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Peer reviewedCornell, Thomas – Journal of Reading, 1988
Highlights the need for occupational literacy programs and provides brief guidelines for reading specialists interested in helping to develop such programs. (Auth/ARH)
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Experiential Learning, Job Training, Mastery Learning
Peer reviewedPhilippi, Jorie W. – Journal of Reading, 1988
Points to the importance of teaching job literacy. Outlines a method (which was successfully employed in the military) of analyzing job demands, and then constructing and using effective literacy materials. (ARH)
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Functional Literacy, Job Training, Minimum Competencies
Peer reviewedSeifert, Mary – Journal of Reading, 1979
An analysis of job reading requirements indicates that most job reading is reading-to-do, while job training programs require reading-to-learn tasks also. (MKM)
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Functional Reading, Job Skills
Peer reviewedMalicky, Grace V.; Norman, Charles A. – Journal of Reading, 1994
Explores the relationship between participation in a Canadian urban adult literacy programs and employment status over three years. Finds that most participants returned to the same sort of low-paying jobs. Suggests that agencies and groups providing financial support for such programs reconsider the strong focus on employment that permeates these…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Employment Level
