Elective Course Outline
| COURSE NAME | Making it Work: Workplace Basics for Adult Educators |
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| COURSE (Module) Description |
This course is designed for experienced literacy
educators who have little or no familiarity with the development
and/or delivery of literacy and basic skills programs in the workplace
environment. The course will help educators to gain an understanding
of: • The complexities of the relationships between business, labour and employees in the determination of workplace training needs; • The key steps involved in the development and delivery of a workplace literacy program that reflects the needs of the workplace; • The critical role that evaluation plays in workplace programs. |
| COURSE (Module) Outcome |
The course will help adult educators develop the skills to be able to design and deliver a workplace literacy program that reflects the needs of the workplace, and to work collaboratively with key stakeholders: management, labour and employees. |
| REQUIRED TEXT | Making it Work: Workplace Basics for Adult Educators. Lindsay Kennedy and Marianne Paul. Copyright © Project READ Literacy Network, 2005. |
| PREREQUISITE | While there is no prerequisite for this course, it is strongly recommended that you have at least two years experience working with adult learners. |
| 48 Credit Hours | |
| UNIT OUTCOMES | |
| UNIT 1: INTRODUCTION TO WORKPLACE
LITERACY Successful completion of this unit will enable course participants to demonstrate their understanding of the complexity of workplace literacy. |
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| UNIT 2: UNDERSTANDING WORKPLACE LITERACY Successful completion of this unit will enable course participants to demonstrate their understanding of the perspectives of business, labour and the employee, and the critical issues that influence the participation of each of these stakeholders, in the development of workplace education programs. |
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| UNIT 3: PROGRAM PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT Successful completion of this unit will enable course participants to demonstrate their understanding of what is involved in determining the educational needs of a workplace and in developing a program that meets those needs. |
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| UNIT 4: PROGRAM DESIGN AND DELIVERY Successful completion of this unit will enable course participants to demonstrate their ability to apply the principles of adult learning to a workplace literacy setting. |
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| ASSIGNMENTS & LEARNING ACTIVITIES | |
| To complete Making it Work: Workplace Basics for Adult Educators successfully you must submit for marking four assignments and participate in a number of self-directed learning activities. The value or weight assigned to each of these activities will be set by the course instructor. Also, the course facilitator or instructor and/or delivery agency may have additional requirements. | |
| MODULE DEMONSTRATION ACTIVITY | |
| In addition to the successful completion of the learning activities for each unit, this course requires you to complete a demonstration activity. The demonstration is the method by which you will show that you have met the overall course outcome. In other words, to show you have learned what you set out to learn as a participant in this course. | |
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