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Record Nr.

UNINA9910508302303321

Autore

Griffiths Graham

Titolo

Teaching Adult Numeracy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Maidenhead : , : McGraw-Hill Education, , 2013

©2013

ISBN

0-335-24683-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (329 pages)

Collana

UK Higher Education OUP Humanities and Social Sciences Education OUP Ser.

Altri autori (Persone)

StoneRachel

Disciplina

510.71

Soggetti

Money laundering -- Prevention

Money laundering -- Great Britain -- Prevention

Money laundering -- Great Britain

Money laundering

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

DEVELOPING ADULT SKILLS: Teaching Adult Numeracy Principles and Practice -- Teaching Adult Numeracy Principles and Practice -- Praise for this book -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Introduction -- Section 1 Numeracy and society -- 1 The social context of numeracy -- 2 Why and where adult numeracy teaching and learning takes place -- 3 Adult numeracy learners -- Section 2 Understanding numeracy -- 4 Mathematics and numeracy -- 5 Language and mathematics -- 6 Teachers and the process of mathematical thinking -- 7 Provoking mathematical thinking: numeracy teachers doing 'realistic' maths -- 8 Attitudes, beliefs and teaching -- Section 3 Teaching and learning numeracy -- 9 Approaches to teaching adult numeracy -- 10 Planning for numeracy learning -- 11 Assessment -- 12 Teaching number, measure and data -- Section 4 Contexts for teaching and learning numeracy -- 13 Family mathematics -- 14 Developing numeracy skills in vocational contexts: learning for and in the workplace -- 15 Dyslexia, dyscalculia andnumeracy -- 16 Mental health and the emotional aspects of learning mathematics -- References -- Index -- Advert -- Backcover.



Sommario/riassunto

The first book in the UK to specifically target adult numeracy teacher training, it is useful to both trainee teachers & trainers.