1st Edition

Embedding English and Maths Practical Strategies for FE and Post-16 Tutors

104 Pages

by Routledge

104 Pages

by Routledge

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Description

FE and other post-16 tutors are increasingly being asked to embed and develop English and maths skills in their lessons, and the revised common inspection framework from Ofsted places an increased emphasis on this. You may lack confidence or the required background knowledge to do this, or be struggling to find ideas that will engage and motivate your learners. Specifically written for use within... Read more

Introduction

PART 1

Chapter 1 What does Embedding English and maths skills really mean?

Chapter 2 What are the barriers to learning and how can they be overcome?

Chapter 3 How we learn and remember: practical strategies to engage and motivate learners

Chapter 4 In practice: examples of how English and maths skills are successfully embedded and developed in lessons

PART 2

Practical Activities - 25 practical activities with notes to develop English and maths skills

Appendix: Photocopiable esources to support activities

Answers

Index

Author(s)

Biography

A qualified teacher and Ofsted inspector, Terry has worked in education for 30 years, both in this country and the USA. He has taught literacy and numeracy in schools, colleges and adult and community learning for over 25 years. Terry was a coach and cohort leader on the National Teaching and Learning Change programme, designed to improve the teaching of literacy and numeracy in a number of contexts. He runs his own successful educational consultancy and regularly carries out observations of teaching and learning for a range of providers as well as staff training on embedding maths and English.