1st Edition

Numeracy for QTLS Achieving the Minimum Core

By Liz Keeley-Browne, Anne Price Copyright 2011
176 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

By 2010 the Government requires  all  teaching staff in the Lifelong Learning Sector to gain the QTLS (Qualified Teacher Learning and Skills) teaching qualification.  In addition to the new qualification, all those training to teach in the post compulsory/FE sector must also have reached an acceptable skill level in literacy, numeracy and ICT before they qualify,... Read more

Part 1 Barriers to learning

 

1 Confronting the issues

2 The political context

3 Motivational and social factors

 

Part 2 Tools of the trade

 

4 Numeracy in the curriculum

5 You and your learners

6 Some ideas and preparation for the tests

 

Part 3 Number competence

 

7 Mental and written calculations

8 Calculators

9 Common measures

10 Shape and space

11 Handling data

12 ICT and numeracy

 

Appendix Cooperative group work

Answers

Biography

Liz Keeley-Browne, Anne Price