Return-Path: <nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id e93Ewm924432; Tue, 3 Oct 2000 10:58:48 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2000 10:58:48 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <2B972331928CD311A76300A0C9D335B736F8DB@exchmail.crec.org> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Ajit Gopalakrishnan <agopalak@crec.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-workplace@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-WORKPLACE:3752] RE: Guest Speaker Joining Us 10/9/2000 X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Status: O Content-Length: 5516 Lines: 129 Thanks Heidi for arranging this. Here a question to start the discussion. What advice would he give to a state that is interested in knowing the difference workplace literacy programs make, to the organization and employees they serve? I will try to post more questions as I think of them. Ajit Ajit Gopalakrishnan Capitol Region Education Council 111 Charter Oak Avenue Hartford, CT 06106 Phone: (860) 524-4036 Fax: (860) 246-3304 Email: agopalak@crec.org Web Site: http://www.crec.org/atdn/ > -----Original Message----- > From: Heidi A.C. Watson [SMTP:haw6@psu.edu] > Sent: Monday, October 02, 2000 10:52 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: [NIFL-WORKPLACE:3745] Guest Speaker Joining Us 10/9/2000 > > Hello Subscribers, > I am happy to announce that on October 9, 2000 we will have a > distinguished guest speaker joining us to discuss Workplace > Education. During this week we will look at some topics to discuss > and begin formulating questions for our speaker. > > I am honored to have had Dr. Larry Mikulecky accept this opportunity > to speak with us. > Below is some information about Dr. Mikulecky so that we can begin > get to know him a bit. > > Larry Mikulecky works for the School of Education at Indiana University. > His email address is: MIKULECK@Indiana.edu > > Mikulecky is Professor of Education at Indiana University-Bloomington. > His research examines the literacy requirements for success in business, > the > military, universities and secondary schools. He currently teaches a > course > in Young Adult Literature to teachers all over the world through an > Internet > based graduate course. His most recent research examines literacy and > technology-- especially in School-to-Work transition programs. He has > served as principal investigator on over twenty research projects funded > by > the U.S. Departments of Education and Labor as well as foundation and > corporate sponsorship. Mikulecky has published over 100 journal articles, > textbook chapters, and textbooks. > > Mikulecky is lead author on Simon & Schuster series Strategic Skill > Builders > for Banking as well as the basic skills series On the Job, published by > Cambridge Publications. He has also been Project Director for nearly a > dozen Computer Assisted Instruction study skills programs designed for > college students with funding from the federal government and corporate > sponsors.. > > Mikulecky has also served as an international training, evaluation, and > document design consultant in Australia, Canada, and the United States. > He > has worked on or directed projects for the U.S. Military, the U.S. > Departments of Labor and Education, the Atlantic Provinces Economic > Council, > the Ontario Ministry of Skills Development, the Queensland Board of > Teacher > Registry, the American Bankers Association, United Auto Workers/Ford, the > Business Council for Effective Literacy, several Fortune 500 corporations, > and over 100 school districts and corporations. > > Some publications from the past few years include: > > Mikulecky, L. & Kirkley, J. (1998). Changing workplaces, changing > classes: > The new role of technology in workplace literacy. In Reinking, D, > McKenna, M., Labbo, L. & Kieffer, R. (eds.) The handbook of literacy and > technolgy: Tranformations in a post-typographic world. Lawrence Erlbaum > Associates, Mahwah, NJ. pp. 303-320. > > Mikulecky, L. (1998). Adjusting school writing curricula to reflect > expanded > workplace writing. In Garay, M. & Bernhardt, S. (eds.) Expanding > literacies: English teaching and the new workplace. State University of > New > York Press, Albany, NY, pp. 201-224. > > Mikulecky, L. (1997). Too little time and too many goals: Suggested > remedies from research on workplace literacy. Focus on Basics. vol. 1, > Issue D (December, 1997), pp. 10-13. > > Mikulecky, L. & Lloyd, P. (1997). Evaluation of workplace literacy > programs: A profile of effective instructional practices. Journal of > Literacy Research, vol. 29, No. 4, pp. 555-585. > > Mikulecky, L., Lloyd, P., Siemantel P. & Masker, S. (1997). Transfer > beyond > workplace literacy classes: Twelve case studies and a model. Reading > Psychology, vol.18, no. 4. pp. 352-368. > > Mikulecky, L. (1996) School-to-work transitions for middle school > students. > In Lapp, D. and Flood, J (eds) Spotlight on the Middle School. New York: > Macmillan/McGraw Hill. > > Mikulecky, L. Lloyd, P. Kirkley, J. & Oelker, J. (1996). Developing and > Evaluating Workplace Literacy Programs: A Handbook for Practitioners and > Trainers. Philadelphia, PA: National Center on Adult Literacy. > > Mikulecky, L., Lloyd, P. Horwitz, L., Masker, S. & Siemantel, P. (1996) A > Review of Recent Workplace Literacy Programs and a Projection for Future > Changes. Philadelphia, PA: National Center on Adult Literacy. > > Mikulecky, L., Lloyd P. & Kirkley, J. (1996). Assessment Approaches and > Impact Results in Workplace Literacy Programs. Philadelphia, PA: National > Center on Adult Literacy. > > Mikulecky, L. & Lloyd, P. (1996) Effective Workplace Literacy Programs: A > Guide for > Policymakers. Philadelphia, PA: National Center on Adult Literacy. > > Mikulecky, L. (1996) Family literacy: Parent and child interactions. In > L. > A. Benjamin and J. Lord (eds.) Family Literacy: Directions in Research > and > Implications for Practice. Washington D.C. U. S. Department of Education > Office of Educational Research and Improvement.
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b30 : Tue Jan 16 2001 - 14:42:43 EST