Making Maths Useful: How Two Teachers Prepare Adult Learners to Apply Their Numeracy Skills in Their Lives outside the Classroom

Autor/in	Brooks, Carolyn
Titel	Making Maths Useful: How Two Teachers Prepare Adult Learners to Apply Their Numeracy Skills in Their Lives outside the Classroom
Quelle	In: Adults Learning Mathematics, 10 (2015) 1, S.24-39 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1744-1803
Schlagwörter	Mathematics Education; Numeracy; Adult Learning; Daily Living Skills; Pilot Projects; Case Studies; Mathematics Instruction; Mathematics Teachers; Mathematics Skills; Skill Development; Mathematics Activities; Teaching Methods; Models; Student Educational Objectives; Semi Structured Interviews; Focus Groups + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mathematische Bildung; Rechenkompetenz; Adulte education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Alltagsfertigkeit; Pilot project; Modellversuch; Pilotprojekt; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Mathematics; Teacher; Teachers; Mathematik; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematics ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Analogiemodell
Abstract	This pilot case study of two teachers and their learner groups from Adult and Community settings, investigates how numeracy teachers, working with adult learners in discrete numeracy classes, motivate and enable learners to build on their informal skills and apply new learning to their own real-life contexts. Teachers used a range of abstract and contextualised activities to achieve this. Similarities and differences between teachers' approaches were analysed using a Context Continuum model. Whether teachers started with real-life situations then moved to the abstract mathematics within them, or approached it the other way around seemed less important than ensuring there was movement back and/or forth between the different discourses of numeracy and mathematics. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Adults Learning Mathematics. 26 Tennyson Road, Kilburn, London NW6 7SA UK. e-mail: editor-i@alm-online.net; Web site: http://www.alm-online.net
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01