April 1997

Series: WWestNet's The bottom line

By: Western Canada Workplace Essential Skills Training Network (WWestNet)

This issue includes an article on a project jointly sponsored by a local of the Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees (UNITE) and the Workplace Education Manitoba Steering Committee (WEMSC). The Learning Experience Centre takes a holistic approach to teaching, focusing on the individual as a worker, community member and member of a larger family unit.

The issue also contains an article dealing with learning centres established by Alberta Vocational College – Edmonton (AVC-E) at Molson Breweries Edmonton and AltaSteel. Other articles focus on Alberta Power’s Effective Reading in Context (ERIC) instructor team; and additional support for adult literacy in the 1997 federal budget.

Keywords:

• Adult learning
• Basic skills
• Computer assisted instruction
• Essential Skills
• Learning centres
• Workplace literacy

Subjects:

• Adult Basic Education
• Adult Literacy
• Literacy
• Workplace Literacy

Publishers:

• Western Canada Workplace Essential Skills Training Network (WWestNet)

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