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Literacy in the world of the aged care worker

The first section of the paper looks at the way that the education and training sector has responded to imperatives generated by changes in the global economy. The second section examines policy changes associated with residential aged care and the changing literacy tasks required as a result of these changes. Finally the paper identifies issues that have arisen as a result of these key policy imperatives indicating possible areas requiring further work.

The first section of the paper looks at the way that the education and training sector has responded to imperatives ...  Show Full Abstract  

Authors: Wyse, Linda; Casarotto, Nadia
Conference name: ALNARC Online Forum
Corporate authors: Adult Literacy and Numeracy Australian Research Consortium (ALNARC)
Date: 2002
Geographic subjects: Oceania; Australia
Resource type: Conference
Subjects: Vocational education and training; Literacy; Policy;
Industry; Economics; Skills and knowledge show more

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