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The adult numeracy handbook: reframing adult numeracy in Australia / edited by Sheilagh Kelly with Betty Johnston and Keiko Yasukawa.

Kelly, Sheilagh; Johnston, Betty; Yasukawa, Keiko

Broadway, N.S.W.: NSW ALNARC, [2003]. x, 298 p.

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.
Selected papers from this collection are indexed from TD/TNC 82.454 to TD/TNC 82.457.

Book; Vocational education and training; Adult education; Numeracy; Basic skill; Mathematics; Teaching; Australia

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The selection and editing of this collection was funded under the 2001 ANTA Adult Literacy National Project by the Commonwealth Australia through the Dept of Education, Science and Training.

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