Tag: embedded literacy and numeracy

NZCALNE Collection 4 is now live on Pathways

Jun 8, 2017

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Graeme Smith

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Good news… I know you’ve seen it here in draft form, but Collection 4 of the NZCALNE (Voc) is now live in Pathways Awarua. Collection 4 on Pathways Awarua covers a couple of key things before we dive into the teaching and assessing components and related project work over Collections 5, 6, and 7. Here’s what’s…
New Adult Literacy and Numeracy Standards Released for the New Qualifications

Oct 19, 2016

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Graeme Smith

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Well, it’s taken a while… but it’s finally official. Here’s what you need to know: We have a new suite of unit standards for adult literacy and numeracy education. These new standards are for the new qualifications including the New Zealand Certificate in Adult Literacy & Numeracy Education (Vocational/Workplace). The old standards are now expiring,…
Writing Embedded Literacy Learning Outcomes

Aug 12, 2014

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Graeme Smith

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This is the next iteration of my ideas on how to write embedded literacy and numeracy learning outcomes. I’ve tried to simply the process as it tends to come across as more complicated than it needs to. What I’ve written here updates my Youtube clip on this. I’ll re-record it at some stage soon. What…
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

in Education, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Literacy and Numeracy, Maori Literacy, Mastery, Metaphors, Professional Development, Qualifications

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…