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Incorporating civic literacy into technician education: Why? how?
Author(s) -
Mathias Elizabeth A.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
new directions for community colleges
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-0733
pISSN - 0194-3081
DOI - 10.1002/cc.36819969307
Subject(s) - technician , curriculum , literacy , work (physics) , pedagogy , curriculum development , sociology , literacy education , political science , public relations , engineering , mechanical engineering , law
This chapter focuses on issues related to a new “civic literacy” work force competency by examining some underlying social and technological changes that influenced the creation of the standard. It concludes with a description of a national‐level curriculum development and implementation project.