Other useful resources and links

Literacy and numeracy resources and links

Literacy and numeracy teaching examples

An example of a LLN intervention at a boatbuilding class. For further information, please contact Charlie Hayward at the Boating ITO, Ph 021 608 811.

LLN in boatbuilding class (42KB)

From the Agriculture ITO: this website will read aloud any Word or PDF document. Free to download.

http://www.naturalreaders.com/

Other resources, research and useful links

New Zealand research | Canadian research | UK research

New Zealand research

A paper from The 6th International Conference on Researching Work and Learning, Roskilde University, Denmark, June 28 to July 1, 2009:

LLN through work and community: NZ and British... (269KB)

DoL 2009 Interim report (297KB)

DoL 2009 Interim report summary (192KB)

Canadian research

(Kindly provided by Workbase)

Canada's Hidden Deficit (401KB)

CBA of Adult Literacy Training (236KB)

Addressing Canada's Literacy Challenge: A CB... (862KB)

UK research

Adult learning in the workplace: creating formal provision with impact

Publicly funded courses in basic skills, ESOL and IT are offered in UK workplaces because the government believes they will raise productivity. We investigated the impact of such courses, tracking both learners and their workplaces over a period of years. We discovered that workplace courses can both improve skills and change people’s approach to learning; but also that current policy design is highly inefficient. It is at odds with the needs of mature, self-aware learners, and with the workplace environment.

http://www.tlrp.org/pub/documents/wolfRB59final.pdf

(kindly provided by Mary Kingsbury, from Competenz)

Hollenbeck, K (1996). A Framework for Assessing the Economic Benefits and Costs of Workplace Literacy Training

Hollenbeck 1996 (95KB)

Hollenbeck and Timmeney (2009). Lessons learned from a state-funded workplace literacy programme.

Hollenbeck 2009 (116KB)

A paper from The 6th International Conference on Researching Work and Learning, Roskilde University, Denmark, June 28 to July 1, 2009:

Challenging the skills crisis: Employee... (256KB)

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