Greetings everyone. I have been on the list for a while but I don't think
that I have introduced myself.

 

I have been involved in adult education and literacy for over 30 years. I
have worked as a tutor and administrator, but primarily as a
researcher/evaluator. Until last July I taught adult education at the
University of Auckland and before that ran the Auckland Workers Educational
Association and was self-employed for seven years. 

 

Since last July I have been running a national workplace literacy research
study aimed at identifying effective practice in order to inform national
policy and funding. The Upskilling Partnerships project is scheduled to
finish mid-2009 and will include 15 different types of programme (also
covering different types of learners, locations, duration, intensity,
providers etc). We have 8 courses underway at present and the remainder
should start this year. To date we have interviewed and assessed over 250
learners pre-course and will probably get to 600+ by the end. We are just
starting to get the first lot of post-programme data and the results will be
released as we go along. The research is fairly comprehensive including
formative, process and summative evaluation components and we will also
include up to 7 return-on-investment analyses (not all companies are
appropriate for ROIs). It is a very interesting project to be involved with,
that's for sure.

 

I enjoy hearing about other projects, programmes and debates on this
listserv and look forward to more of the same in the future.

 

Regards, John

 

John Benseman

*   john.benseman at criticalinsight.co.nz

*   641 9 627 1882  Cell  027 454 0683

* 52a Bolton St, Blockhouse Bay, Auckland 0600, NZ

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