Category: Embed literacy and numeracy
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Improving your teaching practice: What do you do next?
Since you’ve started down this path with embedding literacy and numeracy you might be wondering what you need to do next. The answer is simple. But it’s not simplistic.
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How can design thinking improve teaching practice and education outcomes?
Just like Lean Thinking could work within adult education to improve teaching practice, so too could Design Thinking. Again, I’m particularly interested in my own perspective which is the professional development relating to adult literacy and numeracy education for trades and vocational training. According to the Wikipedia entry: Design Thinking refers to the methods and…
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The Hero’s Journey is the Educator’s Journey: Star Wars versus Educator Professional Development
I’m just riffing here… Building on my idea that Joseph Campbell’s monomyth connects with professional development pathways in education. Here are the 12 stages of the hero’s journey with reference to Star Wars and Adult Literacy & Numeracy professional development… The ordinary world – limited awareness of a problem [ACT 1] The Evil Empire oppresses…
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Reasons for low levels of literacy and numeracy in the adult population
There’s plenty of reasons why we see low levels of literacy and numeracy skills in the adult population. However, the problem is that none of them have really been empirically studied. This short poll isn’t going to fix that. However, I’m interested… What do you think? Choose up to three from the list below.
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Do you want to find out about the NCALNE (Voc) qualification for embedding literacy and numeracy?
If you do, then fill out the form below and we’ll see if we can answer your questions.
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You don’t need to know everything about literacy and numeracy to embed literacy and numeracy into your training
One of the great things about learning any subject is the fact that you don’t need to know everything – you only need to understand and use a few critically important concepts and approaches that provide the most value. This is the approach that we take with showing people how to improve their teaching practice…
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NCALNE providers that offer embedded literacy and numeracy training including Unit Standard 21204
Well… there’s really only one you need to talk to and that’s Adult Literacy Education & Consulting (ALEC). Yes, we still have study grants available to subsidise the costs of this training as well. Yes, we’ll make sure that you get the 40 credits you need to gain the qualification. Yes, we can look at recognition…
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Why improve your teaching? Why embed literacy and numeracy?
I’ve just started reading The Personal MBA by Josh Kaufman. His introduction struck me as exactly what I would like to write for the book I’d like to write on how to improve your teaching practice by embedding literacy and numeracy. So I’ve cannibalised it. Here’s my version and the introduction to my mythical book below. Tell me…
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What do I need to do next to transform my professional development course into something with wider appeal?
I work in what is possibly the most boring profession in the world. This is not just the world of adult literacy and numeracy education, but adult literacy and numeracy professional development. Need I say more… Ok, great… you’re still reading. Actually, I’ve given up explaining to people what I do. To avoid the glazed…