Hc 557 Adult Literacy And Numeracy

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Business, Innovation and Skills Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780215075864

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HC 557 - Adult Literacy and Numeracy by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Business, Innovation and Skills Committee Pdf

In light of an OECD survey of 24 countries ranking England and Northern Ireland 22nd for literacy and 21st for numeracy, a more joined-up Government approach is needed to tackle the alarmingly low levels of adult literacy and numeracy. While the Government pledges free training and tuition for any adult who wishes to study English and maths up to and including GCSE level, adults with the most limited skills were not aware of the support available. There is little rigorous or uniform assessment in place for when adults claim unemployment benefit-despite the fact that this is an ideal opportunity to help adults to gain essential skills needed to get a job. The Department for Work and Pensions, the Department for Business, Innovation, and Skills, and Jobcentre Plus and skills providers should work closely to ensure there is consistent and thorough assessment of skills at the earliest possible stage of unemployment benefit claims. The Committee urges a more flexible approach to adult learning, both in the types of programme on offer and in the types of funding given by the Government. There is also concern about reductions in funding to adult learning schemes and the Government is advised to reverse its decision to cut funding to Unionlearn, a scheme which has achieved outstanding results at a fraction of the cost of full-time formal education. The Government should also move away from its preoccupation with GCSEs as the 'gold standard' of measurement for adult skills, as less linear and traditional learning schemes are often more effective

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Business, Innovation and Skills Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780215078506

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HC 188 - The Extractive Industries - HC 188 by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Business, Innovation and Skills Committee Pdf

Extractive companies contribute directly to the UK in a number of ways. Both domestic companies and global companies listed in London contribute through taxes, dividends, licenses and the employment of British workers. The size of the UK's domestic extractive sector is well below its historical peak. However, the Government has expressed support for the enlargement of the UK's domestic extractive and the United Kingdom Trade and Investment is doing good work to promote the United Kingdom as a base for extractive companies to do business with the rest of the world. However, the extractive sector is not without controversy, particularly when one considers reports of poor practice around the world. The UK is at risk of being associated with some of the negative practices often reported alongside the sector. To counter this, more needs to be done to improve to social and environmental performance, transparency and reputations of the companies it hosts and both industry educational institutions and Government must promote and excite the next generation of extractive workers. This should be done by encouraging more British students to study STEM-related subjects, engage with industry to encourage and promote mining as a rewarding and exciting career and encourage large mining companies to support the UK as a base for mining through funding and resources.

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Business, Innovation and Skills Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780215078902

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HC 249 - Business-University Collaboration by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Business, Innovation and Skills Committee Pdf

The Government must commit to a 3 per cent target of GDP of research and development (R&D) spending by 2020 to ensure the UK doesn't lag behind international competitors. The BIS Committee finds that more than 30 years of under-investment in R&D has left the UK trailing countries such as the USA, Germany and France in science and innovation spending, threatening the opportunities for economic growth offered by the research excellence of the UK's world class university system. The Committee found the Catapult network has played a valuable role in harnessing the commercial benefits of science and innovation research. The Committee calls on the Government to back the recommendations of the recent Hauser Catapult review and expand the Catapult Network from the seven current centres to 20 by 2020 and 30 by 2030 and increase funding to Innovate UK. The Government needs to do more to bring businesses and universities together to realise the benefits of the cutting-edge research taking place across the country. The Committee recommends that the Government establish a respected and impartial way to measure and evaluate the success of its initiatives to increase R&D activity, such as by reintroduction of the R&D scoreboard. These measures, alongside an ambitious long-term vision for the innovation system, should be built into the forthcoming Science and Innovation strategy.

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Business, Innovation and Skills Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780215081612

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HC 770 - Government Support for Business by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Business, Innovation and Skills Committee Pdf

Helping British businesses to thrive and grow is vital to the UK's long-term economic prosperity. The Government's ambition is for the UK to be one of the best places in Europe to start, finance and grow a business. In order to facilitate this, the Government offers support to business in accessing finance, promoting exports, developing manufacturing and encouraging growth at a local level. The Committee's inquiry considered the wide range of support that is on offer, and in particular those support programmes run by the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills. Access to finance is fundamental to the success of business of all sizes. However, the Committee heard varying evidence about the availability of finance, in particular for SMEs. Too many business still report that they find it difficult to get the financial support they need. By drawing on the British Business Bank's expertise, the Government should be able to develop a better understanding of the blockages in the system, why they occur, and whether changes in regulation or funding are needed to address them. The British Business bank also has a clear role to play in enhancing SME access to finance though clearly signposting the services available from alternative finance providers. In particular, it should develop a menu of alternative finance providers for each different area of financial support.

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Business, Innovation and Skills Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2015-03-25
Category : Foreign trade promotion
ISBN : 9780215084521

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HC 804 - Transatlantic Trade And Investment Partnership by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Business, Innovation and Skills Committee Pdf

The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership is an ambitious attempt by the European Union and the United States to deliver a comprehensive trade and investment treaty. Negotiations between the two are currently underway and the Government hopes that an agreement can be reached by the end of 2015. The trade deal may be beneficial to the UK and EU economies but TTIP is not universally supported and the level of financial benefit to the UK is open to question. The lack of detail available on the negotiations means that it is difficult to assess which is the more accurate argument. However, this should not excuse the quality of debate which we have, on occasion, observed by campaigners and lobbyists on both sides of the argument. Everyone involved in the debate on TTIP - campaigners,lobbyists, the UK Government and the European Commission - must ensure that an evidence-based approach is at the heart of any TTIP debate. One of the key concerns about TTIP is the proposal to include Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) provisions. These provisions - common in bilateral trade agreements - aim to protect foreign investors from illegal interference by the host government. However, campaigners have argued that such clauses could allow US healthcare investors to force the permanent privatisation of the NHS. Although this view has been rebutted repeatedly by the European Commission and the UK Government, until draft clauses are published, it will be difficult for them to convince those with concerns.

Author : Lyn Tett,Mary Hamilton,Yvonne Hillier
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2006-06-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780335228034

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EBOOK: Adult Literacy, Numeracy and Language: Policy, Practice and Research by Lyn Tett,Mary Hamilton,Yvonne Hillier Pdf

This book explores the social practice of literacy, numeracy and language and its implications for teaching and learning adult basic skills. Leading international experts argue that literacy, numeracy and language are more than just a set of skills or techniques, but are shaped by the social and cultural context within which they are taking place; the meanings they have for users; and the purposes they serve. This shifts the focus from a narrow, functional and externally imposed definition of literacy, numeracy and language learning, to more open and numerous definitions that focus on what people do with their knowledge, understanding and skills in a range of contexts. Adult Literacy, Numeracy and Language shows how the social practice approach to learning and teaching can be used to develop more inclusive views of adult literacy, numeracy and language. Bringing together the views of researchers, policy makers and practitioners, it helps readers to develop an understanding of contemporary policy developments and encourages them to examine their own practice as adult basic education teachers, in order to respond more effectively to the needs of their students. This book is a valuable resource for practitioners, researchers and students on courses in adult and continuing education (particularly basic skills), postgraduate students, and researchers in the field of post-compulsory education.

Author : Great Britain: Department for Innovation, Business and Skills
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2014-12-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0101886152

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Adult Literacy and Numeracy by Great Britain: Department for Innovation, Business and Skills Pdf

Dated December 2014. Government response to HC 557, session 2014-15 (ISBN 9780215075864). A TSO version of a title previously published by HM Government

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2006-01-24
Category : Education
ISBN : 0215026918

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Skills for Life by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Committee of Public Accounts Pdf

An estimated 26 million people of working age have levels of literacy and numeracy below those expected of school leavers, and many of them experience practical everyday problems. The UK has lower levels of literacy and numeracy in the adult population of working age than many of our international competitors. In order to address this problem, the DfES launched the Skills for Life Strategy in March 2001, with a target to improve the skills of 2.25 million adults by 2010. By 2006, at least £3.7 billion will have been spent on the strategy, which includes ESOL programmes (English for speakers of other languages). Following on from an NAO report (HCP 20, session 2004-05; ISBN 0102931631) published in December 2004, the Committee's report examines the progress being made to improve the literacy, language and numeracy skills of adults in England, to expand learning provision and improve its quality.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 666 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : Education
ISBN : UIUC:30112109607066

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The Journal of Education by Anonim Pdf

Author : Annemarie Fritz,Vitor Geraldi Haase,Pekka Räsänen
Publisher : Springer
Page : 834 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783319971483

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International Handbook of Mathematical Learning Difficulties by Annemarie Fritz,Vitor Geraldi Haase,Pekka Räsänen Pdf

This comprehensive volume provides teachers, researchers and education professionals with cutting edge knowledge developed in the last decades by the educational, behavioural and neurosciences, integrating cognitive, developmental and socioeconomic approaches to deal with the problems children face in learning mathematics. The neurocognitive mechanisms and the cognitive processes underlying acquisition of arithmetic abilities and their significance for education have been the subject of intense research in the last few decades, but the most part of this research has been conducted in non-applied settings and there’s still a deep discrepancy between the level of scientific knowledge and its implementation into actual educational settings. Now it’s time to bring the results from the laboratory to the classroom. Apart from bringing the theoretical discussions to educational settings, the volume presents a wide range of methods for early detection of children with risks in mathematics learning and strategies to develop effective interventions based on innovative cognitive test instruments. It also provides insights to translate research knowledge into public policies in order to address socioeconomic issues. And it does so from an international perspective, dedicating a whole section to the cultural diversity of mathematics learning difficulties in different parts of the world. All of this makes the International Handbook of Mathematical Learning Difficulties an essential tool for those involved in the daily struggle to prepare the future generations to succeed in the global knowledge society.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1987-01-01
Category : Elementary education of adults
ISBN : 0906509947

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Literacy, Numeracy and Adults by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1280 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Education
ISBN : PSU:000052066504

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Resources in Education by Anonim Pdf

Author : Martina Dickson,Melissa McMinn,Dean Cairns
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2023-02-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789811991356

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Gender in STEM Education in the Arab Gulf Countries by Martina Dickson,Melissa McMinn,Dean Cairns Pdf

This book explores the critical issues in gender and STEM education in the Arabian Gulf, written within a context of educational systems developing rapidly over recent decades. With the ever-growing need for a highly skilled, gender-inclusive STEM workforce, the issues raised in this book are more topical than ever. It presents chapters from various sectors such as children’s perceptions of science, scientists and their work, adolescent and university years by studying large-scale secondary data variations across countries in the region and finally presenting work relating to gender in STEM education. The book closes with a chapter on factors of success in female leaders’ STEM career journeys. It offers recommendations for both policy and practices in gender equity in the STEM workplace, based on their experiences. This book is written in a highly accessible yet academic manner. It is an essential resource for a wide-ranging audience interested in the complex relationships between gender and STEM.

Author : Nigel Calder,Kevin Larkin,Nathalie Sinclair
Publisher : Springer
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-09
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783319901794

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Using Mobile Technologies in the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics by Nigel Calder,Kevin Larkin,Nathalie Sinclair Pdf

Mobile technologies influence the way that we interact with the world, the way that we live. We use them for communication, entertainment, information and research. In education settings, there has been substantial investment in mobile devices, often without a concomitant investment in developing pedagogy and practices. With mobile technologies evolving rapidly, and the number of educational apps growing, there is a need for research into how they facilitate mathematics learning. Such research is of particular importance regarding how such devices may be used to open up new ways of envisaging mathematics and mathematics education, and to help develop conceptual rather than procedural or declarative knowledge. This volume draws upon international research and reports on a range of research projects that have incorporated mobile technologies for mathematics education. It presents research on the use of mobile technologies, such as iPads, iPods, iPhones, Androids, and Tablets, across a diverse range of cultures, year levels and contexts. It examines the ways in which mobile technologies, including apps, might influence students’ engagement, cognition, collaboration and attitudes, through the reshaping of the learning experience. In addition, the book presents appropriate ways to integrate mobile technologies into teaching and learning programmes. It is a significant reference book for those involved with teaching mathematics or using mobile technologies in education, while also offering insights and examples that are applicable to the use of digital technologies in education generally.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 908 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : UCAL:B3978783

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Investigations in Mathematics Education by Anonim Pdf