• Level 5
  • 20 Credits
  • 0.1667 EFTS
  • Delivery type:
    Online only
  • Course duration: 16 weeks
  • Course cost:
    $0 NZ Domestic
    $1,097 NZ International
  • Workload - Approximately 13 hours per week
  • Availability
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This online course is the first course towards the New Zealand Certificate in Adult Literacy and Numeracy Education (Vocational Workplace) Level 5. It introduces you to a range of values-based frameworks, adult teaching and learning theories and the New Zealand learning progressions for embedded adult literacy and numeracy programme design.

Students who successfully complete this course will be able to

  • Identify and discuss a range of Māori perspectives, and historical and political influences, that inform adult literacy and numeracy teaching and learning in Aotearoa New Zealand.
  • Identify and discuss a range of Pacific approaches to inform adult literacy and numeracy teaching and learning in Aotearoa New Zealand.
  • Demonstrate understanding of the Aotearoa New Zealand learning progressions for adult literacy and numeracy programme design, with reference to related adult teaching and learning theories and Māori and Pacific world views.
  • Demonstrate understanding of social diversity in relation to the design of adult literacy and numeracy education in Aotearoa New Zealand.
  • Discuss the nature of inclusive, ethical and professional relationships to support adult literacy and numeracy skill development in the Aoteaora New Zealand context.

Assessment

This course is 100% internally assessed

Textbooks

No textbooks are required for this course

Fee free offer

Courses offered under the New Zealand Certificate in Adult Literacy and Numeracy Education (Vocational/Workplace) are currently fee free. Check out the Fee free offer tab on the qualification web page for information.

Computer and internet requirements

This course is delivered online, so you will access the course and do your study online, which generally includes reading and doing activities, watching videos, downloading content, and writing and submitting assessments online.

For online learning you need:

  • Access to a laptop or desktop computer
  • Reliable broadband internet and a data plan

Find out more about online learning

If you are unsure if your current computer or internet access will allow you to study online please contact us.

How to apply

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