Embedding Literacy and Numeracy Module/Knowing what to do

Knowing what to do
This section deals with knowing what to do after you have assessed the literacy and numeracy skills of your learners and have the results. You will also know the level of the literacy and numeracy demands of your course and vocation. If you see there is a gap between learner skills and the course/vocational demands then you need to plan how you are going to bridge that gap. The gap can be bridged by deliberate acts of teaching (DATs)of literacy anad numeracy alongside the delivery of vocational content. You are most probably already doing this, but now that we have the detailed information about the skills of learners from the National Assessment Tool our DATs can be more targetted to meet specific learner needs. The Adult Learning Progressions for literacy and numeracy provide a framework that shows what adult learners know and can do at successive points as they develop their expertise in literacy and numeracy learning. This framework can be used as a guide to identifying the next steps for adult learners. Each progression covers a particular aspect of learning.

The Otago Polytechnic Moodle courses Staff Support for Embedding Numeracyand Staff Support for Embedding Literacy are repositories for teaching methods, strategies and activities for embedding literacy and numeracy. Please browse the content for activities useful for your context and learners.

The readings and resources below have been developed to support the teaching of literacy and numeracy for adult learners. The end goal is to enable tutors to meet the learning needs of their adult learners so those learners can engage effectively with the texts, tasks and practices they encounter in their training and learning.

Further Resources

 * Click on [[media:Design_Session_Plan.pdf|this link]] for an example of a vocational course session plan with embedded literacy activities.
 * Look at some sesson plans from your course and decide which ones are suitable for including literacy or numeracy activities, or "Deliberate Acts of Teaching" literacy and numeracy (DAT's)
 * Here is a [[media:Session_Plan.pdf|link]] to a blank session plan template.
 * Here is a [[media:Session_planning_teaching_tips_.pdf| link ]]to some session planning teaching tips
 * If you wish to learn more about session planning go to the module on lesson planning in the GCTLT.