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Intro to ALEC’s Organisational Self Assessment and Internal Review

May 1, 2014

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Graeme Smith

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This is the introduction to the document that I’ve been grinding away at all day. Had to post something… Introduction Adult Literacy Education & Consulting (ALEC) Limited is a small private training establishment (PTE) with a focus on delivering high quality adult literacy and numeracy education (ALNE) professional development. This happens via the National Certificate…
Mandatory Review of Teacher Education Qualifications – Adult Literacy & Numeracy Education Working Group

Apr 29, 2014

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I’m very pleased to have been part of the working group looking at the Adult Literacy and Numeracy Education (ALNE) qualifications this week. These qualifications are part of the Mandatory Review of Teacher Education Qualifications that is underway at the moment. It feels a little weird doing this after being asked to put my name forward…
What is a cognitive approach to teaching adult literacy and numeracy?

Apr 15, 2014

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Graeme Smith

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A cognitive approach to adult literacy and numeracy is simply one with a focus on the internal processes and connections that take place in someone’s mind when they are learning. Cognitive approaches to learning are sometimes contrasted with behaviourism which focuses on observable physical behaviours. A cognitive approach to adult literacy and numeracy is one in…
NZDipALN: Module 1 Content – The Educator as Facilitator

Apr 14, 2014

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Graeme Smith

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The educator as facilitator What do we mean by the educator as facilitator? One of the characteristics of adult education is the idea of the teacher as learning facilitator. This means that as educators we need to go beyond traditional transactional ideas of teaching and learning and look to other models, such as the reciprocal…
NZDipALN: Module 1 Part 1 Draft Content

Apr 11, 2014

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Ok… it’s a bit rough and first draft but here’s the start of the content for Module 1 of the NZDipALN. This content will become an online module. Let me know if you want to start working on this now. Any and all feedback welcome. Module 1: Personal Approach to Strengthening Adult LN Summary In…
NZDipALN: Assessment Task 1 – Develop a Personal Approach to Strengthening Adult LN

Apr 11, 2014

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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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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…
Literacy and numeracy for non-experts (Or how do you recognise low levels of literacy and numeracy?)

Apr 8, 2014

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This 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…
New Zealand Diploma of Adult Literacy & Numeracy (NZDipALN): First Big Project

Mar 17, 2014

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Ok… 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…
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…