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DOCUMENT RESUME CE 062 904 ED 403 377 Adult Literacy and Basic Skills Unit (ALBSU) TITLE Newsletter, 1992. Adult Literacy and Basic Skills Unit, London INSTITUTION (England). ISSN-0260-5104 REPORT NO PUB DATE 92 NOTE 78p. AVAILABLE FROM ALBSU, Kingsbourne House, 229/231 High Holborn, London, WC1V 7DA, England, United Kingdom. PUB TYPE Collected Works Serials (022) Adult Literacy and Basic Skills Unit (ALBSU) JOURNAL CIT Newsletter; n44-47 Win 1992-Aug 1992 EDRS PRICE MF01/PC04 Plus Postage. *Adult Basic Education; *Adult Literacy; *Basic DESCRIPTORS Skills; Educational Finance; Educational Legislation; Employment Problems; English (Second Language); Foreign Countries; *Literacy Education; Outreach Programs; Parent Participation; Parent School Relationship; School Business Relationship; Special Education; Student Certification; Workplace Literacy Great Britain IDENTIFIERS ABSTRACT This document consists of the four issues of this serial issued during 1992. Issue number 44 contains five articles: "Concerns and Fears" (issues raised by the proposed Further and Higher Education Bill in Britain); "Speaking Out for Wordpower" (Kay); "An Open Door to Mathematics" (Hay); "Literacy Problems and Employment" (Atkinson); and "ESOL [English for Speakers of Other Languages], Wordpower, and Accreditation" (Crofts). Issue number 45 consists of four articles: "ESOL--Time to Start Afresh?"; "Progression from ABE" (Cookson); "The Nottinghamshire Stag" (Hill); and "Integrated Basic Skills--A Pilot Project" (Stephens, Cole). Issue number 46 contains six articles: "Basic Skills--What Changes?" (issues raised by the Further and Higher Education Act 1992); "C.A.P.E.R.: Children and Parents Enjoy Reading" (Kemp, Neasmith); "Leeds into Work" (Kibble); "Using Wordpower with Groups of Young People" (Snudden); "American Lessons" (Swinney); and "Why Do Students Leave?" (Morris). Issue number 47 consists of five articles: "Basic Skills: A Wide Ranging Service" (more issues raised by the Further and Higher Education Act); "Specific Spelling Difficulties" (Hinchcliffe); "The Springboard Project" (Whiteley); "Conference Report: Conference '92"; and "Allied Steel and Wire" (Williams). The center two pages of each issue, entitled Information, provide brief summaries of noteworthy people, materials, and projects. Reviews of resources and books conclude each issue. (YLB) *********************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. *********************************************************************** ADULT LITERACY AND BASIC SKILLS UNIT NEWSLETTER NOS. 44-47 Adult Literacy and Basic Skills Unit London, England 1992 BEST COPY AVAILABLE "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Educational Research and Improvement EOV,dATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) iThis document has been reproduced as received from the person or organization originating it O Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES Points of view or opinions stated in this docu- INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC).- ment do not necessarily represent official OE RI position or policy U 1+" ) `,,i141Nr . - CONCERNS AND FEARS I SPEAKING OUT FOR WORDPOWER I AN OPEN DOOR TO MATHEMATICS I LITERACY PROBLEMS AND EMPLOYMENT ESOL, WORDPOWER AND ACCREDITATION IN9PEN LEARNTG QIIFLINV*PURCES FEARS CONCE S AN of total expenditure on further and adult further education. So it's not as though this is new. education of approximately £3 billion each The Further and Higher Edu- We recognise that much of this has been year. currently going cation Bill of marginal The said before in the Newsletter; we also know result this is through :Parliament has gener- that not everyone shares our views and that opportunities for a group of people often a consensus doesn't exist about the merits viewed as marginal. People seen as non- ated a good deal of debate. or otherwise of the Bill, even amongst income generators. Two hours a week Although, the Bill is concerned people involved in basic skills. Nor will provision, short adult education terms, with a much: wider area of legislation solve many of the problems we supply unable to keep up with demand, have commented on unless additional limited numbers and over-stretched staff education and. training than resources are made available in the next are all too common features of basic skills bask skills,. some of the pro- few years. What might be useful is to provision in much of England and Wales. That's not to say that interesting and outline some of the areas of concern about posals will have a major impact the future which have been raised with exciting development has not taken place. on the organisation and funding The establishment of Open Learning ALBSU in the last few months. of our area of work. Centres has added a new option in many areas and provided better resource bases, with popular been accreditation has IT WILL BE ALL CENTRALISED curriculum acted students and as a As most people know, the timing of the IN THE COLLEGE generator and staff training has been made . . . Further and Higher Education Bill makes more coherent and progressive. These the future uncertain. The date of the One of the main fears is that if the Bill goes nationally led initiatives have been more General Election is a source of consistent through all of the community based classes than matched by local development, much press speculation as is the likely result. It's and groups will disappear and every of which has happened with little if any also less than clear what effect a change of student will be expected to travel to main additional money. Basic skills work in the Government would have on all of the college buildings. We understand this fear UK still attracts considerable interest from the proposals Finally, whilst in Bill. but doubt that it will happen. Few colleges people in other industrialised countries down the broad legislation will set are based on only one site and most don't because of its history of innovation and and framework _for the organisation have a lot of spare rooms in the main development. It's doubtful, however, if funding of further education, including college building to use for basic skills even they look to us because of the scale and basic skills, much of the detail will be left to if they warned to. Furthermore, most resourcing levels of basic skills in this the respective Further Education Funding colleges understand the need to make country. Councils (in Wales and England) after they provision accessible and are committed to We do support the priority given to basic have been established. community based classes and groups. skills in the Further and Higher Education Our attitude to the proposals in the Bill are Certainly those which colleges Bill.' We have long campaigned for basic stems from our dissatisfaction with the currently responsible for basic skills have skills to be a statutory responsibility and, current state of provision. What we have shown little centralise all intention to whether the Bill goes through or doesn't, today is just not good enough. The scale of and we would provision, although we continue to take the view that basic provision is too limited, the quality of what they have started to try to encourage this skills provision should be enshrined in is available is too variable and patchy, basic make college communications and maths support the We also legislation. skills is a marginal activity in most areas workshops more open to people in the establishment of basic skills as a priority and the whole area is under-resourced and community. and we hope that this will be reflected in under-funded. That's not say that to ALBSU believes that basic skills must increased funding. If choices have to be progress has not been made or that some continue as a community based service. made about what is to be wholly or largely excellent basic skills work doesn't take learning of variety funded by the state, we believe that basic People need place or to doubt the commitment and a opportunities within easy reach and many the essential skills for any adult to enthusiasm of practitioners. But it is clear skills will not feel comfortable going to a large should be one of progress in our society that what we have isn't adequate. college building. Centralising provision in Underfunding has been a consistent the highest priorities. one place or in one building will not Even before the Bill was suggested we problem, even though in real terms more is provide the type of service we need to were committed to encouraging colleges to spent on basic skills today than at any time develop and is not likely to meet the in the last fifteen years. Although it become more involved in basic skills both is for young people on existing `quality standards' ALBSU is developing difficult to be precise, we estimate that college courses and for older people for basic skills. Our advice to the Funding under 2% of the total expenditure on the in Councils would be not to support such community. Colleges have become more further and adult education is spent on narrowly conceived basic skills services; involved in recent years and more than basic skills, excluding ESOL which is 50% of current basic skills students are certainly our funding will not be available mainly centrally funded through Section to support moves to centralise provision. receiving tuition organised by a college of 11. That's about £50 million annually out Ppzr enov 4 Some students not are accreditation. citizens, consumers, educated parents, IT'S THE END FOR interested in obtaining qualification and electors just as much as we need educated some others are at a level where any VOLUNTEERS . . well-trained workers. . at Work accreditation is a long way off. Nor do we is Skills Although Basic the believe that funding should be dependent supported and has ALBSU always employment with concerned involvement of volunteers in basic skills. on whether courses are accredited or not. vocationally related basic skills, most of our a valuable option, no We have been careful not to encourage the Accreditation other programmes are not specifically is use of volunteers to replace paid staff or to more. employment related. For instance, we have normally seen the as take jobs on just established new guidelines for project of paid such as staff, open and distance learning, responsibility funding managing groups. We have condemned short courses and basic skills support in authorities where volunteers have been and there is no intention that the colleges IT WILL BE ALL TEACHERS exploited as a cheap option and where basic be to have projects development on depends the provision skills remain AND NO ORGANISERS We related. employment . . . unsupported, poorly of involvement committed to basic skills work with parents volunteers. We believe that trained Ratios and class contact literacy family hopefully and Staff/Student and do additional volunteers bring programmes will begin to develop in the hours do sometimes tend to dominate community and skills welcome UK as they have in the USA and we will discussion in education. There seems to be involvement to basic skills and have helped continue to be a 'broad church' in the an assumption that teachers are only to de-mystify an area which has sometimes future as in the past. productive when they are actually teaching suffered from professional mystique. and that students only learn when the We do not believe that it is the intention already which are Most of the Bill to only provide funding for colleges, teacher is present. Non-teaching time is responsible for basic skills in an LEA area employment related basic skills provision. sometimes seen as a luxury and a bit of a or part of an LEAs area, use volunteers in No distinction is made in the reference to waste of resources; a spare time activity much the same way as adult or community basic skills (including ESOL) in Schedule 2 rather than something essential. It's almost education providers. Only one LEA has to the Bill and again we understand that like driving but never spending any time consistently refused to use any volunteers such a separation is not intended by the servicing or cleaning the car. (and we respect their long held view, Government. We will continue to try to Of course a balance does have to be although we don't share it) and they took help TECs, training managers, colleges struck and sometimes the amount of liaison the same view when basic skills provision making and networking which takes place organisations voluntary and is was the responsibility of a 'free-standing' employment related provision to ensure completely unrelated to the amount of adult education service. You may or may teaching available. However, unless the that it is of high quality. Similarly we will not support the involvement of volunteers organisational aspects of basic skills are continue to help agencies and organisations and the arguments have in basic skills and parents, families preserved, including outreach, publicity, with working been well rehearsed over a number of community groups to develop high quality liaison, etc, provision will wither and basic years; the Bill is unlikely to lead to the end learning opportunities. Our commitment skills will become a 'demand' rather than of volunteer involvement and certainly, as 'needs' led service. This is the type of is to basic skills not to individual motives the not this it, understand we is service we could not, and would not, for learning. Government's intention. support. There's not the space to deal with every possible concern and, of course, ALBSU EVERY STUDENT WILL does not have control over the funding of IT WILL ALL BE WORK basic skills. We do believe, that whilst the HAVE TO BE TAKING Bill does not offer all that we would want RELATED . . . ACCREDITATION to play for higher and much is . still . . priority for basic skills can only be a good Training and with ALBSU's work thing. Some change will be necessary and We remain committed to Wordpower and Enterprise Councils (TECs), particularly that believe some new providers will emerge. and Numberpower Work our at through Skills Basic What we need to make sure of is that accreditation of basic skills for adults has Programme, has led some people to doubt new providers will accept the 'quality been an important development in the last our continued commitment to basic skills years. We recognise standards' which are essential if students some that few provision which is not occupationally or and potential students are to get a relevant practitioners were against the development vocationally related. Some practitioners and effective learning opportunity. We of accreditation and had understandable fear that the Bill will ensure that only clear that we will have made it concerns. Of course there have been not employment related basic skills will be countenance a lowering of standards or a problems in introducing competence based funded in future. accreditation and not everything has gone narrowing of basic skills provision. If basic We have not changed our views. The smoothly. Despite these concerns and skills are important for the individual, the primary reason for an adult or young doubts, accreditation has been popular future health and welfare of our society person wanting to improve language, and the performance of industry we need with students and many practitioners have reading, writing or basic maths is, in our to make sure that opportunities exist for been happy to introduce Wordpower and of terms important in only view, students. people to improve their skills and that these interested Numberpower to design and negotiating curriculum a There's still work to do, however. For opportunities are based on sound practice 'learning plan'. Wanting to learn is far financial short-term, on instance, we have just mapped Wordpower and not more important than the initial reason for the to across Numberpower expediency. and becoming involved and we do not believe Attainment Targets in the English and A time of change is ahead and we need to that learning for employment is more or meet the challenge to develop a more Maths National Curriculum because we less important than learning for any other comprehensive service. Our commitment believe that it will be important for people reason. Nor should employment related changed. We continue be of to these the value hasn't what know to provision be more highly valued than other of a the development to qualifications is compared to achievement committed basic skills work. Basic skills underpin community based, broad, student centred in the school system. most of the learning and progress made by well funded, secure basic skills service We don't believe, however, that all basic our developed, individual in an and, most importantly, of high quality. skills students want or should have to take a industrialised society and we need well 5 SPEAKING I UT FOR WORDPOWER Yet these very skills of speaking and writing and so on but find it difficult to know where to start with 'Establishing listening are the ones we use spontaneously For many tutors, working on the Reasons for Actions'. every day, from asking where something is oral skills in Wordpower has The experience of tutors South supermarket receiving in the to in presented a challenge. In this Glamorgan indicates that only by working instructions on how to operate machinery they Wordpower can become with at work. article' Elaine Kay, ABE tutor, The reasons .that we are reluctant to thoroughly familiar with it. What appears English workshop, The Friary to be a complex process on paper becomes undertake these units would appear to fall Community Education Centre, straightforward in practice. Although the into three categories. oral units seem more difficult to set up and South describes Glamorgan, on the part of both lack of confidence assess, tutors and students rapidly become successful work in Cardiff and tutor and student adept at exploiting all manner of everyday and practical gives examples of relevant identification of Some students pleasantly events. are meaningful situations surprised at how well they manage. As one activities they have undertaken. tutor remarked: and of assessment difficulties verification. The students are wary at first, but really in the form of Student accreditation, It is, of course, much easier to identify such they enjoy these units once they get started Wordpower, has been welcomed by many concerns than to offer solutions but this enjoy them more than those possibly tutors as a useful structure for the work some of our share to article offers requiring written skills because they are not carried groups. out their Its within with these dealing experiences in restricted by handwriting and spelling.' concentration on competences which are at important aspects. of ABE provides the core solid a This may be the case for some, but for foundation upon which to build teaching. many students speaking out in front of Gaining in Confidence For numerous ABE students, preparing other people will always be unnerving. for a qualification such as this offers the is central to the student's Confidence For the majority of tutors, most of the oral motivation of an exciting challenge, with to show ability to communicate orally units are a relatively new area in which to choice and control their work, over and the of language flexibility skills work. We feel comfortable with the more for the resulting recognition in skills aptitude for fluent expression in a variety of letter units forms, involving familiar achieved. I of consideration the After careful implications of Wordpower, tutors in South Glamorgan are now committed to implementation of the the certificate. tairmlW Provision is offered by part-time tutors in a 1 , small groups, drop-in variety of settings Workshops and an Open Learning Centre. The majority of students are working at Foundation and Stage 1, with some interest v t now being shown in Stage 2. Oral Skills in Wordpower Wordpower embraces, on average, six units at each stage. With such a variety on offer, how many of us, either tutor or student, would select one of the oral units for our opening foray into Wordpower? From discussion with local tutors, it would appear that these are the ones often left until last. Almost all tutors agree that they - have been difficult to devise and assess. `Yes, I find them difficult to prepare for... Giving instructions on using the computer. but next time will be easier!' how good the preparation. Students find it They have one minute to draw a pattern. situations. To gain this confidence, some difficult to relate and act normally and are One person describes his/her pattern while time has to be spent considering the picture from the often more hesitant in this type of scenario. other draws a the communication skills involved. Our experience has shown the greater Roles are then reversed. instructions. benefits of using real and relevant events as When pictures are completed they can then Preparation much as possible. be compared with the originals, leading to The most successful situations appear to discussion about giving instructions. relaxed and The informal naturally be part of a theme or project, using local atmosphere of any ABE group an is and possible whenever resources springboard from which to excellent Raising awareness of body language integrating a number of elements from extend existing group oral activities. The several units. step in preparing oral work will first Guess the Leader involve discussion, whether in pairs or Players stand or sit in a circle. One person Arranging to go out for an end-of-term larger groups, from which each student is sent out while a leader is chosen. That would be meal involved scenarios pinpoint able to person then returns to the centre of the appropriate to him/her, by asking the finding out when the restaurant was leader's the copies Everyone circle. questions: open movements e.g. scratching head, and the player in the centre must try to name the booking a table by phone Where? Places we go leader. confirming the booking by letter At work, in shops, waiting in a queue, in meetings... showing someone how to get there Encouraging students to feel more on a map. Who? People in our lives positive about themselves Friends, colleagues, shop assistants, the have generated oral Theatre visits doctor, officials... discussion and reviews, a variety of Brag Session of reading Why? A range of purposes work, also written effective for essential Confidence is programmes and newspaper reviews. the information, using Asking for communication. A group discussion can be do to how telephone, explaining geared to helping learners to feel more Arranging a visit to a local museum something... positive about themselves by telling each information meant telephoning for other about the things they can do (drive a What? Topics of conversation about opening times and tour times, car, put up shelves etc) and the things they Passing the time of day, work briefings, using a timetable to plan a journey like about themselves. reporting back on the tour giving instructions, advice... there, information and a number of reading How? Modes of communication and writing tasks. Use of voice, body language, employing Making aware of skills necessary to conversational skills... fulfil a particular task A group outing to a Brewery provided Discussion of these could lead to the involve to opportunities several The responses should generate a number of reading and writing compilation of checklists to help the student Wordpower a talk, making and practice both suggestions think of what is required to meet the for to listening tasks, assessment contexts. For many students conversation. One student later had a performance criteria with regard to voice, (and this has been our experience), an chance to describe the visit to another content etc. For example: opportunity to discuss what is required in ABE group. necessary. that context Did you speak clearly? is each all is A visit to the Recycling Depot involved However, situations that cause the student Look the person in the eye? require more practice. writing a letter indicating interest in Some concern Sound confident? students, indeed, may need considerable recycling Use words the other person would rehearsal. obtaining discussion at the depot have understood? information Practice writing about. the visit Such checklists are an important part of the learning process and should enable a having been given a 'waste cone', Group activites, such as social skills games, student to assess strengths and weaknesses on its instructions following which build self-esteem and confidence and propose areas in which further work installation into the ground. can be an important part of preparation, may be needed. The students are then but not everyone finds them easy. They A number of group talks have been encouraged to: may even have the opposite effect of organised and Wordpower students making the student more tense. However, from other parts of the county have observe and check each other social skills games and role play, used been invited. This has encouraged after performances their monitor build self- help to can sensitively, making introductions and holding a listening to tape recordings etc. or assurance. It is important that the reasons extracting as well as conversation behind their use are explained to the be checked by the tutor. information from the talks. students and, most crucially, that they are always relaxing and fun. Interview skills in A group trip around Cardiff Bay was Again, a comprehensive list of ideas for this particular benefit immensely from role particularly successful with regard to the is to be found in 'Crediting Communi- play. A wide variety of useful social skills number of oral units covered at Stage 1. cations Skills'. games to develop a number of areas is to be Roy found out about the tour from Cardiff Communication 'Crediting found in Bus and explained to the group the details For by ALBSU. Skills', published of the itinerary, departure point, time and Real Life Situations or example: with so on. During the tour, interaction Simulations? others in the coach (discreetly observed by Developing active listening skills by the tutor) covered a number of elements, are situations simulated Although giving and receiving instructions and finally the live commentary given by suggested in the Scheme Pamphlet and can the tour guide enabled the student to take Draw a Shape prove useful as a last resort, most tutors notes and report back. agree that they are too contrived, no matter Students are in pairs, sitting back to back. "7 been particularly emphasised. We are Obtain information Personal Hold a encouraged to: introductions from another Conversation person and farewells write up extensive notes U5 E3 U5 E2 U6 El use photographs make tape recordings. Group trip to Where assessment is to be completed Cardiff Bay within the group setting, few problems are created, but many possible incidents can arise spontaneously, with no-one there to say 'Well done. We'll use that for your portfolio'. Give information Obtain Information It has been suggested that someone con- to more than one Reading and from a live talk nected with the student in work or leisure/ person writing tasks U7 El social groups could be made familiar with U6 E2 both the required performance criteria and the approach to assessment, so that they could, occasion, on assessor. act as Assessment coffee. We are also fortunate to have a Although this raises a number of issues telephone system which can be used regarding intrusion, if the student is con- Perhaps the greatest concern is how best to between extensions for practice calls. tent, such an approach not only has much assess. The problems of assessment within For the past two years, the Friary Centre to recommend it but has also been found to a busy group are uppermost. Not every has been temporarily on a split site, which generate some success. In one instance, the ABE group meets in an ideal venue. The has not always been ideal, but it has meant student concerned made the necessary tutor often has to learn to contend with that Wordpower students are given the arrangements herself. Alison was attending carrying out oral assessments in a busy opportunity to visit 'the other side' to find an enquiry meeting regarding plans which group with no access to a quiet area. Not out information (often after following a might affect the field where she kept her an ABE group everyone within is map) and staff there are then able to report horses. During question time she was able involved with Wordpower. necessarily back. However, the use of group work is to raise issues pertinent to her situation and Some tutors feel the most successful obtain the information that she required. particularly advantageous for these units assessments have been those in which the After the meeting she was so pleased with and all willing members of the group can student was unaware that she/he was being the way she had handled the exchanges that be included. The informal oral units at Others, however, observed. have she asked an acquaintance who was there if Foundation and Stage 1 can mean a student expressed a concern about 'listening in'. she would verify in a few words what had just chatting to another student at coffee taken place. time, or reassuring a new student regular "I feel I'm eavesdropping, particularly In contrast, opportunities occur fre- events in any group. 'Holding a conversation' with it's quently when the student satisfies the We have used instances of a Wordpower something the student does all the time". required performance criteria but, as the student explaining to someone else in the event has arrisen spontaneously, there is no Workshop how to load programmes on the Evidence way of producing the necessary proof. A computer (after following the instructions case could therefore be made for a tutor himself), how to work the photocopier, The importance of accumulating evidence with a sound personal knowledge of a showing a new student round the centre to show completion of oral units and how student being enabled to accept the stu- and explaining the procedure for getting the performance criteria were fulfilled has dent's own assessment for such unob- served tasks. "/- In Conclusion \ , \ \ meet the Wordpower designed to is ' :Y.: individual needs of each student so that each portfolio should be unique to that student. Although material for the oral units should, then, be as exclusive as possible, some useful tips and ideas for development are to be found in 'Crediting already Skills', Communication as mentioned. televison Among the programmes produced by the BBC to support the introduction of the certificate, several focus on oral communication skills - using the telephone, the place of role play, interview techniques and talking within a group. Student development within the context of Wordpower requires a considerable commitment on the part of everyone 2.747' so doing provides but in concerned learning opportunities for us as tutors and gives our students a sense of increased confidence, achievement and purpose. Listening to the guide on the trip to the brewery. Mathematics Higher Course' and is guide. She will revision using a AN OPEN POOR hopefully take the exam in June as an external candidate. (d) Two students are being supported while working towards GCSE. Students from other groups can use (e) this session to drop off or pick up TO MATHEMATICS work. One student is presently completing (f) City & Guilds 364 assessments. Student and tutor roles Outcomes The principle underpinning this work, is that of the student being the main agent of Chris Hay, lecturer responsible Students join a maths group on a roll on, Previously the course his/her learning. for students with special edu- roll off basis. Some may only come for a work was directed. then implemented by few weeks to brush up their basic skills cational needs, describes how the tutor. Now the student is the focal point before an entrance test. Others progress open access maths works in of the learning process. more slowly staying with the group for a As the student directs his/her own North Tyneside. much longer period. the tutor's role can now be learning, This approach has proved to be very of being facilitator, that viewed as successful. A wide range of students can be responsive to the expressed wants and dealt with in one group, with attendance, This explores changing the article needs of the student. learning programme, methods of learning, approach to maths tuition in Adult Basic and where work is completed, all being Education. Conclusion flexible. When we begin to examine basic It will be useful at this point to examine numeracy provision offered to adults it This method of work has evolved to meet in more detail how one particular group has of students becomes apparent that four areas need to demands changing the developed. attending Adult Basic Education in North be considered to make numeracy provision Tyneside. It can be seen as a synthesis of Friday morning more accessible: Group time: traditional ABE group work and Open 9.30-11.30 1. What help do the students think they Learning. Foundation in Numeracy require? Title: There difficulties involved are in 2. When can they attend? adopting this approach to maths work, No. of students: 11 hopefully the troubleshooters' guide will 3. How do they wish to learn? The Foundation in Numeracy group was help pre-empt any problems. An open set up on traditional student/tutor lines to door policy in ABE maths provision should 4. Where do they wish to work? develop every day maths skills with basic encourage students to participate fully Formal group work does not seem to be the students. and process learning throughout the only answer to these questions. In response Due to the differing aims and abilities of become responsible for their own learning this group and those Adult Basic Education in North Tyneside the students in programmes. Perhaps the most important has been developing an open door policy to subsequently joining, both its structure development is that students adopting such maths tuition. It is the aim of this article to and methods of work have evolved. At the an approach are finding these methods of present time the group caters for the outline how this approach works. their learning work transferable in to changing demands of the student group. general. Each student has now negotiated their own Assessment learning plan and works towards the goals Trouble Shooting When a prospective student contacts Adult they have established in co-operation with Basic Education they are offered an initial their tutor. (a) When giving new work explain it, is at this point that the assessment. It giving relevant teaching points. student's wants and needs are discussed Group Structure (b) Recap on a regular basis (ten minutes learning plan and individual an is negotiated. The tuition, when offered, on four rules each session). There are eleven students attending this takes into account the above areas. group regularly, working on the following Be familiar with the different methods (c) As the students start tuition they fill in a areas: of assessment. weekly record of work completed, and they tat Two students are covering the fOur are encouraged to state how their work is Encourage students to help each other (d) number, fractions and of progressing. The weekly record of work, rules if you are busy. decimals. After these initial goals are together with discussion, is a valuable tool Students should check and mark their (e) satisfied their plan of work will he re- used to adjust the student's plan of work. own work, i.e. encourage and teach negotiated. Often a student will indicate a need to checking strategies. reinforce and recap work they have not (h) Four students are working towards fully understood, or work found too easy Encourage students to work at home if City and Guilds 363 Foundation in (1) which can be adjusted accordingly. they wish. almost (three have Numeracy This process is then consolidated each finished). Ensure a student can do the sub-skills half-term when an on-going assessment (g) before giving the main skill (being One student has worked through form is filled in by the student (often at (c) and division with competent home) which provides a valuable insight Helvellyn & Greer's 'The Basic Skills' multiplication will help when tackling into the student's progress and future as a Ibundation to GCSE and is now fractions). 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