Category: Low literacy levels
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The Challenges of Making Literacy and Numeracy Sexy: An In-depth Exploration
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in Education, adult education, Adult Education and Literacy, Adult Learning, Adult vocational education, Education and learning, education and training, Education delivery model, Education resources, Education Strategies, education technology, Embed literacy and numeracy, Empowerment in Education, Literacy, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy Development, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Low literacy levels, Maori literacy initiatives, Maori literacy numeracy initiatives, Pacific Literacy Initiatives, Special Education and Support Services, Tertiary Education Insights, Values-driven TeachingExplore the transformation of Literacy and Numeracy (LN) education. Moving away from uninviting traditional methods, this article introduces a values-driven approach, focusing on principles like manaakitanga and real-world relevance. Discover how embracing a holistic philosophy can make LN not just “sexy,” but empowering and essential.
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NZCALNE (Voc) Adult Literacy And Numeracy Professional Development Resources – 3 Seriously Great Resources
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in NZ, Complete NCALE, Complete NCALNE, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Financial literacy, Finish NCALE, Finish NCALNE, Lean literacy, Literacy, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy indicators, Literacy Jokes, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, 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, NCALNE, NCALNE (Ed), NCALNE (Educator), NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, Not Literacy, Numeracy, Numeracy activity, Numeracy for ESOL, Numeracy Indicators, NZ Context, NZ Dip ALNE, NZ made, NZCALN, NZCALNE, NZCALNE (Voc), NZCER, NZDALN, NZDALNE, NZDipALNE, NZQA, Pacific Literacy Initiatives, Prison literacyNZCALNE (Voc) Adult Literacy And Numeracy Professional Development Resources – 3 Seriously Great Resources by Graeme Smith
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Literacy and Numeracy: It’s Not Rocket Science – 3 Things You’ll Be Thankful to Learn if You Work in Education
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in Education, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Literacy, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy indicators, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, 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, Numeracy, Numeracy activity, Numeracy Indicators, Pacific Literacy Initiatives, Prison literacyLiteracy and Numeracy – It’s not rocket science. This is the plain-English introduction and guide that will help you understand what everyone else is talking about. You can learn to be more successful as an educator, teacher or trainer by understanding how to integrate literacy and numeracy into your work
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How will you create cool learner centred teaching this year? 12 concepts you need to know
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in Education, Adult, Adult Learning, Adults, Anxiety caused by learning, Education delivery model, Education resources, educator, Educator’s Journey, Embed literacy and numeracy, Executive Education, Export Education, Foundation, Foundation Learning, Improve learning, Indigenous education, International education, Knowing the learner, learner, Learner success, Learners, Learning, Literacy, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Low literacy levels, Maori, Maori Literacy, Maori literacy initiatives, Maori literacy numeracy initiatives, NCALNE (Educator), NZCALN, NZCALNE, NZCALNE (Voc), The rise of the educator-entrepreneurWhat is learner centred teaching? It’s the start of the new year. What are you going to do to make your teaching and training more learner centred?
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Why haven’t I self-published a book on how to embed literacy and numeracy into vocational training yet?
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in eBook, Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Executive Education, Export Education, Improve teaching practice, Indigenous education, inform teaching, International education, Lean education, Literacy, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, Low literacy levels, Low numeracy levels, Maori Literacy, Maori literacy initiatives, Maori literacy numeracy initiatives, Numeracy, self-publishing, Should we teach, teach, Teach better, Teach Better Now, teacher, Teachers, teaching, Teaching philosophy, You can teach betterNo good reason really… But today I spent about 12 hours learning how to use Amazon’s Kindle Direct Publishing suite of tools and resources. It was most interesting. I especially like that you can generate these previews above that show you what the final publication will look like. The actual editor tool is a bit…
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Talking about NZ’s embedded literacy and numeracy approach with Indonesian vocational teachers at AUT
Recently, I had the tremendous privilege and pleasure of spending a day at Auckland University of Technology (AUT) talking about literacy and numeracy with a group of vocational teachers and tutors from Indonesia. The group was large. The image above shows half of the team and I need to paste in a second photo below…
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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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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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How do I teach better?
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in Embed, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, embedded, Embedded numeracy, embedding, Embedding numeracy, Financial literacy, Lean literacy, Literacy, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy indicators, Literacy Jokes, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, Low literacy levels, Maori Literacy, Maori literacy initiatives, Maori literacy numeracy initiatives, Map the literacy and numeracy demands, Map the literacy demands, Map the numeracy demands, Not Literacy, Numeracy, Numeracy activity, Numeracy for ESOL, Numeracy Indicators, NZCALNE, NZCALNE (Voc), Pacific Literacy Initiatives, Prison literacy, UncategorizedThat’s my question for this year. And hopefully for you as well. Stay tuned…