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ERIC Number: EJ562143
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1035-4727
Workplace Literacy and Power: Preliminary Investigations.
Somerville, Margaret
Literacy and Numeracy Studies: An International Journal in the Education and Training of Adults, v7 n1 p89-102 1997
Raises the following questions: who participates in workplace literacy; how do literacy programs change workers' participation in workplace culture; how does the culture change; how do literacy programs affect industrial relations; what is the role of unions; and how will power relations of literacy programs be affected by changes in modes of production or the layoff of workers. (SK)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Discourse Analysis, Dislocated Workers, Literacy Education, Unions, Workplace Literacy
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Organizational Culture; Power
Note: Journal availability: Adult Literacy Research Network, School of Adult Education, University of Technology, Sydney, P.O. Box U123, Broadway 2007, New South Wales, Australia.