Recent ABS research on rates of participation in work-related adult education provides a troubling snapshot of educational inequality in Australia, according to Jenny Macaffer CEO Adult Learning Australia.
Dr Ron Wilson is a current Board member of Adult Learning Australia and past President of the Australasian Corrections Education Association.
Today, the ALA Board passed a resolution in support of peace and expressed its support for those impacted by recent events in Ukraine, particularly those working in adult education and human rights. ALA seeks to foster inclusive lifelong learning communities and to equip people with the necessary capabilities to exercise and realise their rights and […]
Session 4: Exploring numeracy in our everyday lives This workshop will explore numeracy embedded in everyday life such as cooking, gardening, health management – including concepts such as measurement, fractions etc. Our facilitators This webinar is free for ALA members, or $65 for non-members. We are offering a discounted price of $400 for […]
Do you have a knack for telling a good story? Are you an amazing journalist/professional writer who loves engaging with the community? Adult Learning Australia is seeking a skilled, experienced, and self-motivated individual with a minimum of 3 years of experience in journalism/professional writing to produce stories for Quest, ALA’s quarterly magazine. Our emphasis is […]
PIMA webinar series: climate justice and ALE presents Climate Just Pedagogy – what lessons have we learned? A webinar co-hosted by PIMA, CASAE, ALA, MOJA and SCUTREA Over the last eighteen months PIMA, in collaboration with the Canadian Association for Studies in Adult Education (CASAE), Adult Learning Australia (ALA) and Standing Conference on University […]
Date: Friday 20 May 2022, 1:00pm AEST via Zoom Guest speaker: Kerry Johnson, CEO, ACE Community Colleges will share her story about the impact of the recent floods on ACE campuses such as Lismore and Murwillumbah. This year’s AGM will present the 2022 Annual Report, announce the results of this year’s Board elections and feature […]
Freire’s life and work It is the centenary of Paulo Freire’s birth and over fifty years since the publication of his most famous work Pedagogy of the Oppressed in English. In this Special Edition of the Australian Journal of Adult Learning (AJAL) we want to mark his extraordinary contribution as an educator, thinker and activist […]
Our end of year issue of Quest features great stories about the power of adult education to help people live more sustainably and protect the environment, recover from trauma and turn their lives around through lifelong learning. In the issue we’ve got a range of inspiring stories about the power of adult education across the […]
Shirley Walters – Professor Emerita, University of the Western Cape, South Africa and PIMA President.
Our latest issue of Quest unearths great stories of lifechanging adult education — from Adult Learners Week keynote speakers, learning ambassadors, scholarship winners and more. During the launch of Adult Learners Week, guest speaker Simon Fenech shared how hitting rock bottom after his release from prison was the catalyst for his role as a mentor. […]
Adult Learning Australia’s national conversation continues, bringing together representatives of leading adult education organisations to explore ‘adult numeracy approaches – what works’ in response to the Federal government’s inquiry into adult literacy, numeracy and problem-solving skills in Australia. Welcome Annette Foley – President – Adult Learning Australia Annette is an Associate Professor of Adult […]
Adult Learning Australia’s national conversation continues, bringing together leading adult education organisations to explore their submissions into the Australian federal government’s inquiry into adult literacy and its importance. Welcome Judith McKay, Executive Board Member, Adult Learning Australia Judith is based in Darwin and is engaged as a contractor to develop the capacity of local […]
The latest issue of the Australian Journal of Adult Learning (AJAL) has been written at a time when we find ourselves living in the second year of a global pandemic, which has changed the nature of how we live, work and learn in Australia and the rest of the world. Volume 61, Number 2, July […]
Dr Cath Ferguson, School of Education, Edith Cowan University
