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This glimpse into factories, hospitals, other work settings, and work-related literacy programs, shows the massive changes in expectations for workers' "skills" in the twenty-first century, especially regarding language and literacy.
A nine-month long workplace literacy programme at a southern hospital is the setting for Sheryl Greenwood Gowen's case study The Politics of Workplace Literacy. Using ethnographic techniques, story-telling, and carefully documented observations of workplace relations, the author brings this literacy programme to life, illustrating how classism, racism and sexism continue to be part of the workplace environment.
This text explores changing understanding of literacy and its place in contemporary workplace settings. It highlights questions and dilemmas to consider when planning and teaching workplace education and challenges traditional thinking about workplace literacy as functional skills.
Produced for unit EAE646 offered by the Faculty of Education in Deakin University's Open Campus Program.
Literacy or basic skills instruction for the workplace is a new and evolving field of practice for trainers, program planners and other partners in business, industry and education. With the growing gap between workplace demands and workforce skills increasing, there is now a need to ensure that employees with basic skills deficiencies have education and training opportunities. Exactly how to go about this endeavour has been an area of concern for both employers and union leaders alike. Basic Skills in the Workplace is a response to this need. It is a useful resource and day-to-day practical g.