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I. INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Workplaces Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Changes in the Workplace Have Altered What Workers
Do, How They Do It, and With Whom They Work . 3
Implications for Schooling . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Cognitive Science and Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Mistakes in Education and Training . . . . . . . . 5
Implications for Schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Functional Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Enabling Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Workplace Scenarios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Commissioner Comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Visits to Corporate Training Centers . . . . . . . . . . 14
Review of Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Comments from Experts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Criteria for Functional Skills and
an Initial List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
The Meeting of Experts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
REFERENCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
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APPENDIX A WORKPLACE SCENARIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1
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