Category: Literacy Numeracy Symposium
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Te Ao Māori Concepts For Adult Literacy And Numeracy
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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.
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How to get started on Assessment 2 of the NCALNE (Voc) on Maori Literacy and Numeracy
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in 2.0, Adult, ako, ALEC, Education delivery model, Embed, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, embedded, Embedded numeracy, embedding, Embedding numeracy, Graeme Smith, Literacy, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, LNAAT, LNPro, Low literacy levels, Low numeracy levels, Maori Literacy, Maori literacy initiatives, Maori literacy numeracy initiatives, NCALNE, NCALNE (Ed), NCALNE (Educator), NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, New Zealand, Pathways, Pathways AwaruaIf you’re feeling like you’re having a tough time getting started on Assessment 2 of your NCALNE (Voc) on Maori Literacy and Numeracy there are quite a few resources here on my blog. Some are feeling a little dated now and are likely to get a refresh over 2015 and moving forward, but for now…
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Group Observation Checklist for Listening & Speaking
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in 2.0, 2015, 21204, Activities, ALEC, Edtech, Education, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Listening, Literacy, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy indicators, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, LNPro, Low literacy levels, Map the literacy and numeracy demands, Map the literacy demands, NCALNE, Professional Development, Qualifications, SpeakingThis 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…
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Learner Observation Checklist for Listening & Speaking Skills
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in Diagnostic, Edtech, Education, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Improve teaching practice, Learning Progressions, Listening, Literacy, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy indicators, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, LNPro, Low literacy levels, make better, Map the literacy and numeracy demands, Map the literacy demands, NCALNE, NCALNE (Voc), Professional Development, QualificationsThe other day I posted my versions of the some tools to use with learners for numeracy diagnostic assessment. I’ve also written before about creating your own contextualised vocabulary diagnostics including developing a word bank. This post continues along the same line, but with a learner observation checklist for listening and speaking skills. This is…
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Numeracy diagnostic questions: Before there was the Assessment Tool there was this…
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in 2.0, Activities, Adult, Assessment, Assessment Tool, Diagnostic, Edtech, Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, Educator’s Journey, ELN Tutor, Embed, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, embedded, Embedded numeracy, embedding, Embedding numeracy, Improve teaching practice, Janet Hogan, Learning Progressions, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, LNAAT, LNPro, Low numeracy levels, Map the literacy and numeracy demands, Map the numeracy demands, Mapping, Maths, Maths Anxiety, Numeracy, Numeracy activity, Numeracy Indicators, Professional DevelopmentBefore the assessment tool we had this handy set of questions (see the Youtube clip below). You can still use it and it works great…! Just click below to watch it as a movie with 5 sec intervals between questions. No audio on this one. If you use it with your learners just read the…
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How to get started embedding vocabulary into your training by creating a word bank
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in 2.0, Activities, Adult, ALEC, Complete NCALNE, Design, Edtech, Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, Educator’s Journey, ELN Tutor, Embed, Embed literacy and numeracy, embedded, embedding, Finish NCALNE, Graeme Smith, Improve teaching practice, Improving learner writing, Lean literacy, Learning Progressions, Literacy, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy indicators, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, LNPro, Map the literacy demands, Mapping, NCALNE, NCALNE (Ed), NCALNE (Educator), NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, NDipALNE, NZCALN, NZCALNE, NZCALNE (Voc), NZDALN, NZDALNE, NZQA, Personal development, Professional Development, Reading, Reading comprehension, Resources, Spelling, VocabularyVocabulary rocks…! If you’re going to focus on just one thing when it comes to embedding literacy into your trades or vocational training it has to be vocabulary. Vocabulary runs through all of the literacy progressions and it’s probably the best bang for your buck in terms of time spent embedding anything on the literacy side of…
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Printable learner attitude questions for reading and maths for adult literacy and numeracy learners
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in 2.0, Activities, ALEC, Assessment, Assessment Tool, Complete NCALNE, Design, Diagnostic, Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, Educator’s Journey, ELN Tutor, Embed, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, embedded, Embedded numeracy, embedding, Embedding numeracy, Graeme Smith, Improve teaching practice, Literacy, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, LNAAT, LNPro, Low literacy levels, Low numeracy levels, make better, Maths, Maths Anxiety, NCALNE, NCALNE (Ed), NCALNE (Educator), NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, NDipALNE, NZ, Reading, Reading comprehensionThere are some great resources in the Learning Progressions for Adult Literacy and Numeracy. Unfortunately, many of them are simply buried. Here’s my variations on a couple of things that I think are really useful: Learner attitude survey questions for Maths and Reading. Just click the links below to open them as printable PDFs. The images below…
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What can you actually do if your tutors are not embedding literacy and numeracy as well as they should be?
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in ALEC, Coaching, Complete NCALNE, Education, Educator’s Journey, ELN Tutor, Embed, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, embedded, Embedded numeracy, embedding, Embedding numeracy, Literacy, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, make better, NCALNE, NCALNE (Ed), NCALNE (Educator), NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, NDipALNE, Personal development, Professional Development, TutorWell that’s a curly question… The other day I reposted part of a transcript between a prosecuting lawyer and the CEO of large tertiary organisation. It was one of the scariest things that I’ve read in this field all year. Spoiler Alert: In case you didn’t realise, it was fiction. But I didn’t realise that when I…
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Whakapapa is a “WH” Word and it’s the best one
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in Education, 2.0, 21204, ako, ALEC, Embed, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, embedded, Embedded numeracy, embedding, Embedding numeracy, Graeme Smith, Literacy, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, Maori Literacy, NCALNE, NCALNE (Ed), NCALNE (Educator), NCALNE (Voc), NCLANA, NDipALNE, New Zealand Context, NZ, Pathways, Pathways Awarua, Reading comprehension, Self development, Teaching philosophy, WritingWhakapapa is a WH word. What is whakapapa?
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The scariest thing I’ve read all year about literacy and numeracy provision and funding…
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in 2015, 21204, ALEC, Customer Service, Design, Economy, Education, Education delivery model, ELN Tutor, Embed, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, embedded, Embedded numeracy, embedding, Embedding numeracy, Literacy, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy indicators, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, LNPro, NCALNE, NCALNE (Ed), NCALNE (Educator), NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, NDipALNE, New Zealand Context, NZ, NZCALN, NZCALNE, NZCALNE (Voc), NZDALN, NZDALNE, NZQA, PhD, Qualifications, TECThere’s not much that catches me off guard these days. However, this did. I’ve posted in a section of it below. You need to go to here to get the rest. McDonell: I’m going to be asking you questions pertaining to two different but related areas. The first is to gain clarifications regarding your organisations’ definition…