• Understanding the needs of adult literacy and numeracy learners with very low skills: current provision and provider perspectives 

  Benseman, John; Sutton, Alison (2012)

  This article looks at how literacy, language and numeracy providers have responded to low-level learners. Using data from a national survey of literacy, this article first looks at broad categories of learners within ...
• Literacy and workplace change: evaluation findings from 18 workplace literacy programs 

  Benseman, John (2012)

  Many Western governments are looking to workplace literacy, language and numeracy programs to address general improvements in these skills with a long-term aim of improving labor productivity. Rigorous research on these ...
• Adult refugee learners with limited literacy: needs and effective responses 

  Benseman, John (New Zealand English Language Partners Annual Conference, Conversations about diversity: inclusion in practice, 2012)

  The purpose of this study was to document and analyse the learning needs and issues of adult refugees with low language and literacy skills by looking at how their prior experiences and current contexts affect their ...
• Workplace literacy programmes: satisfying a dual agenda for policy-makers 

  Benseman, John (2009)

  Workplace literacy and numeracy programmes have gained prominence in countries such as New Zealand for their ability to contribute to a dual agenda of improving productivity and providing educational opportunity for ...
• Recruiting and retaining learners in workplace literacy programs in New Zealand 

  Benseman, John (2013)

  Successful workplace literacy and numeracy programs are dependent on effective strategies to recruit and then retain course participants. This article reports on the recruitment strategies used in a large workplace literacy ...

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