Browsing Education Journal Articles by Author "Benseman, John"
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Family literacy – a case study in how to develop policy
Benseman, John; Sutton, Alison (2010)'Adult learning makes a difference - to the economy of course, to health, well-being, confidence and to our ability to help our children. Alan Tuckett - 4 December 2006 Alan has steadfastly believed that the inherent ... -
"I'm a different person now" : an evaluation of the Manukau Family Literacy Program (MFLP)
Benseman, John (2004)Manukau Family Literacy Programmes (MFLP) The MFLP grew out of an initiative by the Literacy Taskforce of the City of Manukau Education Trust (COMET). The initial planning for the programmes was undertaken during 2002, ... -
Literacy and workplace change: evaluation findings from 18 workplace literacy programs
Benseman, John (2012)Many Western governments are looking to workplace literacy, language and numeracy programs to address general improvements in these skills with a long-term aim of improving labor productivity. Rigorous research on these ... -
Making lifelong learning work in rural New Zealand : a study of two towns
Benseman, John (2006)Like most other industrialised countries in the world, rural New Zealand has been undergoing substantial and sustained social change for some time now. While the most obvious indicator of these changes is the on-going ... -
Paradigm lost? : lifelong education in New Zealand in the 1970s and 1980s
Benseman, John (2005)The concept of lifelong learning is very prominent in many New Zealand educational policies and writings at present. Although the concept can be traced back to many early educational writers, it first emerged as a tour de ... -
Paradigm re-gained? the re-emergence of lifelong learning in New Zealand in the late 1990s
Benseman, John (2005)As argued in a previous article (ref. to be included), lifelong education disappeared off the mainstream educational agenda in most Western countries, including New Zealand, for most of the 1980s and early 1990s - “the ... -
Pedagogy in practice : an observational study of literacy, numeracy and language teachers.
Benseman, John; Lander, J.; Sutton, Alison (2005)The aim of this study was to gain an overview of how teachers teach literacy, numeracy and language (LNL) in New Zealand, by observing 15 literacy, language and numeracy teachers from tertiary institutions, community ... -
Recruiting and retaining learners in workplace literacy programs in New Zealand
Benseman, John (Australian Journal of Adult Education, 2013)Successful workplace literacy and numeracy programs are dependent on effective strategies to recruit and then retain course participants. This article reports on the recruitment strategies used in a large workplace literacy ... -
Recruiting and retaining learners in workplace literacy programs in New Zealand
Benseman, John (2013)Successful workplace literacy and numeracy programs are dependent on effective strategies to recruit and then retain course participants. This article reports on the recruitment strategies used in a large workplace literacy ... -
Refining family literacy practice : a New Zealand case study
Benseman, John (2006)Following the results of the International Adult Literacy Survey in 1996, there has been an upsurge of interest in adult literacy in New Zealand, as reflected in a national adult literacy strategy and ‘foundation learning’ ... -
Research-informed teaching of adults : a worthy alternative to old habits and hearsay?
Benseman, John (Unitec ePress, 2013)How and why teachers teach the way they do is central to understanding the impact of education on learners. While many professions have integrated research findings into their practitioners’ practice, education’s record ... -
Responding to Pasifika adults' literacy needs through workplace programs : an evaluation
Benseman, John (Hawaii Educational Research Association, 2014)National surveys in 1996 and 2006 showed that a significant proportion of New Zealand adults have low levels of literacy and numeracy skills that make it difficult for them to function effectively in a world of increasing ... -
Retaining non-traditional students : lessons learnt with Pasifika students in New Zealand
Benseman, John; Coxon, Eve; Anderson, Adele; Anae, M. (Higher Education Research and Development, 2006)New Zealand tertiary education is currently undergoing extensive reviews and re-organisation in its quest for achieving a ‘knowledge society’. Central to many of these new developments is the need to extend the participation ... -
Teaching research-based literacy skills in training courses
Benseman, John (Australian Institute of Training and Development, 2012-10)A growing awareness of literacy issues among adult learners has spawned many responses in educational programmes, including the embedding of these skills into existing courses. Embedding literacy teaching is now integral ... -
Transferring literacy skills in the workplace
Benseman, John (2010)Implicit, if not explicit, in most workplace training programmes is the assumption that the knowledge and skills taught are not only internalised by the participants, but also transferred back into the workplace, with a ... -
Understanding the needs of adult literacy and numeracy learners with very low skills: current provision and provider perspectives
Benseman, John; Sutton, Alison (2012)This article looks at how literacy, language and numeracy providers have responded to low-level learners. Using data from a national survey of literacy, this article first looks at broad categories of learners within ... -
Understanding the needs of adult literacy, language and numeracy learners with very low skills : insights from the research
Benseman, John (2011)This paper reviews recent research into very low literacy and numeracy to identify the characteristics and learning needs of those with very low levels of literacy and numeracy. Greater insight into the skills and needs ...