Category: Mastery

NZDipALN: Assessment Task 1 – Develop a Personal Approach to Strengthening Adult LN

Apr 11, 2014

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Graeme Smith

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Here’s the second draft of the first assessment task for our new New Zealand Diploma of Adult Literacy and Numeracy. The plan is that this will be part of an online and open education course through the PathwaysAwarua.com platform. You’ll still have to pay for assessment and credentials, but the information and training component will be…
Diploma Brainstorming: Describing your personal approach to embedding or contextualising literacy and numeracy

Apr 8, 2014

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Graeme Smith

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This is possibly the first assessment task – or part of the first assessment task – in the Level 6 Diploma of Adult Literacy and Numeracy Education. The name of this qualification is going to change shortly, but we’ll leave that for now: Part 1 Describe your personal philosophy of teaching adult literacy and numeracy: Write…
Andy Wood ALEC All-star Graduate Embedding Literacy and Numeracy into Carpentry Training in Prison

Mar 18, 2014

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Graeme Smith

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Here’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…!
New Zealand Diploma of Adult Literacy & Numeracy (NZDipALN): The ALEC Model

Mar 17, 2014

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Graeme Smith

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Once 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…
ALEC graduates Embedding Literacy and Numeracy into Agriculture and Horticulture with the Department of Corrections

Mar 17, 2014

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Graeme Smith

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Very 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…!
11 Terrific Metaphors for Mastery in Teaching & Training (I know what a hammer’s for, but what’s a metaphor?)

May 8, 2013

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Graeme Smith

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I know what a hammer’s for, but what’s a metaphor? Working with trades and vocational tutors a lot of the time, means I need ways of communicating concepts and ideas from the world of literacy and numeracy that are easy to understand and don’t sound overly academic. One of the ways I do this is…
The Educator’s Journey Revisited

Jan 24, 2013

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Graeme Smith

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I’ve written previously about the Educator’s Journey here and here and here. This is a shorter more visual version of essentially the same thing. This version is influenced by Robert Green’s new book Mastery which I’ve just started listening to. We see this progression in basic terms when we deliver our NCALNE (Voc) professional development. Our…