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Community Learning

This blog has great potential as a tool for community learning. As a community development worker, I have an interest in how learning on the theme of culture and history can be used as a tool to tackle literacy and employability. The literacy group at Kilbirnie Employability Hub, Kilbirnie Library, are ideally placed to engage in learning on this theme. Previous experience of work in this area has demonstrated that many learners are stimulated by history and culture. A recent project involved reading, writing about and researching exhibits in Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery, and subsequently visiting Kelvingrove to view these exhibits in person.



Writing a blog entry for literacies learners will include many elements that are linked to enhancing their employability prospects. Writing a CV, job application form and cover letter are all crucial to the process of finding employment and include aspects such as:
  • using word-processing facilities for planning, drafting, composing, editing and proof-reading
  • choosing and using strategies for learning spellings and working out how to spell words
  • choosing and using appropriate punctuation, upper and lower case letters
  • using dictionaries, thesaurus and spellcheckers

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