Keywords
innumeracy, adult numeracy, adult education, educational inequalities, mine workers
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to assess and report the numeracy levels of unskilled and semi-skilled workers in three South African chrome mines in order to inform adult education practitioners of the need for greater efforts to educate mine workers. The target population consisted of 1,053 workers; the final sample was 873 participants who voluntarily agreed to partake in the study. The results presented here highlight three main findings: (1) that only 12 individuals (1.4%) were found to be numerate, (2) that female participants scored better than their male counterparts, and (3) that the numeracy level of participants older than 41 is extremely low.
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.5038/1936-4660.5.2.4
Recommended Citation
Smit, Antonie C., and Andile Mji. "Assessment of Numeracy Levels of Mine Workers in South African Chrome Mines." Numeracy 5, Iss. 2 (2012): Article 4. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5038/1936-4660.5.2.4
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