Skills for Success Practitioner Tools & Resources

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Relationship between Skills for Success and social and economic outcomes

Research, Skills for Success Framework, Social-Economic Theory

The relationship between Skills for Success and social and economic outcomes is that higher levels of skills leads to increases in GDP, productivity, health outcomes and more.

  • OECD and HRSDC (1997). Literacy skills for the knowledge society: Further results of the International adult literacy survey https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED465012 (login required).
  • McCracken, M and Murray, T.S (2007) The economic Benefits of Literacy, CLLRN, Ottawa
  • Murray, TS, Shillington, R and Glickman, V. (2009). Literacy, health literacy and health: Understanding the links, PHAC, Ottawa
  • Lange, J and Murray, T.S. (2018). Literacy Lost: Canada’s Basic Skills Shortfall: http://www.dataangel.ca/docs/CWF_LiteracyLost_December2018.pdf

Skills for Success Framework

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The Skills for Success Framework is based on the skills needed to participate and thrive in learning, work and life. Skills for Success include skills that are foundational for building new skills and knowledge and important for effective social interaction. These skills overlap and interact with each other, and with other technical and life skills. They are inclusive and can be adapted to different contexts.

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History & Evolution:

  • Young Adult Literacy Survey (1986)
  • Survey of Literacy Skills Used in Daily Activities (1989)
  • National Adult Literacy Survey (1993)
  • Jones report (1994): Levels for Basic Skills: a research note for the definition of basic skills and development of measurement instruments. Human Resources Development Canada: technical report.
  • Mosenthal & Kirsch (1994): Defining the proficiency standards of adult literacy in the U.S.: A profile approach. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED379531.pdf
  • OECD’s Definition and Selection of Competencies Project (2005): https://www.oecd.org/pisa/35070367.pdf
  • Human Resources Development Canada’s Essential Skills Research Project (1994)

Soft Skills

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Soft skills are interpersonal skills or people skills such as communication, listening and time management.  These are important in the workplace as they deal with how people work with each other.  

 
 

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