Yorkshire & Humberside
updated 13 November 2008
Unfortunately this event has had to be cancelled
GEM
Yorkshire and Humber Training Day
Adult
Essential Skills Awareness
Tuesday 25 November 2008
Leeds City Museum - Leeds
This training day is designed to raise awareness of the issues facing some
adults who may have barriers to learning due to poor literacy and numeracy
skills. In addition, it is designed to explore supportive and creative solutions
to make learning more accessible for these adults, both in terms of educational
approaches and materials. This intensive day will focus on two main themes:
1. Essential Skills Awareness
What is the extent of need in the UK and what type of problems do people have
with literacy and numeracy? How can we support adults in this position and help
them to develop their skills? Where might we look to refer these adults and what
further sources of help and information are available?
2. Improving materials
How we read and what makes text easier to read; readability; ways of improving
the content and layout of materials to ensure more people can access them;
simplifying text.
Each delegate will receive a package of training materials which can help them
in developing their education programme.
The training day is delivered by Sara Hattersley, Assistant
Manager at the Essential Skills Resource Centre - University of Warwick.
The cost, including lunch and refreshments: £25 for Fed and GEM members and
institutional members, £60 for non-members
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Programme
09.30 Arrival and Refreshments
09.50 Welcome and introduction to the day
Lynne Minett, GEM Convenor (joint) Yorkshire
10.00 Session 1: What is
Essential Skills?
11.30 Refreshments
11.45 Session 2: How can we support
adults with poor essential skills?
13.00 Lunch
13.45 Session 3: How we read and
assessing the quality of our written material for adults with poor essential
skills?
15.00 Refreshments
15.15 Session 4: How can we improve the
quality of our written material for adults with poor essential skills?
16.30 Finish