The Minimum Core: the basics

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The Minimum Core the basics
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The Minimum Core?
literacy and language
numeracy
ICT
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Session Aims

• For course members to
• Be aware of the purpose and content of the
  Minimum Core
• Gain an understanding of the requirements of the
  Minimum Core in relation to the PGDE/PDE course

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The Minimum Core

• Minimum core of knowledge, understanding and
  personal skills expected of all teachers in
  learning and skills sector
• Three key areas
• literacy and language
• numeracy
• ICT

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Rationale

• Provide a basis upon which all teachers can
  develop their own skills
• Ensure that all trainee teachers are fully
  prepared for their teaching role
• Support trainees understanding of further
  continuing professional development needs and
  opportunities

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Elements

• Document published by LLUK (Lifelong Learning UK)
  in August 2007
• Details the elements of the
• Knowledge and understanding
• Personal skills
• in literacy, language, numeracy and ICT

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Pause for thought  Take a few moments to read
the regulations laid down in 1846 regarding the
education of pupil teachers -

•  Minutes of the Committee of Council on
  Education, 1846.
•  Qualifications of candidates
• To read with fluency, ease and expression
• To write in a neat hand with correct spelling and
  punctuation, a simple prose narrative read to
  them
• To write from dictation sums in the first four
  rules of arithmetic, simple and compound to work
  them correctly, and to know the table of weights
  and measures.
• To point out the parts of speech in a simple
  sentence

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Examples

• Personal, social and cultural factors
• The different factors affecting the acquisition
  and development of language, literacy, numeracy
  and ICT skills
• Explicit knowledge
• About language and the four skills speaking,
  listening, reading and writing

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Personal Skills

• Own skills in each of the three areas
• Language and literacy
• personal skills in speaking, listening, reading
  and writing
• Numeracy
• communication and processes
• ICT
• communication and processes

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Examples

• Language and Literacy
• Find, and select from, a range of reference
  material and sources of information, including
  the Internet
• Numeracy
• Make sense of data
• ICT
• Using ICT systems

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Numeracy Example

• Watch the video clip and complete the task set.
  Try the task by yourself first then compare your
  answer with the person next to you.
• If you got the answer right you can use this as
  evidence in meeting one of the minimum core
  elements

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How to evidence the minimum core elementsnumeracy

• L\Departments\Chadwick\EDUCATION\Courses\TTLLS\PD
  P_0708\Minimum core numeracy.doc

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Literacy Example

• Watch the video clip of managing group work and
  discuss with the person next to you how learners
  speaking skills can be developed

Managing groups
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ing/planning.html
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How to evidence the minimum core
elementsliteracy

• L\Departments\Chadwick\EDUCATION\Courses\TTLLS\PD
  P_0708\Minimun core language and literacy.doc

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Links to PGDE/PDE

• Integrated throughout programme
• Coverage
• Assessment

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Coverage

• Modules
• Introduction to Teaching and Learning (Part 2)
• Teaching and Learning Theory and Practice
• Continuing Personal and Professional Development
• Planning and Assessing for Inclusive Practice
  (Skills for Life)
• PDP
• Checklists for elements in all 3 areas

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Assessment

• Modules
• assignments
• PDP
• checklist to evidence elements
• evidence can be used from lectures assignments
  and other work produced WBE self-study
• completed by all trainees
• Externally-set assessments
• personal skills in language and literacy,
  numeracy and ICT

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Essential Reading

• Fento (2004) Language, Literacy, Numeracy and
  ICT Inclusive learning approaches for all
  teachers, tutors and trainers in the learning and
  skills sector. London FEnto

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Further Reading

• DfES (2001) Access for All. London DfES
• DfES (2001) Pre-Entry Curriculum Framework.
  London DfES
• DfES (2001) The Adult ESOL Core Curriculum.
  London DfES
• DfES (2001) The Adult Literacy Core Curriculum.
  London DfES
• DfES (2001) The Adult Numeracy Core Curriculum.
  London DfES

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Essential Websites

• www.lluk.org
• Minimum core documents
• http//www.dcsf.gov.uk/readwriteplus/
• All Skills for Life Curricula documents
• Skills for Life information
• webct
• numeracy support materials available for
  development of own personal numeracy skills

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Handbook

• See section 6.4 (page 20) for more information on
  evidencing the minimum core
• L\Departments\Chadwick\EDUCATION\Courses\TTLLS\a
  TTLS 2008-2009\Programme Handbook - Generic.doc

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References

• LLUK (2007) Addressing Literacy, Language,
  Numeracy and ICT Needs in Education and Training
  Defining the minimum core of teachers knowledge,
  understanding and personal skills. A guide for
  initial teacher education programmes. London
  LLUK.