Elements and Performance Criteria
- Analyse and apply conceptual frameworks and theories underpinning numeracy teaching
- Examine theories that inform adult numeracy teaching and their application
- Identify relevant frameworks and structures that apply to adult numeracy delivery in vocational education and training (VET) contexts
- Investigate how adult learning principles contribute to an environment conducive to developing numeracy skills
- Review range of provision for learning numeracy in VET contexts
- Research numeracy requirements of those participating in numeracy provision
- Identify diversity of skills and backgrounds of those participating in numeracy provision
- Identify range of learning goals of those participating in numeracy provision
- Use validated frameworks to develop and evaluate learner profiles
- Review own mathematical skills and knowledge in relation to addressing the skill needs of others and seek assistance from mathematics or technical specialist where required
- Select from a range of teaching approaches and learning resources to develop participants’ numeracy skills and knowledge
- Evaluate teaching approaches that identify mathematical information and meaning in authentic and relevant contexts and teach mathematical terminology and language
- Evaluate teaching approaches that incorporate reasoning, problem-solving and estimation activities
- Determine the applicability of teaching approaches to specific needs, levels of numeracy, learning styles, and context of those participating in numeracy provision
- Identify where assistance from mathematics or technical specialists may be needed to address higher level mathematical skills or the application of numeracy in a specific vocational context
- Examine learning resources from traditional, new and emerging technologies that link to numeracy learning outcomes and promote learner engagement with tasks and activities
- Evaluate materials relevant to social and cultural needs of those participating in numeracy provision
- Apply and evaluate strategies for teaching numeracy skills and knowledge
- Devise activities that integrate literacy skills appropriate to specific needs and context of those participating in numeracy provision
- Apply strategies to teach number, measurement, space and location, and data and statistics, appropriate to identified knowledge and level of difficulty
- Examine and apply strategies to develop learning skills
- Use formal and informal monitoring to evaluate effectiveness of teaching strategies
- Select from a range of teaching approaches and learning resources to develop participants’ numeracy skills and knowledge
- Evaluate teaching approaches that identify mathematical information and meaning in authentic and relevant contexts and teach mathematical terminology and language
- Evaluate teaching approaches that incorporate reasoning, problem-solving and estimation activities
- Determine the applicability of teaching approaches to specific needs, levels of numeracy, learning styles, and context of those participating in numeracy provision
- Identify where assistance from mathematics or technical specialists may be needed to address higher level mathematical skills or the application of numeracy in a specific vocational context
- Examine learning resources from traditional, new and emerging technologies that link to numeracy learning outcomes and promote learner engagement with tasks and activities
- Evaluate materials relevant to social and cultural needs of those participating in numeracy provision