Most Recent Resources about Foundation And Bridging Education
Digital Information Literacy: what is it and how do you get it?
Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 26 August 2010 - 11:44am
This Ministry of Education report describes a project undertaken to explore what digital information literacy is and how individuals can obtain it. Digital information literacy takes dedicated time, intensive support and the opportunity to experiment with a range of information and communication technologies.
A Project Approach to Teaching Collision Repair: A Story of Change
Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 13 August 2010 - 10:06am
In this publication a case study is described where purposeful changes to a course such as embedding literacy and numeracy resulted in enhanced learner benefit
Starting Points: Supporting the Learning Progressions for Adult Literacy
Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 4 August 2010 - 11:58am
Starting Points describes the initial knowledge, skills and understandings required for adults to begin learning to read and write.
ITO Literacy and Numeracy Good Practice Project - Summary of Good Practices
Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 23 June 2010 - 11:06am
This project aims to research, inform and develop good practice guidelines, tools and resources to support ITOs to embed literacy and numeracy into industry training.
Numeracy for adults: building skills with online learning links
Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 16 June 2010 - 12:19pm
This Ministry of Education report describes a project that supplemented workplace learning with online numeracy activities. It found that simple online tasks that trainees completed in their own time helped them to improve their numeracy skills.
'One size does not fit all’: how five tertiary education organisations embed literacy, language and numeracy
Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 16 June 2010 - 11:41am
This Ministry of Education report summarises the findings of a project on how different tertiary education organisations teach literacy, language and numeracy skills as part of their programmes. Includes cases studies from five institutions: a wānanga, a polytechnic, two private training establishments, and an industry training organisation.
Organisational factors that affect delivery of adult literacy, language and numeracy provision - literature review
Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 12 May 2010 - 10:41am
This literature review focuses embedded literacy, language and numeracy (LLN) and the organisational factors that impact on embedded LLN provision.
Improving Participation, Retention and Progression of Māori Tertiary Learners in the Whanganui Region
Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 28 April 2010 - 1:44pm
This project investigated how two Private Training Establishments could improve the participation, retention and progression of Māori Tertiary Learners in the Whanganui Region.
Where are the gaps? - literature review on Māori adult foundation-level learners
Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 1 April 2010 - 3:19pm
Produced as part of the Improving Participation, Retention and Progression of Māori Tertiary Learners in the Whanganui Region project.
Assessment and Teaching of 21st Century Skills
Last updated by: ako_admin (Ako Administrator) on 25 March 2010 - 12:59pm
This project is focused on defining 21st Century skills and developing ways to measure them using technology. It will also address the pedagogical implications and provide evidence on how the skills can best be developed in education.