using literacy tools and strategies as a foundation to enhance students' learning and study...

Using literacy tools and strategies as a foundation to enhance

students’ learning and study success

 Hazel Owen and Bettina Schwenger

 Centre for Teaching and Learning

Innovation Unitec NZ

Overview

• Supporting student success• A continuum of learning• Tools and strategies - underpinning

principles• Making decisions about tools and

strategies: three examples• Interactive task for you• Conclusion / feedback

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CRSP

Supporting student success through ...

Learning in real-world contexts

Transferable skills

Investigational work

Problem solving

Small group work

Analysis and interpretation tasks

Strategies Tools

“Literacy is the ability to identify, understand, interpret, create, communicate and compute, using printed and written materials associated with varying contexts. Literacy involves a continuum of learning to enable an individual to achieve his or her goals, to develop his or her knowledge and potential, and to participate fully in the wider society.” (UNESCO, 2003, p. 5)

A continuum of learning...

Tools and strategies - underpinning principles

Underpinning Principles

Underpinning Principles

Deliberate and explicitDeliberate and explicit

Encourage independence

Encourage independence

Using tools and best practice

Using tools and best practice

PurposefulPurposeful

Appropriate and relevantAppropriate and relevant

ConstructivistConstructivist

Practitioners’ capability

Practitioners’ capability

The 'tradeshow' approach

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Initiated & championed by Iain Seymour-Hart, Head of Department

Tradeshow 1 – 6 tools demonstrated, 10 minutes each

Feedback from lecturers. What are the issues? VOCABULARY

Tradeshow 2 -Teaching vocabulary

Tradeshow 3 -Demonstration lessons15 minutes each

ToolsVocabulary profilerIssues with teachingSurvey – readingLesson planNumeracyMulti-media

Approaches to vocabulary:Hot PotatoesE-flash cardsNumeracyOn-line assessmentCritical thinking

An example of teaching:VocabReadingInformation literacyNumeracy(Smith, 2008)

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Review quizzes

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Hot Potatoes

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Hot Potatoes (cont.)

Keesing-Styles, L. (2008). Automotive Tradeshows - Literacy and Numeracy in Vocational Education. The VET(31), 7.

Feedback

Interactive task for you1. Turn to the person next to you2. Using the handout, discuss the

questions, and3. Write your responses4. There will be opportunity for people to

describe their conclusions/ reaction5. Please hand your completed handout to

Mark and Bettina (the presenters)

Items to discuss1. Describe a tool or strategy that you

have used to teach literacy and numeracy. Explain what you feel made it effective.

2. Would some of the tools and strategies demonstrated today be useful in your context? Why / why not?

3. What are the questions we need to ask of the tools and strategies when deciding on what to use with learners?

Conclusion • More successful teaching and

learning can take place• Ask ‘why’ – purpose and

rationale • The tradeshow must go on

Open Blackboard in a browser: http://bb.unitec.ac.nz

Login in with the username: eittl2008 & password: eittl2008

Click on: UATI Automotive Toolkit

Thank you for listening

Any questions and feedbackplease email:

howen@unitec.ac.nzmsmith@unitec.ac.nzbschwenger@unitec.ac.nz