When: 1pm, 19 February 2025
Duration: 1 hr
Cost: FREE for ALA members | $65 non-members
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Our first webinar for 2025 will focus on adult literacy methods and resources to reduce educational fear.
Long-time volunteer literacy tutor, Amanda Wilson, will present the findings of her Churchill Fellowship research into how tutors can reduce psychological barriers to adult learning.
Amanda visited five countries, 25 literacy service providers, and interviewed 90 passionate adult literacy professionals and has now developed a practical guide for adult literacy and numeracy service providers, tutors, industry bodies and education policy makers.
Amanda says that the findings show that when we tutor in a way that reduces educational fear, every adult literacy learner can benefit, from the most fearful to the most confident.
This webinar will be free for members and $65 non-members.
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Amanda Wilson
Amanda Wilson has seen how helping adults improve their reading and writing skills transforms lives and opens opportunities for better employment, health, and community connections.
As a volunteer adult literacy tutor with Libraries Tasmania, Amanda has more than a decade of experience supporting adults to achieve their learning goals. She completed training in Tutoring Adult Learners, is an active participant in her regional professional development program for literacy tutors and is a member of the Australian Council of Adult Literacy, Adult Learning Australia, and Neurodiversity and LLN Communities of Practice.
Amanda is inspired by the courage and determination of her learners and is motivated to help make every learning experience as successful, easy, and enjoyable as possible. She recognises that reducing adults’ psychological barriers associated with learning is as important as overcoming physical barriers that prevent individuals from reaching their potential.
Amanda holds a Bachelor of Business (Hons) from RMIT University and enjoyed a national and international career in communications and project management before establishing a family farm in Northwest Tasmania in 2012.