Maggie,

 

The best you can do; show them manuals that are specific to their field,
i.e. electrical manual, carpentry manual, mechanic etc.  I don't know
what your thoughts are about this, but when I read one of those "new
technical manuals"...I feel like I need a graduate degree in that field.

 

 

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Adult Education Basics
NYS & CSEA  Partnership for Education & Training
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-----Original Message-----
From: workplace-bounces at nifl.gov [mailto:workplace-bounces at nifl.gov] On
Behalf Of moram87 at oneonta.edu
Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 2:07 PM
To: workplace at nifl.gov
Subject: [Workplace 1263] Re: workplace literacy and high school
students

 

I have been working with 12th graders, most of whom are not planning to
go to college.  We do a big unit on workplace literacy.  Many of them
believe that they will not need literacy skills for their chosen
careers, especially the ones who plan to go into manual labor.  In the
area where I teach, the economy is very depressed, having been the
victim of major outsourcing about 10 years ago.  I would love to find
ideas about how to convince them that literacy skills are important for
any job, and that perhaps they might like to change careers somewhere
down the road and need a different skill set.  I have used the Bureau of
Labor website to teach them about the job market (they have some great
slideshows), and we have used the Internet to research different careers
and the skills needed for them.  If anyone has any ideas on how to
engage high school students in workplace literacy, I would love to hear
them.

Thank you,

Maggie Moran

Maggie Moran
Moram87 at oneonta.edu
SUNY Oneonta
Oneonta, NY 

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