The Minimum Core for Numeracy - Knowledge, Understanding and Personal Skills (Electronic book text)

This book is a practical guide to the Minimum Core for Numeracy for trainee teachers in the Lifelong Learning sector. It enables them to identify and develop their own numeracy skills and also to support their students' numeracy. The contents cover all the required key areas of knowledge, understanding and personal skills while also examining the broader context in terms of how numeracy is acquired and developed within the personal, social and cultural arenas. The new teacher training framework, introduced in September 2007, requires all teachers in the post-16 sector to possess knowledge, understanding and personal skills to at least level 2 in the Minimum Core for Numeracy. Coverage and assessment of the core has to be embedded in all Certificate and Diploma courses leading to QTLS and ATLS status.