• 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 provides you with the opportunity to plan and apply adult literacy and numeracy embedding approaches for diverse learners in authentic Aotearoa New Zealand settings, usually workplace, community or vocational programmes.   The main focus is the application of planning, assessment and evaluation processes while utilising the social, cultural, political, historical and theoretical knowledge gained in the first course of this programme. This online course acknowledges the primacy of relationships for teaching and learning. 

Students who successfully complete this course will be able to

  • Plan for embedded literacy and numeracy teaching and learning in the Aotearoa New Zealand context using the learning progressions for adult literacy and numeracy.
  • Identify and implement embedded adult literacy and numeracy opportunities, including Māori perspectives and Pasifika approaches.
  • Select and apply a range of assessment methods to gather information about adult learners to support their literacy and numeracy development.
  • Identify, plan and implement evaluation methods to establish effectiveness of embedded literacy and numeracy teaching to support adult learning and personal professional practice.

Assessment

This course is 100% internally assessed

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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