Maximising the opportunities presented by digital ..
Maximising the opportunities presented by digital technologies in numeracy teaching
Start date: Sep 1, 2015,
End date: Aug 31, 2017
PROJECT
FINISHED
We propose a 2-year project under Key Objective 2 of the Erasmus+ programme, under the title “Maximising the opportunities presented by digital technologies in numeracy teaching”.
The project will build, in part, on work of the Leonardo project (2011-2013): Best practice in mathematics education in the vocational classroom . It will seek to be cross-sectoral in nature, to facilitate learning across sectors in the different partners’ countries.
Project aims:
The project’s overarching aims are to:
• identify and share, across educational sectors, the value of integrating digital technologies into numeracy teaching in VET, adult education, higher education and schools
• provide opportunities (during the project and afterwards through produced materials) for educators to use digital technologies to maximise the impact of learning and teaching in numeracy
Project outputs/activities:
During the project’s lifetime we will:
• carry out a literature review of international research into effective use of digital technologies in the teaching of numeracy – to establish if it can be used effectively, and if so, how it should be used
• undertake a multi-country survey (including countries outside the partnership) to identify current practice in the use of digital technologies to teach numeracy
• carry out study visits in partners’ countries, where appropriate, to observe and record effective practice in the use of digital technologies to teach numeracy to adults
• produce a project report on effective practice in using digital technologies to teach numeracy
• produce guidance for teachers on effective practice in using digital technologies to teach numeracy
• produce resources for teaching numeracy using digital technologies
• produce a training session for teachers of numeracy on how to use digital technologies in teaching and learning, including the use of the resources we have produced.
Project outcomes:
By the end of the project we will:
• have increased European educators’ knowledge and understanding about the potential value of using digital technologies in post-16 numeracy teaching and learning
• have increased knowledge and understanding of the different sectors of education in our own and each other’s countries
• have improved numeracy teaching and learning for learners, across sectors, as a result of our increased knowledge, skills and understanding in teaching using digital technologies
Partners:
The following organisations will participate in the project:
Ireland: Trinity College Dublin
UK: Learning Link Scotland and LTA Solutions Ltd
Finland: Vaasa Vocational Institute
Denmark: Centre for Resources for Teaching and partners
Switzerland: Swiss Federation for Adult Learning (as an associate partner, funded by the Swiss government)
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