Educators

If you are a vocational tutor, a workplace assessor, a trainer, a literacy or numeracy expert or anyone else teaching literacy or numeracy to adults, this page contains information and quick links for you.

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My collections tool

This tool has been specifically built for educators. It allows you to create personalised collections of resources, and can also include information pages on the site. Each collection has a title and description. Notes can be added to each resource. The collection can be shared, automatically appearing in their workspace if they are a registered user.

To use the tool you will first need to register . Once registered and logged in you can start adding items to your My Collections workspace.

Case Studies

Programme in action

“The tutors found out that, if a student has not got their head around a previous math problem, they cannot understand the higher levels of math understanding. The tutors started to identify and intervene when they could see a person is ‘struggling’ instead of just saying out loud to the student, ‘Didn’t you learn this at school?’ or ‘He can’t do these units because he didn’t learn percentages at school,’ which sort of puts an end to catching up on learning for the student when most of our students are second-chance learners. Now, the situation is, ‘Hey, we can give you a hand with your maths’. 50% percent of New Zealanders don’t understand this problem – we will help you understand how to do this.”

Programme in action

“[In the first semester] every [maths] lesson was difficult for her as she struggled with the new ideas and skills… This semester, Susan is one of my most successful students. Susan confidently gives the correct conversions [to other units of measure] and clearly explains her thought processes to the other students. For many of my students, knowing a few of these concepts has opened up a new world. They themselves are amazed at how much more they can understand now that they have stronger skills in maths.”

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