• Research-informed teaching of adults : a worthy alternative to old habits and hearsay? 

  Benseman, John (2013)

  How and why teachers teach the way they do is central to understanding the impact of education on learners. While many professions have integrated research findings into their practitioners’ practice, education’s record ...
• OECD/CERI Formative assessment project background report : New Zealand 

  Benseman, John (Teaching, learning and assessment for adults: improving foundation skills., 2008)

  While there had been a community-based adult literacy movement active in New Zealand since the late 1970s (Hill, 1990), the sector’s provision and political presence was marginal at best. Its advocates struggled to establish ...
• Case study : United States 

  Benseman, John; Comings, J. (Teaching, learning and assessment for adults: improving foundation skills., 2008)

  As with many other OECD countries, the United States of America (U.S.) estimated the literacy skills of its adult population as part of the International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS). The U.S. published the results of its ...
• Foundation learning in New Zealand: an overview 

  Benseman, John (Facing the challenge : foundation learning for adults in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2008)

  This book comes at a timely point in the development of the foundation skills sector in New Zealand. The purpose of this first chapter is to provide an overall context, by reviewing what is meant by the term foundation ...
• Pedagogy in practice : an observational study of literacy, numeracy and language teachers. 

  Benseman, John; Lander, J.; Sutton, A. (2005)

  The aim of this study was to gain an overview of how teachers teach literacy, numeracy and language (LNL) in New Zealand, by observing 15 literacy, language and numeracy teachers from tertiary institutions, community ...

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