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dc.contributor.authorJorgensen, Robyn
dc.contributor.authorPendlebury, Kelly
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T14:11:12Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T14:11:12Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.date.modified2010-10-22T07:06:36Z
dc.identifier.issn15710068
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10763-007-9104-9
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/30662
dc.description.abstractWithin increasing pressure on young people to perform successfully in work, there is a growing concern regarding their levels of numeracy (and literacy). Whether such concerns are founded is the basis of this paper. This paper reports on the numeracy practices undertaken by three young boatbuilders who were nearing the completion of their 4-year apprenticeship. Using a method of stimulated recall and supplemented with interview data, the numeracy practices enacted by the boatbuilders was documented. It was found that the employees were highly competent in a number of areas-estimation, problem solving, holistic thinking and measuring (formal and informal). These skills are at variance with the basic skills being called for by public and government. It is proposed that the numeracy skills used by the employees may represent significant changes in workplaces being brought about through new technologies, and thus creating new and different numeracy demands from those of previous generations. 頎ational Science Council, Taiwan 2007.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSpringer Netherlands
dc.publisher.placeNetherlands
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom183
dc.relation.ispartofpageto206
dc.relation.ispartofissue1
dc.relation.ispartofjournalInternational Journal of Science and Mathematics Education
dc.relation.ispartofvolume7
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCurriculum and Pedagogy not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCurriculum and Pedagogy
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode130299
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1302
dc.titleThe numeracies of boatbuilding: New numeracies shaped by workplace technologies
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyArts, Education & Law Group, School of Education and Professional Studies
gro.date.issued2009
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorJorgensen, Robyn L.
gro.griffith.authorPendlebury, Kelly


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