Tag: Adult Literacy & Numeracy Education
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Sign up to Pathways Awarua now…!
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One of the best kept secrets in tertiary training in New Zealand is Pathways Awarua. It’s not really a secret, but up until recently, this has only been available to tutors and trainers. From now, however, this great suite of teaching and learning tools is available to everyone. Well, to Kiwis anyway. Check out the cool…
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Becoming Antifragile in Education – 4 Things You Can Do Right Now
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in Education, 2.0, 2015, Adult, Antifragile, Design, Disruption, Economy, Ed, Edtech, Education delivery model, Education resources, Evernote, Graeme Smith, Improve learning, Influence, Khan Academy, Knowing what to do, Leadership, Learn anything, Lifestyle, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, LNAAT, LNPro, New Zealand, NZCALNE (Voc), Online learning, Pathways, Pathways Awarua, Personal approach, Personal development, podcast, Practitioners, Productivity, Profession, Professional Development, Questions, Sal Khan, Salman Khan, Self development, Training, TutorHow to become antifragile so every blow makes you stronger Nassem Taleb is an expert on risk and probability and he recommends in his latest book that we become less fragile, more robust, and actually antifragile. This is more than just Sissy Resilience… and this means that when the stuff hits the fan you actually bounce back…
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Is your school maths teacher the reason you’re in therapy now? Did maths give you low self esteem?
Education and numeracy blogger Damon Whitten has spent the last few months with his head inside a bunch of interview data from adult learners talking about their maths background. It’s not particularly cheery in terms of findings. According to Damon: Self-worth is tied up with academic performance – especially mathematics. … Societal beliefs about what mathematics is…