How to deliver Maths and English within the curriculum

for learners with a GCSE grade C or above

• Casey et al (2011) ‘You wouldn’t expect a maths teacher to teach plastering’. Embedding Literacy and language in post 16 vocational programmes – the impact on learning and achievement. London: NRDC

• Where literacy and language development were fully embedded in the subject programme, more learners were retained on the programme and completed their vocational qualification

• Learners on embedded programmes were significantly more likely to achieve qualifications in literacy, language or numeracy than learners on programmes where these subjects were not embedded.

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How to make it work!• Lecturers need to ‘buy into’ the process

• Students need to understand why they are doing it

• Good planning – SOW, LP and resources

“Giving students a glimpse of where maths and English can lead them is important to guide and maintain their interest. Students need to know if their future career may require a maths or English qualification so they don't rule themselves out of a vocation later down the line”.

Teacher network ‘The Guardian’ (2014)

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Examples of embedding Maths and English

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Starter Activity

• How would you describe yourself in 5 words?

Each word put on the board must be more descriptive than the other!

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Starter ActivityYou are a worker in our factory

 The factory makes chairs. You get paid £5£5 an hour and in an hour you make on average 10 chairs. You work 88 hours a day and have an hour for lunch (not paid). The chairs sell for £20 £20 each. The costs of raw materials, overheads (bills etc) works out to be about £20 per worker per hour. The work gives you just enough to support you and your family in the house you are living. You love carpentry and spend much of your free time messing around with wood in your shed. However you don’t particularly enjoy your job as you rarely see a finished chair or a satisfied customer.

92.4% of all residents

in Kent are White

ethnic origin.

Kent County Council EDR report 2011

7.6% are of Black

Minority Ethnic

(BME)

Equality Act 2010

• The Equality Act 2010

The number of residents in Kent who are claiming Disability benefits is 128,450 (7.7%)Kent County Council EDR report 2011

“Male doctors earn £15,000 more than women” Guardian BMA 2011

Workforce By Occupation Female MaleOccupational therapists 81% 19%Medical & Dental 36% 64%Nursing & Midwifery 93% 7%Therapists 81% 19%Healthcare Scientist 69% 31%

East Kent Hospital Gender Equality scheme 2010

What are your

thoughts on these

statistics?

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University Progression (2012-13 Cohort) – 65 students

- University = 54

- Employment(H&SC Sector) = 10

- Other = 1 (police force)

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(2013-14 Cohort) – 78 students

- University = 54

- Employment(H&SC Sector) = 19

- OU Healthcare Course = 1

- Apprenticeship = 4

As a percentage how many students gained a university place from

each cohort?

2012/13 - ?2013/14 - ?

Ans 2012/13 – 83% 2013/14 – 69%

How important is a personal statement?

“Personal Statements are incredibly important at all stages of the Application process. They generally present the basis for deciding course offers and aid in the selection of whom to interview. Perhaps the most important role of the Personal Statement is that they are re-evaluated should a candidate narrowly miss a conditional offer and they may tip the balance in your favour at such an important stage.”

CCCU Admissions Tutor (2014)

CCCU Midwifery Degree 2014 Intake

964 applicants

350 were given an interview

For 60 places on the course

Work out the following probabilities

What is the probability of you getting an interview?

From the original application what are the chances of you

gaining a place on the course?

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What are personal Skills?

• Facilitator & Enabler• Educator• Supporter• Communicator• Woman’s advocate• Caring & Competent Professional• Role Model

(CCCU Midwifery)

A University Perspective – Skills for an ideal Midwife

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Dictionary/Definition Task

• Using Dictionaries or your mobile phone research the meaning of the following words

- Bourgeoisie - Proletariat - Authoritarian - Totalitarian

• Provide a definition of each within a sentence

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Identifying Strategies Worksheet

• Individually complete the worksheet – Overcoming Barriers

• Now check your answers with your peer

• Confirm your answers as a group and write onto your flip-chart paper

Dementia

One in 14 people over 65 years of age and one in six people over 80 years of age have a form of dementia

Source: Alzeimers.org.uk

Hearing loss affects more than 8 million people in the UK. About 5 million people could benefit from hearing aids, but over half of these are reluctant to use an aid because of the associated stigma.

Source: RNID.uk.org

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Preferred/first Language, Use of Interpreters

Tuesday 18 April 2023

Consider the reasons why using an interpreter may not always be effective, look for faults and identify reasons why they may not work.

First/preferred Language

One in four school children are from ethnic minorities and almost 1 million school children do not speak English as their first language

Source: mailonline co.uk

Asylum Seekers 2012

2010 – 17,9162011 – 19,804

Source: Guardian. co.uk

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Deaths by cause in men, United Kingdom 2010

• Stroke (7%)• Coronary heart disease

(17%)• Other cardiovascular

disease (8%)• Diabetes (1%)• Colo-rectal cancer (3%) • Lung cancer (7%)• Other cancers (21%)

Respiratory disease (13%) Injuries and poisoning (5%)

• All other causes (18%)

Deaths by cause in women, United Kingdom 2010

• Stroke (10%)• Coronary heart disease (12%)• Other cardiovascular disease

(9%)• Diabetes (1%)• Colo-rectal cancer (3%)• Lung cancer (5%)• Breast cancer (4%)• Other cancers (14%)

Respiratory disease (14%)• Injuries and poisoning (3%)• All other causes (24%)

Presenting Statistical Evidence Exercise

Source: British Heart Foundation. Coronary Heart Disease Statistics (2012)

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• Individually using the statistics shown on Coronary Heart disease present this evidence in the following forms:

• Bar chart

• Pie Chart

• Line graph

Presenting Statistical Evidence Exercise

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Using BKSB to support Maths and English development

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BKSB Objectives

1. Logging on to BKSB2. Tracking group progress of completion of initial and diagnostic assessments3. Individualising targets for improving maths and English in Tutorials4. Ipsative assessment – Embedding maths and English

BKSB Diagnostic Report

BKSB Guidance

• BKSB Initial assessment process

• BKSB Diagnostic Assessment guidance

• All available on Youtube

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