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Direct linkYasukawa, Keiko; Brown, Tony; Black, Stephen – Journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2013
Public policy discourses claim that there is a "crisis" in the literacy and numeracy levels of the Australian workforce. In this paper, we propose a methodology for examining this "crisis" from a critical perspective. We draw on findings from an ongoing research project by the authors which investigates production workers'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Literacy, Numeracy, Blue Collar Occupations
