Questionnaire for NCALNE Providers

50% of survey complete.

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* 1. Which Certificate did your organisation teach?

NCALNE (Educator)

NCALNE (Vocational/Workplace)

Both

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* 2. What years did your organisation offer the National Certificate (tick all those applicable)

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

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* 3. If your organisation is no longer offering the National Certificate, why did you stop offering it (you may tick more than one)?

too little demand

insufficient financial return

organisation no longer involved in literacy and numeracy

Other (please specify)

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* 4. Did you feel there was any pressure put on your students to enrol in the National Certificate?

yes, a lot

yes, a bit

no, none at all

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* 5. What was the main teaching format did your organisation use for the National Certificate?

face-to-face teaching sessions

blended courses (combination of online and taught sessions)

fully on-line courses

Other (please specify)

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* 6. How successful do you think this format was overall?

totally suitable

reasonably suitable

not suitable

unsure

Would you like make any comments about the teaching format(s) that you have used?

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* 7. How satisfactory were your dealings with the TEC for the National Certificate overall?

very positive

reasonably positive

somewhat negative

very negative

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* 8. Any comments about dealing with the TEC?

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* 9. How satisfactory were your dealings with the NZQA for the National Certificate overall?

very positive

reasonably positive

somewhat negative

very negative

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* 10. Any comments about your dealings with NZQA?

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* 11. NCALNE does not explicitly address ESOL issues and pedagogy. Is this a concern for you?

a major concern

a minor concern

no concern

Any comments about ESOL and the Certificate?

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* 12. How influential do you think the National Certificate has been in influencing the quality of literacy and numeracy provision that you know of?

highly influential

moderately influential

Unsure

not influential

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* 13. Can you give explicit examples of changes in practices that you have seen?

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* 14. Can you please indicate how valuable you believe the following teaching content (based on the National Certificate unit standards) was for those studying the National Certificate?

	High value	Medium value	Low value	No value	NA
Certificate teaching content	Certificate teaching content High value	Certificate teaching content Medium value	Certificate teaching content Low value	Certificate teaching content No value	Certificate teaching content NA
Knowledge of the history & development of adult literacy in Aotearoa New Zealand	Knowledge of the history & development of adult literacy in Aotearoa New Zealand High value	Knowledge of the history & development of adult literacy in Aotearoa New Zealand Medium value	Knowledge of the history & development of adult literacy in Aotearoa New Zealand Low value	Knowledge of the history & development of adult literacy in Aotearoa New Zealand No value	Knowledge of the history & development of adult literacy in Aotearoa New Zealand NA
Knowledge of Māori adult literacy	Knowledge of Māori adult literacy High value	Knowledge of Māori adult literacy Medium value	Knowledge of Māori adult literacy Low value	Knowledge of Māori adult literacy No value	Knowledge of Māori adult literacy NA
Knowledge of adult literacy teaching and learning theories	Knowledge of adult literacy teaching and learning theories High value	Knowledge of adult literacy teaching and learning theories Medium value	Knowledge of adult literacy teaching and learning theories Low value	Knowledge of adult literacy teaching and learning theories No value	Knowledge of adult literacy teaching and learning theories NA
Assessing adult literacy learning	Assessing adult literacy learning High value	Assessing adult literacy learning Medium value	Assessing adult literacy learning Low value	Assessing adult literacy learning No value	Assessing adult literacy learning NA
Designing literacy skills development for a group of adult learners	Designing literacy skills development for a group of adult learners High value	Designing literacy skills development for a group of adult learners Medium value	Designing literacy skills development for a group of adult learners Low value	Designing literacy skills development for a group of adult learners No value	Designing literacy skills development for a group of adult learners NA
Designing literacy skills development for an individual adult learner	Designing literacy skills development for an individual adult learner High value	Designing literacy skills development for an individual adult learner Medium value	Designing literacy skills development for an individual adult learner Low value	Designing literacy skills development for an individual adult learner No value	Designing literacy skills development for an individual adult learner NA
Delivering literacy skills development for an individual adult learner	Delivering literacy skills development for an individual adult learner High value	Delivering literacy skills development for an individual adult learner Medium value	Delivering literacy skills development for an individual adult learner Low value	Delivering literacy skills development for an individual adult learner No value	Delivering literacy skills development for an individual adult learner NA
Delivering literacy skills development for a group of adult learners	Delivering literacy skills development for a group of adult learners High value	Delivering literacy skills development for a group of adult learners Medium value	Delivering literacy skills development for a group of adult learners Low value	Delivering literacy skills development for a group of adult learners No value	Delivering literacy skills development for a group of adult learners NA
Knowledge of adult numeracy teaching	Knowledge of adult numeracy teaching High value	Knowledge of adult numeracy teaching Medium value	Knowledge of adult numeracy teaching Low value	Knowledge of adult numeracy teaching No value	Knowledge of adult numeracy teaching NA
Delivering numeracy skills development for adult learners	Delivering numeracy skills development for adult learners High value	Delivering numeracy skills development for adult learners Medium value	Delivering numeracy skills development for adult learners Low value	Delivering numeracy skills development for adult learners No value	Delivering numeracy skills development for adult learners NA
Developing adult learners’ literacy and numeracy skills using information communication technologies	Developing adult learners’ literacy and numeracy skills using information communication technologies High value	Developing adult learners’ literacy and numeracy skills using information communication technologies Medium value	Developing adult learners’ literacy and numeracy skills using information communication technologies Low value	Developing adult learners’ literacy and numeracy skills using information communication technologies No value	Developing adult learners’ literacy and numeracy skills using information communication technologies NA
Developing adult learners’ literacy and numeracy skills within a training or education programme (21204)	Developing adult learners’ literacy and numeracy skills within a training or education programme (21204) High value	Developing adult learners’ literacy and numeracy skills within a training or education programme (21204) Medium value	Developing adult learners’ literacy and numeracy skills within a training or education programme (21204) Low value	Developing adult learners’ literacy and numeracy skills within a training or education programme (21204) No value	Developing adult learners’ literacy and numeracy skills within a training or education programme (21204) NA

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* 15. What effect do you believe undertaking the National Certificate had on the students’ own …

	a lot	some	none	Unsure	NA
Literacy skills (reading and writing)	Literacy skills (reading and writing) a lot	Literacy skills (reading and writing) some	Literacy skills (reading and writing) none	Literacy skills (reading and writing) Unsure	Literacy skills (reading and writing) NA
Numeracy skills	Numeracy skills a lot	Numeracy skills some	Numeracy skills none	Numeracy skills Unsure	Numeracy skills NA
General awareness of literacy and language (e.g. types of text)	General awareness of literacy and language (e.g. types of text) a lot	General awareness of literacy and language (e.g. types of text) some	General awareness of literacy and language (e.g. types of text) none	General awareness of literacy and language (e.g. types of text) Unsure	General awareness of literacy and language (e.g. types of text) NA
General awareness of numeracy	General awareness of numeracy a lot	General awareness of numeracy some	General awareness of numeracy none	General awareness of numeracy Unsure	General awareness of numeracy NA

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* 16. Background information about you - gender

Male

Female

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* 17. What is your age?

18 to 24

25 to 34

35 to 44

45 to 54

55 to 64

65 to 74

75 or older

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* 18. Ethnicity

Maori

Pasifika

Pakeha

Asian

Other (please specify)

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* 19. Title of highest qualification

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* 20. Current work context

ITP/Polytechnic

PTE

wananga

Private company (not PTE)

ITO

Literacy Aotearoa poupou

other community organisation

Other (please specify)

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* 21. Total years’ experience in adult literacy and numeracy

0-2

3-5 years

6-9 years

10-14 years

15+ years

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* 22. Total years’ experience of teaching adults

0-2

3-5 years

6-9 years

10-14 years

15+ years

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* 23. Thank you very much for completing this questionnaire. Are there any other comments you would like to make? If you want to contact me with further comments, you can reach me at jbenseman@unitec.ac.nz