Tag: embed
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What’s the big picture for embedding literacy and numeracy via the new NZCALNE (Voc)?
What’s the big picture? Here’s the big picture for embedding literacy and numeracy and an update on our work at ALEC. This is the big picture for our revised embedding process and pipeline. And it’s the big picture for the new NZCALNE (Voc) training and qualification that we’re feverishly working on. New content for Collections…
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Strategies: How do I make my strategies more learner centred?
To finish off writing your strategies and this assessment, there are some questions that you need to answer. These questions apply to your literacy and numeracy strategies. As always, you can skip ahead to the assessment template, or download a worksheet if you want to take notes now. How are you going to address the…
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Strategies: How to write your own strategy for embedding measurement into your programme
If you are going to focus on measurement, it makes sense to combine this with a focus on number as well. For example, many learners need to strengthen their knowledge of our number system and how place value works if they have to use metric measurement and related calculations in their trade. In other words,…
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Strategies: How to write your own strategy for embedding number skills into your programme
Time to do some work It’s your turn again. Design your own numeracy strategy by choosing from the options below. Download the worksheet to record your ideas. As always, you can skip ahead to the Assessment template and get started on this part right away. For your assessment, you only need to focus on one…
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Mapping literacy and numeracy demands: Some things to think about before we move on
From here we can move on to the fourth section in the NZCALNE and how to teach better. Up next you’re going to use your knowledge of the literacy and numeracy demands to lay out some broad strategies for embedding literacy and numeracy into your training. And once you’ve got your strategies in place we…
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Under the hood: Learning progressions for adult numeracy
The Learning Progressions for Adult Numeracy are part two of the Learning Progressions framework. We use the numeracy progressions to help us understand how to embed numeracy. Part one is the Literacy Progressions discussed in the last section. Where does it come from? The Tertiary Education Commission (TEC). What’s it for? The numeracy progressions are…
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Under the hood: The Learning Progressions for Adult Literacy
The Learning Progressions for Adult Literacy are one of the main frameworks we use for understanding how to embed literacy. We often refer to it as just the Literacy Progressions. It’s part of a pair of progressions we use in adult teaching. The other one is the Learning Progressions for Adult Numeracy. More on that…
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Literacy and Numeracy Definitions: 8 Essential Areas You’d Better Think About Now
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in Literacy and Numeracy, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Improve teaching practice, inform teaching, Literacy, Literacy indicators, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, Low literacy levels, NZCALNE, NZCALNE (Voc), Should we teach, teach, Teach better, Teach Better Now, teacher, Teachers, teaching, Teaching philosophy, Uncategorized, You can teach betterLiteracy and numeracy definitions. What’s the difference?
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Thinking more deeply about what we mean by literacy and numeracy
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in Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Improve teaching practice, inform teaching, Literacy, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Low literacy levels, NZCALNE, NZCALNE (Voc), Should we teach, teach, Teach better, Teach Better Now, teacher, Teachers, teaching, Teaching philosophy, Uncategorized, You can teach betterIt’s one thing to read about definitions for literacy and numeracy. It’s another thing to figure out for yourself what you think about them. With that in mind, we think it’s a good idea for you to have a go at making some notes on the six definitions we’ve talked about so far. There are…
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What Is Literacy? 1st of 6 Dynamic Definitions You Need To Know
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in Uncategorized, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Improve teaching practice, inform teaching, Literacy, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, Numeracy, NZCALNE, NZCALNE (Voc), Should we teach, teach, Teach better, teacher, Teachers, teaching, Teaching philosophy, You can teach betterWhat is literacy? What do we mean when we talk about literacy and numeracy? What is a definition for literacy?