ERIC Number: ED397233
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1995-Apr
Pages: 40
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What Works? Literacy Training in the Workplace. Participant Packet.
National Center on Adult Literacy, Philadelphia, PA.
This document, which was developed for participants in a videoconference on literacy training in the workplace, contains information and resources designed to help literacy trainers improve their workplace literacy programs. Presented in the introductory section are a videoconference evaluation form, list of videoconference sponsors, and videoconference agenda. The first third of the document, which is devoted to workplace literacy issues, contains the following: facts from case studies of four successful workplace literacy programs; outline of workplace literacy issues to be addressed; statistical information regarding how much workplace literacy training is occurring; comparison of traditional and high-performance work organizations; summary of the Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills report; and discussion of skills standards for the workplace. The second third of the document consists of a 50-item annotated bibliography of resource materials for/about workplace literacy training and a 9-item annotated bibliography of resource organizations concerned with workplace literacy. The final third of the document is an annotated bibliography of 10 electronic online resources for workplace literacy (electronic mail-based systems, gopher servers, and Internet service providers). (MN)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Annotated Bibliographies, Case Studies, Computer Uses in Education, Consortia, Educational Practices, Electronic Mail, Industrial Training, Information Sources, Internet, Literacy Education, Online Systems, Professional Development, Resource Materials, Teleconferencing, Workplace Literacy
National Center on Adult Literacy, Publications, 3910 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-3111 (order no. PR95-01).
Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom
Education Level: N/A
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Language: English
Sponsor: Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: National Center on Adult Literacy, Philadelphia, PA.
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A