ERIC Number: ED473429
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2002
Pages: 118
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ISBN: ISBN-1-876768-46-0
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Workplace Communication: Making Language, Literacy and Numeracy in Training Packages Work. Literacy and Learning Series.
Falk, Ian, Ed.
This document presents 13 papers that are intended to serve as a professional development resource for language, literacy, and numeracy practitioners and others involved in enterprise-based training provision in Australia and to provide a framework for evaluating workplace language, literacy, and numeracy programs. The following papers are included: "Workplace Assessment and Training Delivery Model" (Jo Crothers); "Analysis of National Standards against Workplace Tasks" (Bruce Milne); "Integrating LLN (Language, Literacy, and Numeracy) into Gap Training and Assessment" (Bruce Milne); "A Case Study in 'Learning Organizations' and New Initiatives in Practice" (Sharon Wiles); "Numeracy and Literacy and the Certificate of Agriculture" (Julie Miller); "Integrating LLN with a Training Package: An Alternative Approach" (Sally Mitchell); "Identifying Enterprise Goals and Delivering Needs" (Sally Mitchell); "Too Many Words: Training in a Factory Environment" (Vanessa Lynne); "A Course in Applied Vocational Study Skills (CAVSS): Team Teaching as a Strategy for Integrating Literacy in VET (Vocational Education and Training)" (Susan Bates); "Finding the Best Training Options to Meet Organization Goals" (Bruce Milne); "Addressing Issues in Sawmills" (Ruth Bakker); "On-Farm Training Delivery" (Helen Fletcher); and "Evaluating Literacy and Numeracy in Training Packages: A Framework and Some Issues" (Ian Falk, Pat Millar). (Twenty-nine tables/figures/information sheets are included. The bibliography lists 35 references.) (MN)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Adult Education, Case Studies, Competence, Cooperative Planning, Delivery Systems, Educational Cooperation, Educational Needs, Educational Strategies, Employment Qualifications, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Guidelines, Industrial Training, Inplant Programs, Instructional Development, Integrated Curriculum, Literacy Education, Models, National Standards, Needs Assessment, Numeracy, Postsecondary Education, Professional Development, Program Evaluation, Team Teaching, Vocational Education, Workplace Literacy
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Publication Type: Reports - Research
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: Australian National Training Authority, Melbourne.
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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