Investing in Workers' Basic Skills: Lessons from Company-Funded Workplace-Based Programs.

Autor/in	Levenson, Alec R.
Titel	Investing in Workers' Basic Skills: Lessons from Company-Funded Workplace-Based Programs.
Quelle	(2001), (32 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Tabellen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Adult Basic Education; Adult Literacy; Basic Skills; Cost Effectiveness; Curriculum; Education Work Relationship; Educational Needs; Employee Attitudes; Employer Attitudes; Employer Employee Relationship; English (Second Language); Lifelong Learning; Literacy Education; On the Job Training; Program Development; Program Implementation; Skill Development; Teaching Methods; Workplace Literacy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adult; Adults; Education; Adult education; Erwachsenenbildung; Basic skill; Grundfertigkeit; Kosten-Nutzen-Analyse; Kosten-Nutzen-Denken; Curricula; Lehrplan; Rahmenplan; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Arbeitnehmerinteresse; Arbeitgeberinteresse; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Training-on-the-Job; Programmplanung; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	This monograph, written for persons interested in promoting company-funded workplace basic skills programs, addresses the following 13 key issues: (1) companies' rationale for investing in workers' basic skills; (2) the factors that need to be in place for a workplace basic skills program to be adopted; (3) who in the company makes the decision to fund a program; (4) the relationship to the company's philosophy on training; (5) the learning center model; (6) the role of external grants as potential seed funding sources; (7) the relevance and difficulty of showing a direct bottom line impact from a basic skills training program; (8) tailoring the program to the needs of the business and its employees; (9) long-term sustainability; (10) the pros and cons of confidentiality, scheduling and release time, and location; (11) the role of computer-based learning; (12) the curse of unmet expectations (both the company's and the employees'); (13) lifelong learning and the limitations of workplace-based programs. Recommendations are made to basic skills practitioners, companies, and policymakers; nine company-sponsored basic skills programs are profiled. (KC)
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01