Changing Work, Changing Workers by Glynda Hull
For example, one chapter examines the shop floor of a computer manufacturer in Silicon Valley and shows how well-intentioned organizational changes, such as the imposition of self-directed work teams, often go awry, particularly in multicultural workplaces. Another chapter provides the history of a federally funded literacy project designed for garment workers in New York City, documenting the struggles and achievements that accompanied this attempt to prepare immigrants for alternatives to work in a rapidly downsizing industry. Other settings and topics include a community college where minority women are prepared for the skilled trades; an auto-accessory plant with a "pay-for-knowledge" training program; a union-based literacy program designed for hospital workers; and the popular vocational curriculum called "applied communications.""The question of what workers need to know has become big businessThe workplace education world—especially its language and literacy component—has been invaded by hucksters and opportunists of almost every imaginable type—encouraged and driven on by the (often ill-conceived) policy predilections of bureaucrats eager to assist national industries and businesses to achieve competitive advantage. Activity has reached fever pitch, but all too often it lacks pedagogical soundness, and rigorous supporting research.
"This book addresses these shortfalls head on. It does so with clarity, principle, and a profound integrity. It exposes inadequate practice and provides clear directions toward improvement. If I recommend no more than one book this year, it will be this one." — Colin Lankshear, coeditor of Critical Literacy: Politics, Praxis, and the Postmodern
Glynda Hull is Associate Professor of Education, University of California, Berkeley, and is Director of Berkeley's College Writing Programs.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780791432198 |
| ISBN 10 | 079143219X |
| Title | Changing Work, Changing Workers |
| Author | Glynda Hull |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | State University of New York Press |
| Year published | 1997-03-06 |
| Number of pages | 416 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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