TO DETERMINE HOW TO MOTIVATE ADULTS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE ACADEMIC AND TECHNICAL TRAINING AVAILABLE TO THEM IN METROPOLITAN TORONTO, TWO GROUPS OF WORKERS WERE INTERVIEWED--27 APPLICANTS TO CANADIAN MANPOWER CENTRES WHO HAD REJECTED RETRAINING ("REFUSER" SAMPLE), AND 46 WHO HAD ACCEPTED BUT FAILED TO APPEAR AFTER THEY RECEIVED THEIR CALL-UP LETTERS ("NO-SHOW" SAMPLE). OF THE "REFUSER" SAMPLE, CRITICAL FACTORS FOR REFUSING WERE THE LENGTH OF TIME BEFORE TRAINING AND LACK OF MONEY. OF THE "NO-SHOW" SAMPLE, FEW REFERRED TO DESIRE FOR HIGHER INCOME, MOST SAW THE ADDITIONAL EDUCATION AS ASSURANCE OF REGULAR OR MORE DESIRABLE EMPLOYMENT, ABOUT HALF WERE UNWILLING TO MOVE FROM THE CITY FOR A JOB, AND NONE REFERRED TO DESIRE TO ACQUIRE SKILLS IN DEMAND BY EMPLOYERS. REASONS FOR NOT APPEARING INDICATE POOR COMMUNICATION, SUCH AS LANGUAGE DIFFICULTY. IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEMS BE MORE ADEQUATELY DESIGNED FOR EFFICIENT TRANSFORMATION OF WORKERS INTO STUDENTS BEFORE CREATING FURTHER DEMAND FOR RETRAINING. THIS PAPER WAS PRESENTED AT THE NATIONAL SEMINAR ON ADULT EDUCATION RESEARCH, CHICAGO, FEBRUARY 11-13, 1968. (PT)
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- SOME FACTORS IN WORKERS DECISIONS TO FOREGO RETRAINING CHICAGO FEBRUARY 11-13 1968. 1
- METROPOLITAN TORONTO. PAPER ON ADULT EDUCATION RESEARCH 1
- EDRS PRICE 1
- STUDENT MOTIVATION 1
- UNEMPLOYED TRAINING 1
- TO DETERMINE HOW TO MOTIVATE 1
- ADULTS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF 1
- TRAINING AVAILABLE TO THEM IN OF WORKERS WERE MANPOWER CENTRES WHO 1
- AFTER THEY RECEIVED THEIR THE NO-SHOW SAMPLE FEW INCOME MOST SAW THE ADDITIONAL OR MORE DESIRABLE TO MOVE FROM THE CITY 1
- OF THE REFUSER SAMPLE 1
- WERE THE LENGTH OF TIME BEFORE 1
- TO DESIRE TO ACQUIRE SKILLS 1
- DEMAND BY EMPLOYERS. REASC SYSTEMS BE MORE ADEQUATELY OF WORKERS INTO 1
- FOR NOT APPEARING INDICATE POOR DIFFICULTY. IT WAS DEMAND FOR RETRAINING. THIS 1
- SEMINAR ON ADULT FEBRUARY 11-13 1968. FT 1
- David S. Abbey 2
- - 1A - 3
- The Department 3
- Immigration of the 3
- Education of the 3
- Sprinn and Summer 3
- The success of the 3
- 27th newspaper item Toronto 3
- January 27 1968 as 3
- Centre here will 3
- There isnt 3
- The school built 3
- - 1B - 4
- The original proposal which was approved for 4
- ...Continued page 2 4
- In addition to 5
- 1800000 with an 4.5 or 5
- 50000 5
- - 3 - 6
- If he believes that his 6
- The second alternative was 6
- It set us back not 6
- Centres equivalent to NES 7
- The statement that we were set back by 7
- The result is that our study has never 7
- 3. Two basic sampling points for 7
- Canada Manpower Centre is one who 7
- In the case of Ontario this age is 16. 8
- The identification of 8
- Under the 8
- Act an adult is eligible for a training allowance if he has been a member 8
- At this point our study split 9
- Attempts were then made to 9
- Chinese French German 9
- Portucese 9
- While we had no intention of 9
- 4. The results of the study must first be considered from the two 10
- Manpower offices throughout the 11etro area. 10
- 17 simply could 10
- One might invoke several clinical labels to describe this behavior 10
- - 8 - 11
- The group whom 12
- Of interest 12
- - 10 - 13
- - poor 13
- In .um the adults in our sample who failed to appear for their 14
