Maths for Vocational Tutors and Assessors

International view  PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) study shows how England’s 16– 24-year-olds are falling behind their Asian and European counterparts  England is 24 th for numeracy with the first three being: Shanghai – China Singapore Hong Kong

National view  Numeracy levels in the general population are in decline.  65% of CBI employers see a pressing need to raise standards for year olds  58.2% of young people age 16 achieved 5 GCSEs grade A*to C including English or mathematics in (up from 50.7% in )  41.8% did not

Ofsted In judging teaching, learning and assessment, inspectors evaluate the extent to which  “Teaching and learning develop English, mathematics and functional skills, and support the achievement of learning goals and career aims”  Criteria for Good – They develop and apply a good range of skills, including … mathematics …  Criteria for Outstanding – They apply skills and background knowledge to great effect, including … mathematics …

Graph Stories  Task - to give examples for the story of the graph.  Choose a vocational area, then identify what this graph could mean  How many different interpretations can you devise?

Maths is everywhere 1  Task - Choose a picture and identify maths activities around that vocational area  Name the vocational area, show the picture, ask a question /

Quick question  Travel and Tourism.  The answer is 15:30  What’s the question?

Maths is everywhere 2  Identify a maths activity lasting10 mins  Identify a maths theme for an hour  Devise a maths project for 5-6 weeks

Using statistics  World data  National data y=average+earnings y=average+earnings  Topical - You are more likely to be bitten by Luis Suarez (1 in 2,000) than a shark (1 in 3,700,000)

More longer term strategies  Staff training to ensure all staff have personal maths skills (L2? L3?)  Identify maths champions within vocational areas  Managers/Quality leads review SoW to ensure maths is integrated  Have a maths topic of the week  Decimals - money, personal banking, costing a project, planning to a budget  Measure – imperial metric conversions, tracking height, scale drawings, plans

Finally  Staff may need support  Maths can be integrated  Maths is everywhere