Introduction
Since the minimum core was established in 2004, teachers in the further education and skills sector have an obligation to meet government requirements in regards to literacy, language and numeracy skills (LLN). Within any vocational subject it is an institutional requirement that numeracy and literacy are embedded within lessons to broaden their base of knowledge whilst simultaneously developing their academic ability and potential. Subsequently it can then be seen as the role of a teacher to embed LLN and ensure that their leaners are at an adequate level, providing them with better chances of success in their given subject and in life. However if embedding LLN is to be successful the teacher has to understand that all learners
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Further developments took place in 2007 when Information Communication Technology (ICT) was then included. The focus of the minimum core is to strengthen the teaching of other chosen programmes, to complement the teaching of LLN and ICT by subject specialists. The minimum core refers to the minimum level at which teachers should be operating at in the core subjects of LLN, the level 2 requirement corresponds to the level two national framework. (Machin, 2009)
The knowledge and skills developed through the minimum core enables trainee teachers to reflect on which approach would best accommodate their learners, who’s level of LLN could jeopardise the chance of them achieving the primary learning goals within their subject. Research has shown that there are benefits of different areas of specialism to work together in support of learner development. Where teachers of other areas of specialism have been asked to take additional responsibility for literacy and numeracy without the support of specialist teachers, learners were twice as likely to fail. (LSIS,
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The report highlighted one in five adults had low levels of literacy and almost half had low levels of numeracy. Following the Wolf report (2011) the government acknowledged that Maths and English ability has a significant correlation with better achievements and greater prospects in life. Prompting them to enable government policy to permit as many young people as possible to improve their literacy and numeracy skills and have the chance to gain a GCSE C or above. (REF, need a year here)
These government reports highlighted the correlation between poor numeracy, literacy skills, and other social, personal and cultural factors such as crime and unemployment rate. Within today’s society many of the jobs today require a much greater element of skill, where as in previous years those who didn’t fare well in education could find an unskilled labour job, these jobs are no longer available, which puts greater pressure on the educational system to ensure these people attain a certain level of qualification in order to seek employment. (REF, needs
The most important is the student’s instructional level or Zone of Proximal Development. There is a fine line between independent, instructional, and frustration level. Lessons should be differentiated so that all students are challenged. To meet the needs of all students, it may be necessary to collaborate with the special education teachers and the ESOL teachers. Teachers should be facilitators of student learning.
If more people went to college, and less went the vocational route, jobs will take a momentous hit. Today, companies will not even touch an application that does not include a Bachelor’s Degree; even if the Bachelor’s Degree has nothing to do with the job being applied for. Attention is not given to whether the hopeful applicant qualifies for the job; all that matters is that the applicant has a Bachelor’s degree. Murray best sums up the American job market when he says, “Employers do not value what the student learned, just that the student has a degree” (Murray). However, if less people obtain a Bachelor’s Degree, employers will be forced to base applicants on their skills, and abilities. Furthermore, important vocational jobs that lie vacant will be filled. Good electricians, carpenters, and construction workers will always be in
For this assignment, I completed a survey to assess my school’s literacy program by using a survey that was adapted from by Patty, Maschoff, & Ransom (1996) to analyze the instructional program and the school’s infrastructure. To be able to answer my survey, I needed to go colleagues of mine in the English Department and to my administration to help with these questions. Being a math teacher, we hardly ever discuss the literacy and the students’ acquisition of it in our department meeting during staff development days. Since I am not truly current with literacy acquisition in education, I am hoping to understand more from this process so I can help all my students. I want them to be able to read texts related to math and find information that will be useful to them during the year.
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