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- Generic numeracies of the shop floor: a numeracy for decision making
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This paper proposes a way of looking at the learning and practice of numeracy in the workplace, based on research in three small light metal engineering companies in Victoria. The major aim of the research was to assess, by focusing on numeracy, what people do at work, how they learn to do it, and under what conditions. The usefulness of mathematics and/or numeracy was applied primarily to the process of decision-making and problem solving in the workplace.
This paper proposes a way of looking at the learning and practice of numeracy in the workplace, based on research in three ... Show Full Abstract
Authors: Buckingham, Elizabeth
Date: 2003
Geographic subjects: Oceania; Australia; Victoria
Resource type: Book chapter
Subjects: Numeracy; Research; Employment;
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- The adult numeracy handbook: reframing adult numeracy in Australia
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The collection of papers contained within this publication represent the key directions in the development of adult numeracy research and practice in Australia over the last 15 years. The papers are divided into three areas, with the first part entitled 'Theories and frameworks' and including the following papers: The landscape of adult numeracy in Australia / Betty Johnston; Delimiting numerical numerical knowledge / Clive Kanes; Towards a social studies of mathematics: numeracy and actor-network theory / Keiko Yasukawa; The concept of numeracy as social practice / Sheilagh Kelly, Betty Johnston and Mike Baynham; Critical numeracy / Betty Johnston; Dismantling the altar of mathematics: a case study of the change from victim to actor in mathematics learning / Vicki Webber; Maths embedded in context: how do students respond? / Sue Helme; From catechism to communication: language, learning and mathematics / Garth Boomer. Under the second heading, 'Needs and practices', the papers are: The quantitative literacy performance of Australians: implications of low skill levels / Joy Cumming; Numeracy up front: behind the International Life Skills Survey / Dave Tout; 'Invention within limits: numeracy practices of young unemployed people / Mike Baynham and Betty Johnston; Implications for women and children when mothers return to study mathematics / Christine Brew; Generic numeracies of the shop floor: a numeracy for decision making / Elizabeth Buckingham; Up the hill and over the back fence: a case study of the literacy and numeracy needs and priorities of university oriented regional TAFE students / Anne Chapman and David Pyvis; Maths and science in the foundry: integral components of accredited training / Rosemary Deakin; Contextualising numeracy: abstract tools at the coal face / Annabelle Lukin; The situated numeracy of pool builders / Robyn Zevenbergen. The papers found under the third heading of 'Professional development, teaching and learning' are: Reflection and teaching: cooperative workshops to explore your experience / Laurinda Allan; Making meaning in maths: Adult Numeracy Teaching / Betty Johnston, Beth Marr and Dave Tout; Mathematics and vocational education in the training sector: professional development implications for teacher / Gail FitzSimons; Maths as a subversive activity / Vicky Webber; Exploring social issues through mathematics: casting light on poverty traps / Mary Barnes; Teaching critical mathematics: some reflections from a teacher / Keiko Yasukawa; Humour as an interpersonal resource in adult numeracy classes / Mike Baynham; Removing cultural barriers to numeracy / Alan Bishop; Evaluating journal writing as a teaching/learning tool / Lynden Dziedzic; Pedagogical relationships between adult literacy and numeracy / Alison Lee, Anne Chapman and Phillip Roe; Talking volumes: enhancing talk, language and conceptual development in adult mathematics and numeracy classes / Beth Marr; Assessing students in numeracy programs / Anne McRae.
The collection of papers contained within this publication represent the key directions in the development of adult numeracy ... Show Full Abstract
Authors: Kelly, Sheilagh; Johnston, Betty; Yasukawa, Keiko
Date: 2003
Geographic subjects: Oceania; Australia
Resource type: Book
Subjects: Vocational education and training; Numeracy; Adult and community education;
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- 'Invention within limits': numeracy practices of young unemployed people
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This article outlines the Numeracy in Practice Project, coordinated by the Australian National Training Authority (ANTA), which arose from concerns regarding how and what to teach the increasing numbers of young unemployed people attending adult numeracy classes. The project considered what sort of mathematics was relevant to this new population of students, and what strategies numeracy teachers may need to develop to enable them to teach effectively. The data drawn from the research is examined from both a social and mathematical perspective, and looks particularly at the teaching and understanding of particular mathematical activities like calculating, measuring and using fractions, and also at those numerical practices used in everyday life, such as managing money, negotiating transport and interacting with bureaucracies.
This article outlines the Numeracy in Practice Project, coordinated by the Australian National Training Authority (ANTA), ... Show Full Abstract
Authors: Baynham, Mike; Johnston, Betty
Date: 2003
Geographic subjects: Oceania; Australia
Resource type: Book chapter
Subjects: Numeracy; Adult and community education; Teaching and learning;
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- Mathematics and vocational education in the training sector: professional development implications for teacher
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This paper investigates the divide between the teaching and learning of mathematics in the vocational education and training (VET) sector and the wider mathematics education community. Of particular focus is the practice and professional development needs of mathematics teachers in the VET sector, many of whom have undertaken no further study in mathematics education since completing their general teaching degrees. TAFE trade teachers in particular are identified as being unlikely to have completed qualifications in mathematics education. Also touched upon is the need for reform in VET mathematics courses, with the standard curriculum doing little to prepare students for workplace situations or problems which will require on the job mathematical solutions.
This paper investigates the divide between the teaching and learning of mathematics in the vocational education and training ... Show Full Abstract
Authors: FitzSimons, Gail E.
Date: 2003
Geographic subjects: Oceania; Australia
Resource type: Book chapter
Subjects: Vocational education and training; Numeracy; Adult and community education;
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- The situated numeracy of pool builders
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In this paper, the argument is made that the use of mathematics and numeracy is highly contextual, with a variety of factors affecting the processes used to resolve certain tasks. It is the author's belief that the knowledge and tools offered by formal mathematics will often not be employed in the non-school context, and that situated learning, or the embedding of mathematics into a 'real life' context, provides learners with a more meaningful process of solving mathematical tasks. This argument is further illustrated through a case study examining the situated mathematics of pool builders. Results indicate that a considerable amount of the learning received by apprentices in the field was through observation and little direct teaching, and that the mathematics used by pool builders was far different than school mathematics, with keen skills of estimation mostly replacing formal measurement. It was found that reliance on formal instruments and techniques was impractical, less effective and in some cases reduced the efficacy of the process. The paper concludes that through the adoption of a situated learning approach the learner becomes immersed in the mathematics culture of their environment.
In this paper, the argument is made that the use of mathematics and numeracy is highly contextual, with a variety of factors ... Show Full Abstract
Authors: Zevenbergen, Robyn
Date: 2003
Geographic subjects: Oceania; Australia
Resource type: Book chapter
Subjects: Numeracy; Apprenticeship; Research;
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