ENHANCING TALKING SKILLS WITHIN THE NATIONAL LITERACY AND NUMERACYFRAMEWORK, FOR YOUNG PEOPLE ATTENDING A BTEC DIPLOMA IN SPORT COURSE

View/ open
Author
Edwards, Dale
Date
2014Type
Thesis
Publisher
Cardiff Metropolitan University
Metadata
Show full item recordAbstract
The purpose of the study was to enhance talking skills in line with the Welsh
Assembly Government’s (2013) National Literacy and Numeracy Framework
legislation. The Welsh Assembly Government’s (2013) Literacy and Numeracy
Framework was introduced to improve the declining standards of literacy and
numeracy within Welsh Education. This new legislation brought upon the termination
of the Welsh Assembly Government’s (2008b) non-statutory Skills Framework. No
research yet suggests that the Welsh Assembly Government’s (2013) Literacy and
Numeracy Framework can be effective in enhancing literacy and numeracy skills, in
particular talking skills of the oracy strand within Literacy, thus, providing a rationale
for the study.
Data was collected through an action research approach via observations,
and accompanying reflections with a class of fourteen (M=11, F=3) mixed gender
students from a variety of local schools in Cardiff. Post study a semi-structured
interview with the teaching supervisor created new emerging data.
Recommendations from the Physical Education Talking Toolkit Davies, Symonds
and Mason (2013) introduced were exploited to plan critical teaching interventions.
Findings exemplified the importance of Davies, Symonds and Mason’s (2013)
Physical Education Talking Toolkit pedagogical visual tools in the enhancement of
describing skills in the early stages of the study, which then corresponded to an
increased literacy development later in the study where students competently used
exploring and instructing skills. Reflections highlighted the importance of the teacher
using a wide range of pedagogical factors to enable opportunities for enhancing
talking skills within a Physical Education context. The introduction of talking skills
within a Football environment as part of a BTEC course provided evidence the
Welsh Assembly Government’s (2013) Literacy and Numeracy Framework is
effective in improving literacy skills, in particular talking skills. Future research should
investigate the whole oracy strand incorporating the discussion and listening skills,
and whether this too can be improved along with talking skills.
Description
DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (HONOURS)
SPORT AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Collections
Related items
Showing items related by title, author, subject and abstract.
-
Developing pupils’ literacy skills within Physical Education.
Lewis, Angharad (Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2014)In recent years literacy and numeracy has become a priority for the Welsh Government’s Education Department (Welsh Assembly Government [WAG], 2013). As a result of an ineffective Skills Framework (Estyn, 2011 & 2012) and ... -
Investigation into the development of numeracy across the curriculum in a south Wales comprehensive school
Hopkin, John (Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2015)In 2012, the Welsh government attempted to address the age-old problem of Welsh pupils underachievement in key skills by introducing the Literacy and Numeracy Framework, becoming statutory in 2013. One aspect to the ... -
To what extent do secondary PGCE PE students develop young people’s literacy skills through PE?
Compton, Megan (Cardiff Metropolitan University, 2015)This study aims to research, to what extent do secondary PGCE PE students develop young people’s literacy skills through PE? The standards of literacy and numeracy was classed as poor by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate for ...