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The levels of attainment in literacy and numeracy of 13- to 19-year-olds in England, 1948-2009
This report looks at how well 13- to 19-year-olds in England can read, write and use mathematics, set in the context of the present day and the past.
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03 August 2010
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Improving the literacy and numeracy of young people in custody and in the community: Research report
This is the final report from the research project ʻImproving the literacy and
numeracy of young offenders and disaffected young peopleʼ carried out by NRDC from 2002–05.
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01 July 2010
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Reflect Issue 13
In this issue: special report on employability; teaching composition and using poetry; classroom-based research as Continuous Professional Development; a phonics debate; how statistics can confuse rather than clarify; how television is being used to reach adult learners in Ireland; teaching in secure hospitals; prisons – creativity space and books for new readers; the Reflect approach and ESOL; and the role of care support workers in developing the literacy, language and numeracy skills of clients with learning difficulties and disabilities.
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01 July 2010
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Feedback, talk and engaging with learners: Formative assessment in adult numeracy
This is the report of a project that focused on the development and evaluation of teaching strategies for formative assessment in numeracy.
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01 July 2010
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Teachers of adult literacy, numeracy and ESOL: progress towards a qualified workforce
The main aim of this report, written by NRDC for Lifelong Learning UK (LLUK), was to establish the size of the adult literacy, numeracy and ESOL teaching workforce and the extent to which they were fully qualified to teach one of the three subject specialisms: literacy, numeracy and ESOL.
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23 June 2010
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Progress for adult literacy learners
The report looks at the progress made by adult literacy learners in reading comprehension, spelling and writing following the teaching of phonics, oral reading fluency and sentence combining.
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20 May 2010
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Education, basic skills and health-related outcomes
This report analyses the relationship between human capital, measured by highest education levels and basic skills, and three health-related outcomes: drinking, smoking and body weight.
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06 May 2010
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Why leadership matters: Putting basic skills at the heart of adult learning
What is the most effective leadership of organisations in which learning takes place at all levels, and where many learners have literacy, language and numeracy needs? What characterises leaders and modes of
leadership that put the most underachieving and often vulnerable learners at the centre of an educational organisation? This book addresses these and other questions by offering insights into existing leadership
values and practices from experts on leadership of post-16 learning.
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27 April 2010
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Progression: Moving on in life and learning
This report aims to address key issues related to progression, such as how it is defined and the barriers to it, and explores peopleʼs experience of support in their learning and progression both inside and outside of the classroom.
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26 April 2010
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The three divides: The digital divide and its relation to basic skills and employment in Portland, USA and London, England
The context of this comparative study is the rising importance of digital competence and access to computers as part of contemporary employability, and how such ‘digitalʼ skills also connect with the basic skills of literacy and numeracy.
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18 March 2010
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Making it work: A practical guide to effective delivery of Skills for Life in workplace learning
Written for managers, trainers, teachers and teacher educators, this guide is the outcome of development work undertaken in 2009 by 38 colleges and training providers who were delivering Skills for Life provision to employers through Train to Gain.
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01 March 2010
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Teaching Adult Literacy: Principles and Practice
In this book the authors offer friendly guidance on how to work with adult learners to develop their literacy skills and practices. They challenge the negative view of adult literacy learners as social 'problems', often described in terms of their deficits. They promote an alternative view of people who have rich resources and skills in many areas of their lives which they can bring to the learning process.
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01 March 2010
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Quantitative research into entry-point levels of Skills for Life learners
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has Public Sector Agreement (PSA) targets to raise the level of basic skills in England so that by 2020, 95 per cent of the population have literacy skills at Level 1 or above and numeracy skills at Entry level 3 or above. These targets are known as threshold targets. This study aims to estimate the proportion of learners achieving a literacy or numeracy qualification higher than the threshold level.
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01 March 2010
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Minimum Wage and Staying-on Rates in Education for Teenagers
This report, funded by the Low Pay Commission, assesses the impact of the introduction of the national minimum wage for 16 to 17-year-olds on
the decisions made by young people at age 16 to stay on in full-time education
or enter the labour market.
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15 January 2010
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Learning literacy together: The impact and effectiveness of family literacy on parents, children, families and schools
This short report summarises the findings of a two-year evaluation project to assess the impact and effectiveness of family literacy programmes in England.
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20 November 2009
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Teaching Adult ESOL: Principles and Practice
This books effectively blends together research, theory and practical pedagogy and links this directly with the context of teaching English to adults. There are reflective tasks throughout, which encourage you to develop and apply your theoretical knowledge to your own experiences.
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01 November 2009
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Economic Impact of Training and Education in Basic Skills: Summary of evidence
This research paper summarises recent quantitative evidence on the economic returns to having
or improving literacy and numeracy skills.
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01 October 2009
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Developing Curriculum in Adult Literacy and Numeracy Education: A report from the NRDC on a research project in Ireland 2006-2007
This curriculum guide is based on an
understanding that literacy and numeracy are
a social practice. Beginning from a set of key
concepts, it offers examples, commentaries,
questions, strategies and resources within
which to frame the learning and teaching of
adult literacy and numeracy.
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01 February 2009
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Curriculum Development in Intensive Tuition in Adult Basic Education
This curriculum guide is based on an understanding that literacy and numeracy are a social practice. Beginning from a set of key concepts, it offers examples, commentaries, questions, strategies and resources within which to frame the learning and teaching of adult literacy and numeracy.
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01 February 2009
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Adult numeracy: A review of research
This report, commissioned by BBC Learning, provides an overview of existing research on adult numeracy, with a strong focus on the United Kingdom but also including other countries.
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01 January 2009
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