Closing the Literacy Gap in American Business: A Guide for Trainers and Human Resource Specialists
For the first time, a user-friendly handbook has been written on America's workplace literacy gap. Work Force Education has become the quintessential human resource issue of the 1990's. Its impact is now felt by more than 80 million adults, and carries an annual $300 billion price tag in lost employee productivity. This unique book offers readers a complete review of past, present, and future adult literacy programs. It provides essential context on how this training/educational issue...
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"A well-researched book [that] . . . offers tested strategies and programs to improve worker skills in an increasingly complex labor market. Of compelling general interest is the authors' documentation of the current workforce literacy and skills crises." Chicago Tribune
PrefaceThe Broken Cog in the American Economic MachineAdult Literacy: Past-Present-FutureA Variety of AnswersAdults Learning In a Work Force Education EnvironmentIndividualized Instructional Programs (IIP) For Work Force EducationCase Studies I: Hourly WorkersCase Studies II: Management EmployeesEstablishing A Corporate Work Force Education PolicyInternational Focus On Work Force EducationWork Force Education In The Twenty-First CenturyA Game Plan For Work Force EducationAppendix 1: Guidelines For Education Software SelectionAppendix 2: Adult Software Publishers/DistributorsAppendix 3: The IIP Literacy Training Program Results of Formative Evaluation ResearchAppendix 4: Reading-Grade Equivalent Basic SkillsSelected BibliographyIndex
