One of the workplaces McGirr offers on-site training to is to be involved in a Department of Labour research programme into literacy, language and numeracy (LLN) skills in the workplace. Interviews with learners, tutor and management will take place near the start of the programme, and again around six months later to determine the impact of the training.
The Department of Labour has commissioned this research through the New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER) to find out more about the factors that support workers’ use of skills gained in workplace literacy programmes in their day-to-day work.
NZCER is an independent research organisation based in Wellington that is committed to improving educational outcomes for all New Zealanders.
The questions included in the research are:
1.What is learning transfer, what does learning transfer look like in workplaces, and what is known about factors that support and hinder transfer, especially in relation to the transfer of LLN knowledge and skills? 2.To what extent does the alignment between workplace literacy demands, learner needs and LLN programmes impact on transfer? 3.What are the practices that appear to support LLN transfer in a range of New Zealand workplaces?
4.What is the productivity-related impact of LLN initiatives on participants, their immediate work environment and the broader workplace?
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