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Fox, Tricia A. – Adult Literacy and Basic Education, 1990
Findings of a three-year co-worker literacy tutoring program in Canada include the following: (1) management and unions must be informed of program intent and purpose; (2) nonreaders' fear of exposure is a major barrier to participation; and (3) workplace literacy coordinators for each industry are essential. (SK)
Descriptors: Coordinators, Employee Attitudes, Employer Attitudes, Fear
Fox, Tricia A. – Education Canada, 1991
Describes a workplace literacy project in Canada that trains "literate" workers to tutor their "illiterate" co-workers. Employers were beginning to realize that literacy training could increase production and decrease industrial accidents. Attitudes of employees toward the program are correlated to the attitude and interest of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Employee Attitudes
