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Building the research capacity of the vocational education and training sector is of key interest to the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER). The Foundation Skills Literature Review Project, a partnership between NCVER, the University of Technology Sydney and the Australian Council for Adult Literacy, provided scholarships to practitioners to develop their research skills through undertaking literature reviews focused on key topics relating to foundation skills. This review focuses on the perspectives of adult language, literacy and numeracy, particularly the human capital and social practices perspectives, which at times do not sit comfortably in relation to each other.

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Building the research capacity of the vocational education and training sector is of key interest to the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER). The Foundation Skills Literature Review Project, a partnership between NCVER, the University of Technology Sydney and the Australian Council for Adult Literacy, provided scholarships to practitioners to develop their research skills through undertaking literature reviews focused on key topics relating to foundation skills. This review looks at the different contexts in which adult language, literacy and numeracy are being delivered, who the learners are and the pedagogies in use, to elucidate what works best for whom and why. It highlights the need to learn more about the impact of non-formal learning environments on the development of foundation skills as ways of expanding our knowledge of good teaching and learning practices.

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The Foundation Skills Literature Review Project - a research capacity building project supported by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), the University of Technology Sydney and the Australian Council for Adult Literacy - provided scholarships to practitioners to develop their research skills through undertaking literature reviews focused on key topics relating to foundation skills. This review looks at policy contexts and their measures of impact, with a particular focus on foundation skills policy in Australia, implemented as the National Foundation Skills Strategy for Adults, 2012-22. In doing so, it draws attention to the lack of research into foundation skills policy implementation and its impact.

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The Foundation Skills Literature Review Project - a research capacity building project supported by the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), the University of Technology Sydney and the Australian Council for Adult Literacy - provided scholarships to practitioners to develop their research skills through undertaking literature reviews focused on key topics relating to foundation skills. This review focuses on the development of the literacy and numeracy workforce and critically discusses the roles of qualified and unqualified workers, volunteers and students and the link between teacher qualifications, teacher characteristics and student outcomes. It also considers modes of training, useful professional development content and the efficacy of professional frameworks for the literacy and numeracy workforce.

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