Category: Embed numeracy
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What’s the problem? Technology
The impact of technology and the accelerating technological change is one of the themes that often comes up in discussions about why we face literacy and numeracy problems in the 21st century. The relentless march of technology and increasing technological complexity mean that the demands of work and life have changed significantly in recent years…
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What’s the problem? Poor teaching
Poor teaching is another factor that we often associate with low levels of adult literacy and numeracy. This applies to teaching in schools as well as in the tertiary sector with adults. Poor teaching reinforces adult learners’ negative beliefs about literacy and numeracy. For example, if an adult student thinks that she “can’t do maths”,…
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The Devastating Effect of Low adult literacy and numeracy levels: What’s causing the problem?
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The problem of low adult literacy and numeracy in Aotearoa I have an updated post about this here. It’s difficult to say exactly what is causing the problem of low adult literacy and numeracy in Aotearoa New Zealand. What we can say though is that low adult literacy and numeracy skills are associated with certain…
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Under the hood: Taking notes on the five frameworks
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in Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Framework, Improve teaching practice, inform teaching, Literacy, Literacy and Numeracy, Should we teach, teach, Teach better, Teach Better Now, teacher, Teachers, teaching, Teaching philosophy, Uncategorized, You can teach betterAs with the definitions, it’s a good idea to pause here and think about what we’ve covered so far. You need to know about each of these frameworks and how they apply to you as a teacher or trainer: Learning Progressions for Adult Literacy Learning Progressions for Adult Numeracy Te Whare Tapa Whā Fonofale Pasifika…
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Under the hood: Learning progressions for adult numeracy
The Learning Progressions for Adult Numeracy are part two of the Learning Progressions framework. We use the numeracy progressions to help us understand how to embed numeracy. Part one is the Literacy Progressions discussed in the last section. Where does it come from? The Tertiary Education Commission (TEC). What’s it for? The numeracy progressions are…
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What’s under the hood? Frameworks for teaching better
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in Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Framework, Improve teaching practice, inform teaching, Literacy and Numeracy, NZCALNE, NZCALNE (Voc), Should we teach, teach, Teach better, Teach Better Now, teacher, Teachers, teaching, Teaching philosophy, Uncategorized, You can teach betterAs well as knowing what we mean when we use words like embedding and literacy or numeracy, we also need to know what kind of thinking sits behind these concepts. Getting to this is like popping the bonnet or hood of your car and having a look at what’s underneath. You can drive a car…
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Literacy and Numeracy Definitions: 8 Essential Areas You’d Better Think About Now
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in Literacy and Numeracy, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Improve teaching practice, inform teaching, Literacy, Literacy indicators, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, Low literacy levels, NZCALNE, NZCALNE (Voc), Should we teach, teach, Teach better, Teach Better Now, teacher, Teachers, teaching, Teaching philosophy, Uncategorized, You can teach betterLiteracy and numeracy definitions. What’s the difference?
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Thinking more deeply about what we mean by literacy and numeracy
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in Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Improve teaching practice, inform teaching, Literacy, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Low literacy levels, NZCALNE, NZCALNE (Voc), Should we teach, teach, Teach better, Teach Better Now, teacher, Teachers, teaching, Teaching philosophy, Uncategorized, You can teach betterIt’s one thing to read about definitions for literacy and numeracy. It’s another thing to figure out for yourself what you think about them. With that in mind, we think it’s a good idea for you to have a go at making some notes on the six definitions we’ve talked about so far. There are…
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Embedded literacy and numeracy: 4 Things You Need to Know Now to Empower Your Vocational Teaching
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in Literacy and Numeracy, Embed, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, embedded, Embedded numeracy, embedding, Embedding numeracy, Improve teaching practice, inform teaching, Literacy, Literacy indicators, Literacy Jokes, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, Should we teach, teach, Teach better, teacher, Teachers, teaching, Teaching philosophy, Uncategorized, You can teach betterWhat is embedded literacy and numeracy?
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What is numeracy? Number 2 of 6 Dynamic Definitions You Need To Know
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in Uncategorized, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Improve teaching practice, inform teaching, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, Low numeracy levels, Maori literacy numeracy initiatives, Map the literacy and numeracy demands, Map the numeracy demands, Numeracy, Numeracy activity, Numeracy for ESOL, Numeracy Indicators, Should we teach, teach, Teach better, teacher, Teachers, teaching, Teaching philosophy, You can teach betterWhat is numeracy? Number 2 of 6 Dynamic Definitions You Need To Know. By Graeme Smith.