This is a report on a project begun by Mohawk College, based in Hamilton, Ontario in 1998 and completed in March 2002 in which the College researched the integration of computer-based learning into literacy classrooms for deaf adults.
Workplace essential skills are the skills required in all occupations that enable people to do their work, skills that learners must have to succeed in getting and keeping employment. In recent years, educators and government funders have realized that learners benefit from instruction that integrates academic and workplace essential skills.
Integrating literacy into the Canadian labour movement
"Part of Everything We Do" is an article that appears in the fall 2005 issue of the journal Literacies. In this article the author, Tamara Levine, writes about the changing relationship between unions and literacy work.
Sticht looks at how the U.S. Army taught English language instruction and vocational training concurrently to immigrants during World Wars I and II, and how similar training continues today.
This document offers an overview of approaches to curriculum development. Some of the topics covered include the cycle of workplace development; interpreting needs in the workplace; designing a program; and developing and using materials.
The author has including many case studies; checklists for curriculum developers; and a glossary of frequently used terms.
Drawing upon a variety of studies, the author argues that adult literacy program can increase their ROI by developing 'programs that maximize the intergenerational transfer of educational benefits from parents to children, and functional-context education programs [that] integrate basic skills instruction with job and parenting skills training'.
