Investigating the 'crisis': Production workers' literacy and numeracy practices

Black, SR; Yasukawa, K; Brown, T

Investigating the 'crisis': Production workers' literacy and numeracy practices

Black, SR

Yasukawa, K

Brown, T

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Publisher:: National Centre for Vocational Education Research
Publication Type:: Report
Citation:: 2013, pp. 1 - 43
Issue Date:: 2013-07-16

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dc.contributor.author	Black, SR https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0825-0384	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Yasukawa, K https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4553-0289	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Brown, T	en_US
dc.date.issued	2013-07-16	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	2013, pp. 1 - 43	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	978 1 922056 57 3	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/30927
dc.description.abstract	Results from the Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics have been used to suggest there is a crisis in the literacy and numeracy skills of Australian adults. This study challenges this current view by looking at the issue from a worker's perspective. Production workers, together with their managers and trainers, from three manufacturing companies were interviewed and observed. Little evidence of a direct link between increasing literacy and numeracy skills of workers and improved productivity was found.	en_US
dc.publisher	National Centre for Vocational Education Research	en_US
dc.title	Investigating the 'crisis': Production workers' literacy and numeracy practices	en_US
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Abstract:

Results from the Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics have been used to suggest there is a crisis in the literacy and numeracy skills of Australian adults. This study challenges this current view by looking at the issue from a worker's perspective. Production workers, together with their managers and trainers, from three manufacturing companies were interviewed and observed. Little evidence of a direct link between increasing literacy and numeracy skills of workers and improved productivity was found.

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