skills, Black Studies
"Their Chances? Slim and None." An Ethnographic Account of the Experiences of Low-Income People of Color in a Vocational Program and at Work.
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Hull, Glynda – 1992
This paper describes ethnographic research in a community college banking and finance program in the context of the opposing positions of the need for basic skills and preparation for jobs and the need for critical skills and preparation for citizenship in a democracy. After these positions are reviewed, research is described on students in the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Banking, Basic Skills, Blacks