Tag: adult literacy
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ALEC Processes Section 2: Strategy
Here’s my revisions to Section 2 on Strategy. Yes, it’s NZQA edu-speak, but at least it’s visual. I’ll probably simplify the titles…
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ALEC Processes: Section 1 – Leadership
I’ve been using this software called LucidChart to update and map all of the processes that we have at ALEC. Here’s the first couple of flowcharts from the ALEC Processes section of our QMS. They’re in draft form as I work my way through everything. Comments welcome… Cheers
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Sections 2 – 6: ALEC Organisational Self Assessment & Internal Review
Below is the rest of our ALEC summary document for the upcoming NZQA review. You can read our revised ALEC Policies here and the intro to this document here and Section 1 here. Hopefully, I’ll finish the revisions to the new system I’m using for our ALEC internal processes and post those shortly as well. 2.…
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Section 1: ALEC Organisational Self Assessment and Internal Review Summary
Since I posted our revised ALEC Policies the other day and the introduction to our ALEC Organisational Self Assessment and Internal Review Summary I thought I probably don’t have much to lose to post the rest of it. Here’s part 1. Parts 2 – 6 to follow shortly. Please comment. It shows stakeholder engagement… You’ll have…
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Intro to ALEC’s Organisational Self Assessment and Internal Review
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…
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Mandatory Review of Teacher Education Qualifications – Adult Literacy & Numeracy Education Working Group
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What are adult literacy theories? Here’s 3 accessible ones you should know
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in Education, ALEC, Edtech, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Improve teaching practice, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, LNPro, NCALNE, NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, NDipALNE, NZCALN, NZDALN, NZQA, Online assessment, Online learning, Pathways Awarua, Place value, Professional Development, Qualifications, TheoryAdult literacy theories are ideas about how adults learn literacy skills, like reading. There are a range of theories and different educators tend to subscribe to different theories – although sometimes without really knowing. Here’s a selection of some of the main adult literacy theories:
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NZDipALN: Content – Teaching Adult Literacy Versus Numeracy
Your approach to teaching literacy versus numeracy In Part One of the assessment task for this unit, you need to outline your personal approach to strengthening literacy and numeracy. As part of this you should explore how your personal approach to teaching adult literacy differs from how you approach teaching adult numeracy (26611 1.4). Here…
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NZDipALN: Module 1 Content – Learner Centredness
Learner centredness What is a learner centred approach? Learner centred learning is an approach to education which focuses on the interests of the learners. It means that, in your role as facilitator, you put the learners’ interests, knowledge, experience, and learning styles first. Teacher-centred Teacher talks Feels more like an information dump or a lecture…
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NZDipALN: Module 1 Content – The Educator as Facilitator
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in 21204, ALEC, Anxiety caused by learning, DipALNE, Diploma, Edtech, Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, Educator’s Journey, ELN Tutor, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Facilitator, Improve teaching practice, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, LNPro, NCALNE, NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, NDipALNE, New Zealand Context, NZCALN, NZDALN, Online assessment, Online learning, Pathways, Pathways Awarua, Professional Development, QualificationsThe 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…