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Workplace literacy and numeracy: The workplace as a site of change Anne Alkema and Nicky Murray ACE Aotearoa Conference 13-15 June 2017 Skills Highway The Skills Highway team Research and evalua8on Promo8on and resource development
Anne Alkema and Nicky Murray
§ Literacy § Numeracy § Problem-solving in technology-rich environments
PIAAC gathers background data on education, employment, skills and qualifications required for work and used at home PIAAC enables us to explore relationships between skills, education and employment, controlling for linguistic and socio-demographic factors
§ Score above OECD average in literacy, numeracy and problem solving in technology-rich environments § Differences in skills proficiency related to age, gender, education and social background are less pronounced in NZ than in other countries but sharp ethnic differences exist, particularly for Māori and Pacific peoples § NZ-born adults who speak English as a 2nd language are
§ In NZ, higher proficiency in literacy and numeracy has a positive impact on labour force participation and wages § There is a relationship between literacy levels and levels
volunteer activities and self-reported health
§ NZ ranks higher than OECD average for participation in formal and informal training § People working in low-skilled occupations spend fewer hours in formal training than those in high skilled and are more likely to have no learning activities § In New Zealand, the industries with the lowest participation rates in on-the-job learning in the 12 months before the survey:
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Slope:0.774 (0.231) R-squared: 0.261 Slope: 0.666 (0.174) R-squared: 0.321
Mean use of reading skills at work (log) labour productivity
§ What interests or surprises you about these results? § What are the implications of these findings for your communities and the programmes you run? § What are the implications for regional labour markets and workplaces? § How might you support workers in your communities to improve their literacy and numeracy skills?
Workplace Literacy and Numeracy Fund:
– Training provider programmes (TEO-led) – Employer-led funding
Other funds:
– Intensive Literacy and Numeracy (ILN) – Intensive Literacy and Numeracy – English for Speakers of Other Languages (ILN – ESOL) – Refugee English Fund – English for Migrants – Adult and Community Education (ACE) fund
– a clear articulation of the employer’s productivity opportunities
– understanding and measurement of employee practices that need to change to improve – measurement of employees’ literacy and numeracy using the Assessment Tool pre- and post-training intervention – understanding and reporting of personal outcomes for employees that then contribute to a higher performing workplace
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with workplace literacy and numeracy?
‘at work’ learners?
communities where there may be good opportunities for workplace literacy and numeracy programmes?