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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Workplace Literacy and Numeracy Learning: An Opportunity for Trade Union Renewal in Australia?
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Yasukawa, Keiko; Brown, Tony; Black, Stephen – International Journal of Training Research, 2012
This paper first examines the current literacy and numeracy "crisis" in Australian workplaces where loss of productivity, lack of take-up in training, and skills shortages are being blamed on workers' lack of literacy and numeracy skills. Literacy and numeracy in workplaces are more complex and require alternative understandings of literacy and…
Descriptors: Workplace Literacy, Unions, Numeracy, Foreign Countries
A Tale of Two Councils: Alternative Discourses on the "Literacy Crisis" in Australian Workplaces
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Black, Stephen; Yasukawa, Keiko – International Journal of Training Research, 2011
Australia appears to be in the grip of a "literacy crisis" in workplaces. Media reports and industry/skills organisations are decrying the low literacy and numeracy levels of workers and the negative effects these have on productivity. As a consequence, the Australian government has increased funding for workplace literacy and numeracy programs…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Numeracy, Local Government, Workplace Literacy