PDM
Aim of the Professionals Development Modules (PDM) is to support teachers and volunteers in adult numeracy education in their activities with their adult participants. The aim of each educational activities is to improve the quality of the numerate behaviour of participants. The PDMs are to support the teachers and volunteers who guide or teach such activities and increase their competences as a teacher and coach.
Read more: Introduction to the PDMs
PDMs
All PDMs address two issues:
- What competencies do adults need to be numerate in the future society? What mathematical knowledge and skills are necessary to become numerate? How to solve numeracy related issues, questions, and problems in real-life situations?
- How to teach numeracy in adult education? What competencies do teachers and volunteers need for teaching numeracy in adult education?
This list of modules below is structured as a set of MOOCs. It is a first attempt to systematically work towards improvement of the quality of teaching and better learning outcomes of adults in adult numeracy education.
The ultimate goal is to set up modules for teacher training that are usable for international use in European countries. A common framework can enrich the sharing of practices and discussions on policies.
List of modules
This is the list of the modules which are developed for on-line PD. In the section of this website “Pilots PD” , we show some examples of PowerPoints which are used in PD-trajectories in English, Spanish, Dutch and German. Please contact us if you want to add translations into your local languages to be used in professional development meetings in your langauges and countries.
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Background
Numeracy is a multifaceted concept, which implies that numerate behaviour is phenomenon influenced by many factors. The quality of numerate behaviour of an individual is an amalgam of aspects which can be found in other sections of this website: see the tabs “CENF” and “Aspects“.
Numerate behaviour depends on aspects fr0m all four categories which are shown in the model underpinning the CENF. Components of each main category of aspects can be discerned in every real life situation. This indicates that numeracy teaching in adult education should relate in one way or another to the aspects in the model. This is the core idea and starting point of the modules.
Some more information can be found in the History of the project
