Literacy Links

Workforce - Workplace

FREE Things to Send For...

All of these FREE materials may be requested from the Adult Literacy Clearinghouse by calling our Hotline at (800) 441-7323.

The ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult, Career, and Vocational Education has the following new publications:

ERIC Digests

• 196: Adult, Career, and Vocational Education: An Internet Guide
• 197: Technology and Adult Learning: Current Perspectives
• 198: Service Learning: More than Community Service
• 199: Career Development and Gender, Race, and Class
• 201: Career Development: A Shared Responsibility
• 202: Volunteering and Adult Literacy
• 203: Family Literacy: Respecting Family Ways

• Career Planning on the Internet
• Universities of the Third Age: Learning in Retirement
• Work Force Education: Beyond Technical Skills
• Conflict Management
• Diversity Training
• Extension Today and Tomorrow
• Is Vocational Education Working for High-Risk Populations?
• Learning Styles and Electronic Information
• Promoting Intercultural Understanding
• Race and Gender in Adult Education
• Seniors in Cyberspace
• Spirituality in the Workplace
• Volunteer Management
• The Web: Creating and Changing Jobs
• Welfare Reform: What's at Stake for Adult and Vocational Education.

Call the Clearinghouse for your free copies. Note: These ERIC documents are also available on their Web site http://ericacve.org

A new technical report is available from the National Center on Adult Literacy titled Literacy Skills Analysis for Job Training by Judith Shaul Norback. This paper provides a summary of large-scale U.S. studies relating to skills and literacy as an introduction to the discussion of literacy skills analysis for job training. Call the Clearinghouse for your free copy. Note: The full text of this report is available in pdf form at:http://literacyonline.org

Citizenship Hot Topic Packet: January, 1999. The Texas Adult Literacy Clearinghouse has compiled this Hot Topic Packet to include: Current Issues in Citizenship Testing; Citizenship Test Learning Objectives in US History and Government Structure, plus 100 Sample Questions (from Immigration & Naturalization Service); and Web sites of Citizenship Information & Resources. Call the Clearinghouse for your free copy.

Tips for Teaching Adults With Learning Disabilities: Hot Topic Packet: January, 1999. The Texas Adult Literacy Clearinghouse has also compiled this new hot topic packet to include the following topics: What are Learning Disabilities?; What are the Characteristics of Learning Disabilities?; Learning Styles and Other Considerations; Tips for Teaching Adults with Learning Disabilities; a Glossary of Terms; Resources; and a Reference listing. Call the Clearinghouse for your free copy.

The San Diego Community College, Continuing Education Centers, funded by the Commission on Adult Basic Education (COABE/AAACE) has produced Teaching Effective Workplace Communication. This resource is a curriculum bank of lessons designed by adult education instructors to teach the interpersonal skills need in the workplace as fined by the SCANS. Call the Clearinghouse for your free copy.

Project S.A.F.E. (Successful Accident Free Employee), developed by the Corpus Christi Literacy Council, consists of 18 lesson plans that can be used in a workforce literacy program. Call the Clearinghouse for your free copy.

Call or e-mail tcall@tamu.edu the Adult Literacy Clearinghouse for these items. 1-800-441-7323