Category: Knowing the learner

Fonofale Pasifika: 6 Essential Factors To Create the Best Chance of Success

Feb 17, 2017

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Graeme Smith

in Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, Embed literacy and numeracy, Export Education, Framework, Indigenous education, International education, Knowing the learner, learner, Learner success, Learners, Literacy, Literacy and Numeracy, Pacific Literacy Initiatives, Pasifika, Success, Uncategorized

Fonofale Pasifika – what is the fono fale Pasifika?
Want to help your kids with reading?

Sep 20, 2016

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Graeme Smith

in Improve teaching practice, inform teaching, Knowing the learner, learner, Learners, Learning, Learning Outcomes, Online learning, Read, Read better, Reading, Reading comprehension, Reading Comprehension Strategies, teaching, Teaching philosophy, Uncategorized

My friend James is developing free resources for parents to help kids with reading. There’s video tutorials, PDF downloads, comprehension questions, and all kinds of stuff. This is very cool Kiwi content that you should support. You can also watch and listen to James reading the stories out loud. You can have a look at…
How do I get started on Literacy and Numeracy Diagnostic Assessment – and Assessment 4 of the NCALNE (Voc)

Nov 4, 2014

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Graeme Smith

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If you’re like a lot of people doing the NCALNE (Voc) literacy and numeracy professional development, you realise there’s a bit of what I call “heavy lifting” to do when you get to this stage. This not because literacy and numeracy diagnostic assessment is any harder than any other part (well… it might be), but the main…
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

in Literacy Numeracy Professionals, 2.0, 2015, 21204, Adult, Blog, Education resources, Educator’s Journey, ELN Tutor, Knowing the learner, learner, Learner success, Learners, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, LNAAT, LNPro, Maori Literacy, Success

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.
Hacking Reading Comprehension: Part 4 – Having a Go

Aug 8, 2012

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Graeme Smith

in Education, Curriculum, Embed literacy and numeracy, Hacking, Hacks, Improving learner writing, Knowing the learner, learner, Learner Centred, Learner success, Learners, NCALNE, Reading, Reading comprehension, teach, Teach better, Teach Better Now, Uncategorized

teach better now by hacking reading and listening comprehension