Teaching and Learning
Embed Maths and English into Vocational Programmes of Study – FE
Help vocational learners get better at the maths and English their trade already depends on, without it feeling like school all over again.
- 36 minutes
- 7 modules
- 0.5 CPD hours
- Certificate
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What you'll learn
- Spot the English and maths that occur naturally in your vocational tasks
- Tell embedding and contextualising apart, and use both
- Use the functional skills progression charts to pitch questions at the right level
- Talk to employers about the English and maths they want from new starters
- Show learners what a mistake in maths or English costs on the job
About this course
A learner drawing a graph in a vocational lesson was praised for her maths. Her answer was "I didn't realise it's maths. If I'm doing maths, I'm not doing it." Plenty of learners chose a practical route to get away from the classroom, and they can smell a maths lesson coming.
The answer is to find the English and maths that turns up naturally in your subject, like measuring, quoting a price or briefing a customer, and make the most of it. You'll see the difference between embedding and contextualising and when each helps. The functional skills scope and progression charts, which you can download, show you where to pitch a question so it stretches without overwhelming.
You don't need to be an English or maths teacher. You need to know the English and maths your job needs, and you already do.
- For early career teachers, governors and teachers. Post-16. England only.
7 modules
Open in order
- 5 min
Introduction
- 3 min
Wrap up
- 5 min
What do we mean by embedding?
- 7 min
Why you, why vocational?
- 5 min
Embedding vs Contextualising
- 7 min
Keeping it Relevant
- 8 min
Understanding Functional Skills English and Maths