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| Path: Home > Research > Literacy, Language & Numeracy > Projects > EBS |
Embedded Basic Skills: Case Studies partnership with NRDC
[Duration] [Aims] [ Key Partners ] [Funder] [Target Group] [Progress] [Key Staff] [Contact]
Project Status: Completed
Duration of project
Start: Summer 2003
End: March 2004
Aims
This NRDC (National Research Development Centre) sponsored project had 6 sites of investigation around the UK, examining different contexts in which literacy, language and numeracy (LLN) have been embedded.
NIACE has responsibility for 1 site at Bishop Burton College where it is exploring basic skills in a horticulture enterprise programme.
Key partners
The key partners are NRDC - the co-ordinating partner - and King’s College, London which is leading the research.
Funder
National Research Development Centre
Target Group(s)/Learners who will benefit
The project is aimed at those people who are assessed as needing to develop LLN skills but who might not be attracted to discreet LLN programmes. They may be motivated by a particular subject or vocation in which LLN activities are embedded.
Progress to date
(NIACE Strand)
 | Researcher appointed and Bishop Burton College committed to the study. |
| Regular meetings between the researcher and the College held, including observation, discussion, interviews, materials gathering. |
| Taped or noted interviews held with staff and learners. |
| Regular support meetings held between researchers in northern research sites (Leeds and Beverley). |
| Research training/briefing/updating held for all researchers. |
| Framework for analysis of data being developed. |
Key Staff
Nancy Gidley (Researcher)
Jan Eldred - Senior Development Officer (SDO), NIACE
Contacts
Jan Eldred - Senior Development Officer (SDO)
email: jan.eldred@niace.org.uk
Tel:: 0116 2044294
