Category: Literacy Numeracy Professionals
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Literacy and numeracy for non-experts (Or how do you recognise low levels of literacy and numeracy?)
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in 21204, Complete NCALNE, Education resources, ELN Tutor, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Finish NCALNE, Improve teaching practice, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy indicators, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, LNPro, Low numeracy levels, NCALNE, NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, NDipALNE, Prison literacy, Professional Development, QualificationsThis is not meant to be research-informed or any kind of definitive list. It’s also culled from other lists of indicators and conversations with people that I’ve absorbed over the years. Indicators for low adult literacy and numeracy You don’t have to be a literacy or numeracy “expert” to recognise some of the indicators for…
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12 Steps You Can Take to Disrupt Education
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in ALEC, Business improvement, Business model generation, Collaboration, Design, Disruption, Economy, Edtech, Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, Educator’s Journey, Lean, Lean education, Lean literacy, lean methodology, Lean startup, Lean thinking, Lifestyle, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Personal development, Professional Development, Resources, Software, Technology, workI know, I know… you’d rather not. Nor would any of us really, but I’m working on a manifesto for disrupting education. This is not because I think I know how to do it, but rather because I think it’s inevitable and I want to set myself something to work towards. These are some of…
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Good News: TEC’s Report to the Minister on Adult Literacy & Numeracy Qualifications
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in 21204, ALEC, Education, ELN Tutor, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Low literacy levels, Low numeracy levels, NCALNE, NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, NDipALNE, New Zealand Context, NZCALN, NZDALN, Professional Development, Qualifications, TEC, Tutor, Tutor ProfileJust in… Great to see hear that the TEC has been able to report the following good news to the Minister of Education. Thanks to the TEC for supplying this information: Assessment of the 2013 Adult Literacy Educator (ALE) Grants is complete and the results show good demand for the Grants with 97 per cent…
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Embedding literacy and numeracy into basic trades training in prisons
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in 21204, ALEC, Complete NCALE, Complete NCALNE, Department of Corrections, DipALNE, Diploma, Edtech, Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, Educator’s Journey, ELN Tutor, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Finish NCALE, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy indicators, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, LNPro, Low literacy levels, Low numeracy levels, NCALNE, NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, NDipALNE, New Zealand Context, Numeracy, Numeracy Indicators, NZCALN, NZDALN, Online assessment, Online learning, Pathways Awarua, Personal development, Prison literacy, Professional Development, Qualifications, Tutor, Tutor Profile, VideoOk… just one more since I can’t stop showing off the success of our fantastic ALEC graduates and their work. Here is Andy Wood – Literacy and Numeracy Ninja – discussing how he uses a basic framing task to embed literacy and numeracy. What kinds of literacy and numeracy skills do you think the learners…
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And another ALEC All-star graduate embedding literacy and numeracy into building and painting in the prison system
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in 21204, ALEC, Assessment, Complete NCALE, Complete NCALNE, DipALNE, Diploma, Edtech, Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, Educator’s Journey, ELN Tutor, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Finish NCALE, Finish NCALNE, Improve teaching practice, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, LNPro, Low literacy levels, Low numeracy levels, NCALNE, NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, NDipALNE, New Zealand Context, NZCALN, NZDALN, NZQA, Online assessment, Online learning, Pathways, Pathways Awarua, Personal development, Prison literacy, Productivity, Professional Development, Qualifications, Tutor, Tutor ProfileThis another of our NCALNE (Voc) graduates discussing how he embeds literacy and numeracy into pre-trade building training. Great to hear the prisoners’ voices as well here. If you need further evidence that embedding literacy and numeracy into trades really works, then look no further. Of course, it certainly helps when the tutors and the…
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Andy Wood ALEC All-star Graduate Embedding Literacy and Numeracy into Carpentry Training in Prison
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in 21204, ALEC, Complete NCALE, Complete NCALNE, Department of Corrections, DipALNE, Diploma, Edtech, Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, Educator’s Journey, ELN Tutor, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Finish NCALE, Finish NCALNE, Improve teaching practice, Improving learner writing, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy indicators, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, LNPro, Low literacy levels, Low numeracy levels, Mastery, NCALNE, NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, NDipALNE, New Zealand Context, Numeracy, NZCALN, NZDALN, Prison literacy, Professional Development, Qualifications, Reading comprehension, Tutor, Tutor ProfileHere’s another of our all-star ALEC graduates talking about his work embedding literacy and numeracy into trades training in prison in New Zealand with the Department of Corrections. Awesome work Andy…!
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New Zealand Diploma of Adult Literacy & Numeracy (NZDipALN): First Big Project
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in DipALNE, Edtech, Education, Education delivery model, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Evaluation, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, LNPro, Map the literacy and numeracy demands, Map the literacy demands, Map the numeracy demands, Mapping, NCALNE, NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NDipALNE, New Zealand Context, NZCALN, NZDALN, Online assessment, Online learning, Pathways Awarua, Personal development, Professional Development, QualificationsOk… so we’ll have to change this graphic to reflect the change in name from National Diploma in Adult Literacy and Numeracy Education (NDipALNE) to the New Zealand Diploma in Adult Literacy and Numeracy (NZDALN) or something similar. In terms of course content, what I’m planning is a couple of big projects that bookend several…
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New Zealand Diploma of Adult Literacy & Numeracy (NZDipALN): The ALEC Model
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in 21204, ALEC, Assessment, Business model generation, Complete NCALE, Complete NCALNE, Design, Diagnostic, DipALNE, Diploma, Disruption, Edtech, Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, Educator’s Journey, ELN Tutor, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Evaluation, Finish NCALE, Finish NCALNE, Improve teaching practice, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy indicators, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, LNPro, Low literacy levels, Low numeracy levels, Maori Literacy, Maori literacy initiatives, Maori literacy numeracy initiatives, Map the literacy and numeracy demands, Map the literacy demands, Map the numeracy demands, Mapping, Mastery, NCALNE, NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, NDipALNE, New Zealand Context, Numeracy, Numeracy Indicators, NZCALN, NZDALN, NZQA, Online assessment, Online learning, Pathways Awarua, Personal development, Prison literacy, Productivity, Professional Development, Qualifications, Resources, Tutor, Tutor Profile, UncategorizedOnce again… I’ve started work on the Diploma. This is like about the 5th time I’ve had a go at writing this thing and hopefully, this time I’ll finish it. Actually, this time it should be more of a collaboration, but more on that in a future post. What I wanted to establish here is…
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Guest Post: The unmotivated, dispassionate New Zealand adult learner… Think again!
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Today I’m very pleased to present our first guest post from Damon Whitten – LN Ninja and Grand Master Researcher: A wonderful finding from my research – New Zealand adult learners are wonderfully passionate about mathematics and numeracy! They care… They complain bitterly when they have an answer wrong, they shout and cheer when they…
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ALEC graduates Embedding Literacy and Numeracy into Agriculture and Horticulture with the Department of Corrections
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in 21204, ALEC, Assessment, Complete NCALE, Complete NCALNE, Department of Corrections, Diagnostic, DipALNE, Diploma, Edtech, Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, Educator’s Journey, ELN Tutor, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Finish NCALE, Finish NCALNE, Improve teaching practice, Learning Progressions, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, LNPro, Low literacy levels, Low numeracy levels, Map the literacy and numeracy demands, Map the literacy demands, Map the numeracy demands, Mapping, Mastery, NCALNE, NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, NDipALNE, New Zealand Context, Numeracy, NZCALN, NZDALN, Pathways Awarua, Personal development, Prison literacy, Professional Development, Qualifications, TEC, Tutor, Tutor Profile, VideoVery proud…! These are some of our graduates. They completed the NCALNE (Voc) with ALEC and are now embedding literacy and numeracy into their trades training with prisoners. Here you can see them talking about how they embed literacy and numeracy into agriculture and horticulture. Well done…!