Category: 2015

TEC Literacy and Numeracy Implementation Strategy 2015 – 2019

Nov 5, 2015

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Graeme Smith

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The TEC released the latest version of their literacy and numeracy strategy the other day. I’ve pasted in the info and links from their website below. From my side, the following things stand out: The TEC remains committed to strengthening the literacy and numeracy skills of New Zealanders. The NCALNE (Voc) remains the baseline qualification for…
Improve your literacy and numeracy outcomes by thinking more like an entrepreneur

Apr 20, 2015

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Graeme Smith

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Here’s my draft abstract for the literacy and numeracy conference later in the year. Tell me what you think or what you’d be most interested in hearing or discussing with this as the general theme (assuming it’s accepted). Literacy and numeracy is a tough business to work in due to the increasing demands of… well,…
Getting started on assessment 1 of the NCALNE (Voc) with ALEC: 2015 Update

Apr 8, 2015

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Graeme Smith

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This is part one of a two part special care package of extra supporting material that you can dip into as you need to relating to Assessment 1 and the New Zealand Context for Literacy and Numeracy. This post updates any earlier support information relating to Assessment 1 the NCALNE (Voc). Saving trees by not printing the NCALNE…
What to do if your adult learners have dyslexia

Mar 24, 2015

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Graeme Smith

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This is another issue that comes up from time to time in our training. Effectively diagnosing and working with dyslexia falls outside of the narrow range of skills that we tend to focus on with our literacy and numeracy professional development and training with trades and vocational tutors. However, it does come up in discussions with…
How do you feel about data-driven decision making in education?

Jan 28, 2015

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Graeme Smith

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Our education system is built around outcomes. This is a good thing. Here’s how it works in a nutshell: You work out what kind of outcome you want to see, hopefully check to see what your learners already know and can do, you might find or develop some resources, then you do some teaching, your…
Becoming Antifragile in Education – 4 Things You Can Do Right Now

Jan 3, 2015

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Graeme Smith

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How to become antifragile so every blow makes you stronger Nassem Taleb is an expert on risk and probability and he recommends in his latest book that we become less fragile, more robust, and actually antifragile. This is more than just Sissy Resilience… and this means that when the stuff hits the fan you actually bounce back…
How to learn anything part 2: What you need is an operating system for learning…

Nov 11, 2014

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Graeme Smith

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I started my riff on How to Learn Anything in another post which you can read here. Basically, what I’m suggesting is that you don’t need to be smart to learn new stuff. What you need is a combination of grit plus a toolbox of tools to help you learn. A reliable system, in other words,…
How do I get started on Assessment 5 of the NCALNE (Voc) and demonstrating that I’m actually embedding literacy and numeracy into my training?

Nov 5, 2014

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If you’re up to this stage, you’re actually about, or even over, half way. This section is a big chunk… but it’s also the teaching component of the qualification. Basically, after having mapped the literacy and numeracy demands, and diagnosed your learners literacy and numeracy needs, you actually need to get out there and do some…
14 Foolproof Concepts from Te Ao Maori we use in Adult Literacy and Numeracy in Aotearoa New Zealand

Nov 3, 2014

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Graeme Smith

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The purpose of the following is to provide you with a framework for adult literacy and numeracy using Māori concepts. These concepts are often holistic and can apply to many aspects of life including education.
Group Observation Checklist for Listening & Speaking

Nov 1, 2014

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Graeme Smith

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This post carries on my collection of a few different diagnostic assessment tools for use with learners with literacy and numeracy issues. So far I’ve looked at: A basic, but fairly broad numeracy diagnostic assessment. Creating your own contextualised vocabulary diagnostics including developing a word bank to help you do this. A learner observation checklist for…