Open AccessREADING THE WORLD OF WORK: A LEARNER-CENTRED APPROACH TO WORKPLACE LITERACY AND ESL
Author(s) -
Adrian B. Kelly
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
literacy and numeracy studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1839-2903
pISSN - 1441-0559
DOI - 10.5130/lns.v0i0.1283
Subject(s) - framing (construction) , literacy , workplace learning , reading (process) , pedagogy , information literacy , work (physics) , sociology , adult literacy , public relations , political science , engineering , mechanical engineering , structural engineering , law
As the title of this book suggests, Gallo advocates a learner-centredapproach in framing workplace literacy programs. She claims that such anapproach can change conventional notions of workplace literacy, improvecommunication practices throughout enterprises and help adult learnersrealise they have acquired much useful information in their lives that can bebuilt on in their workplace learning. In addition, through further learningusing learner-centred methods, they will be able to ‘transform’ rather than‘adapt to’ conditions in their workplace