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Category: Low literacy levels

Discussion questions (And my answers) for the Revised Tertiary Landscape

Feb 19, 2014

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Graeme Smith

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These are the discussion questions from the governance group at NZQA looking at the review of adult tertiary teaching qualifications at the moment. I’ve inserted my answers. Discussion questions and prompts from the NZQA The following questions are designed to prompt thinking and feedback as you consider the landscape and rationale. 1. To what extent…
NZQA Review of Adult and Tertiary Teaching Qualifications (including NCALNE) Update

Feb 18, 2014

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Graeme Smith

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For those of you tracking these changes or just interested. The NZQA governance group has just published their first discussion document and minutes. You can access it on the NZQA website here. I’ll post further comments when I’ve had a chance to digest it carefully. However, for now: It looks like the NCALNE (Voc) Qualification…
New TEC Publication: Adult Literacy & Numeracy: An Overview of the Evidence

Feb 10, 2014

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Graeme Smith

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The Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) have released a new summary of the available evidence on adult literacy and numeracy. It’s kind of a meta-review – a summary of a lot of other literature reviews, but it’s quite brief and worth a look if you’re interested in this kind of thing. They’re not going to print…
Free online Literacy and Numeracy Professional Development Training via Pathways Awarua NCALNE Lite

Nov 18, 2013

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Graeme Smith

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If you teach trades or do vocational training of some kind you need to check out our free NCALNE Lite modules on Pathways Awarua. We’re just finalising the last two modules, which means the whole programme will be online. This is the lite version of the National Certificate in Adult Literacy & Numeracy Education (Vocational/workplace) –…
Embedding reading into trades and vocational training

Oct 9, 2013

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Graeme Smith

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Working with my ComCol tutors today… we were looking at unit standard 26624: Read texts with understanding. And we came up with this as a draft template for trying standardise reading comprehension questions for trades-based or vocational training texts that they have to work with anyway. Reading Text Title Read through the text and then…
ALEC Allstars & Corrections Presentation at this year’s Literacy and Numeracy Symposium

Sep 12, 2013

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Graeme Smith

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This might not work on your mobile devices as I think it’s using flash video player, the quality is not terrific, and you can’t see the slides for the presentations… but, here’s the link to our presentation from earlier in the year where our newly minted ALEC graduates stole the show with their awesome work…
Rachel Bulliff from the Department of Corrections wins International Literacy Day Award

Sep 10, 2013

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Graeme Smith

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We are also extremely pleased to hear that Rachel Bulliff from the Department of Corrections has won the 2013 International Literacy Day Award from the National Centre of Literacy and Numeracy for Adults based at the University of Waikato. ALEC has been fortunate to have been working with Rachel and her team since around 2010 to…
ALEC & Department of Corrections – Embedding Literacy and Numeracy into Prison Education

Sep 10, 2013

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Graeme Smith

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Very happy to be involved with the professional development of the instructors doing this work. By the end of 2014 we should have trained around 100 NCALNE (Voc) qualified instructors and staff. Check out the media release below. Make sure you read the list of case studies at the end. These are our ALEC graduates:…
1st Dan Black Belt Literacy and Numeracy Kung Fu

Aug 19, 2013

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Graeme Smith

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In many styles of martial arts such as Karate, for example, achieving a dan rank means that, while one is no longer considered a beginner, one is not yet necessarily an expert. Rather it means that one has learned the basics. It’s the same with literacy and numeracy professional development. Gaining your NCALNE (Voc) is…
ALEC now has a LinkedIn Company Page

Jul 31, 2013

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Graeme Smith

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Hey there… Something new for us. We now have a LinkedIn Company page for ALEC. If you’re on LinkedIn you should check it out and follow us… Here’s the link. And if you’re not on LinkedIn… then you’d better sign up and follow us.