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Numeracy Activities Within VOX: The Norwegian Institute for American Association for Adult and Continuing Education

Numeracy Activities Within VOX: The Norwegian Institute for American Association for Adult and... Numeracy Activities Within VOX:The Norwegian Institute for Adult Learning Wh o is Vox? basic skills among adults. According ox, Norwegian Institute to the ALL survey, as many as 10% Vfor Adult Learning is an of the Norwegian adults score at what agency of the Norwegian Ministry of ALL defines as level 1 in numeracy Education and Research that focuses skills. Around 30% are defined as level mainly on improving basic skills in the 2. The proportion of adults scoring at adult population in the areas of literacy, the desired 3, 4 and 5 levels is quite numeracy and the use of Information low (60%) (Gabrielsen & Haslund, Communication Technologies (ICT). 2005). Even though one can argue Vox is responsible for curriculum that the Organisation for Economic development in Norwegian language Co-operation and Development learning and socio-cultural orientation (OECD) exaggerates when defining for adult immigrants, and cooperation the numeracy level needed in order to with the other agencies which provide manage tasks in today's labour market initial training for this group. Vox and everyday life, the results from administers governmental funding the ALL survey indicate that there directed towards educational non- is a need for numeracy training for governmental organizations, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Adult Learning SAGE

Numeracy Activities Within VOX: The Norwegian Institute for American Association for Adult and Continuing Education

Adult Learning , Volume 19 (3-4): 4 – Jun 1, 2008

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SAGE
Copyright
© 2008 American Association for Adult and Continuing Education
ISSN
1045-1595
eISSN
2162-4070
DOI
10.1177/104515950801900307
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Abstract

Numeracy Activities Within VOX:The Norwegian Institute for Adult Learning Wh o is Vox? basic skills among adults. According ox, Norwegian Institute to the ALL survey, as many as 10% Vfor Adult Learning is an of the Norwegian adults score at what agency of the Norwegian Ministry of ALL defines as level 1 in numeracy Education and Research that focuses skills. Around 30% are defined as level mainly on improving basic skills in the 2. The proportion of adults scoring at adult population in the areas of literacy, the desired 3, 4 and 5 levels is quite numeracy and the use of Information low (60%) (Gabrielsen & Haslund, Communication Technologies (ICT). 2005). Even though one can argue Vox is responsible for curriculum that the Organisation for Economic development in Norwegian language Co-operation and Development learning and socio-cultural orientation (OECD) exaggerates when defining for adult immigrants, and cooperation the numeracy level needed in order to with the other agencies which provide manage tasks in today's labour market initial training for this group. Vox and everyday life, the results from administers governmental funding the ALL survey indicate that there directed towards educational non- is a need for numeracy training for governmental organizations,

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Adult LearningSAGE

Published: Jun 1, 2008

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