Why Literacy and Numeracy

Assessment Task 1

Literacy and Numeracy EDED

By David Grimshaw s0007997

Literacy and Numeracy

Listen, Read, View, Write, Speak, Create Print and Digital Materials

Literacy and Numeracy

Effective Individuals - Community Members – Workers - Citizens

Literacy

• Listen

• Read

• Viewing

• Writing

• Speaking

• Create Print

• Create Digital Materials

Numeracy

• Estimate & Calculate Whole Number

• Patterns and Relationships

• Fractions, Decimals, Percent, Ratio, Rate

• Spatial Reasoning

• Statistical Information

• Measurement

Literacy and Numeracy in the Workforce

Workplace documentation, Fix problems, act on near misses, improve safety measures, reduce downtime.

Low Literacy and Numeracy in the Workforce

75% of Workforce effected

Literacy and Numeracy Rates in Population

These figures for the advanced levels of 3 and 4 should be higher!

Used Computers at Home?

You will be able to use those skills at school

High School

More literacy and numeracy

GEOGRAPHY

Some examples of Geography in Literacy and Numeracy

Bear Grylls

Bear Grylls uses geography to plan where he is going.

Bear’s Numeracy Skills

• Recognise Patterns & relationships

• Spatial reasoning

• Rate of speed

• Timing

Tropic of CapricornS 23° 00’ 23’’ E 150° 00’ 30’’

Human Geography

Geograpy: - Human Effects on the Environment

Understanding measurements of CO2 in the Atmosphere in Parts per Million

Geography: - Human Effects on Environment

A water storage affecting the River flow (Rockhampton)

A coal mine affecting the local landscape

Plywood Kayak

Boat Building Plans

Measurement. Decimals. Calculation. Patterns and Relationships. Proportional Reasoning. Spatial Reasoning. Measurement.

Boat Building Plans

Follow Instructions: - Pictorial, text, videos.

Isobar Weather Chart

You will need to read these to know what the weather is doing

Being able to understand the weather report

Car Maintenance: - Calculation and Number, Proportional reasoning, Understand Texts, Comprehend

New Vocabulary.

Mountain Bike?

Maintaining Your Bike: - Calculation and Number, Proportional reasoning, Understand Texts, Comprehend New Vocabulary.

Skills in the Workplace

Like boat building : - Follow Plans and instructions.

Following Instructions in the Workplace

Measurement. Decimals. Calculation. Patterns and Relationships. Proportional Reasoning. Spatial Reasoning. Measurement.

RomeKnown to the locals as Roma

“A” Marks the spot of Roma in Queensland

Not much to see in Roma

Listening, Speaking so that your understood is part of Literacy

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