Advancing, Developing, and Administering a Workplace Literacy Program: A Canadian Case Study.

Fox, Tricia A.

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ERIC Number: EJ433458

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1991

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Advancing, Developing, and Administering a Workplace Literacy Program: A Canadian Case Study.

Fox, Tricia A.

Education Canada, v31 n2 p38-43 Sum 1991

Describes a workplace literacy project in Canada that trains "literate" workers to tutor their "illiterate" co-workers. Employers were beginning to realize that literacy training could increase production and decrease industrial accidents. Attitudes of employees toward the program are correlated to the attitude and interest of the company. (KS)

Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Employee Attitudes, Employer Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Literacy Education, Recruitment, Work Environment, Workplace Literacy

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Canada

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