- When: Wednesday 19 February 2025 @ 1:00pm AEST
- Duration: 1 hr
- Cost: FREE for ALA members | $65 non-members
About the session
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.
Why not take this opportunity to join ALA so you can access the session for free?
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.