About this session As a means of advancing our understandings and practices as adult educators, this webinar explores how adults’ learning can be mediated by the interrelations amongst person + education + community. Certainly, we need more complete and comprehensive understandings of this phenomenon. What constitutes and supports adults’ learning across their lives for economic, […]
The Victorian Government has commissioned the Macklin Review into the post-secondary education and training to ensure the future prosperity of the State. Students’ futures depend on high-quality post- secondary education and training. The post-secondary education and training system depends on the capacity of providers to deliver quality learning within a stable and supportive policy environment. […]
Adult Learners Week 2020 Launch Join the conversation, as comedian and author Catherine Deveny explores stories of resilience and renewal through learning shared by our fantastic speakers. Guest speakers Shane Fitzsimmons – Former NSW Rural Fire Service Commissioner whose leadership guided NSW through one of the biggest natural disasters in our nation’s history. Sean Sweeney […]
Much is made of the importance of adults’ learning across adult life and, particularly, for work-related purposes. This is now seen as being both important and urgent as the requirements for work as well as social and cultural activities constantly change and the need to be employable over a longer portion of adult life and […]
ACED is part of the Education and Academia Stakeholder Group which is one of the Major Groups of Stakeholders (MGoS) that has issued the attached press release. Read more
Adult Learning Australia’s ACE scan profiles the sector in terms of its programs, features and provider types. The scan outlines ACE program participants, outcomes and the policy areas they support. It also explores the challenges facing the sector in terms of sustainability. This report builds on a framework developed in previous ACE scan’s (ALA, 2017; […]
Following on from the original submission by ALA and NHVic to the Commission, ALA has lead a further response to the interim report, with endorsement from NHVic, ACEVic, CCSA, LLCQ and ACAL. The study is to examine how well the Australian, State and Territory governments have achieved their goals for the vocational education and training […]
Literacy is an investment in the future. Addressing literacy inequality will ensure a fairer and more productive Australia post COVID-19. Adult Learning Australia (ALA) and the Australian Council for Adult Literacy (ACAL) have called on the federal government to establish a framework for increasing the level of adult literacy by 20% at PIAAC 2031/32. In […]
Assoc. Professor Annette Foley (ALA President) explores the benefits of adult learning in a post-COVID19 environment. Professor Shirley Walters (PIMA President) provides some perspective on how the COVID pandemic exacerbates inequality in our societies. Professor Stephen Billet explores the role of adult learning in navigating transitions forced up us by the pandemic. Read all our […]
Impact of COVID-19 Australia, along with the rest of the world, has been totally disrupted by COVID-19. People are affected in their daily lives and afraid of the consequences for their health, education, jobs and well-being, for their families and broader communities. The ACE sector has played a significant role in positively contributing to the […]
Volume 60, Number 1, April 2020 An age of endarkenment? Can adult education still make a difference? Tony Brown A vocational stream for social care workers: A case study Sally Thompson Transformative learning through mindfulness: Exploring the mechanism of change Thomas Howard Morris Misconceptions in the knowledge of vocational fitness students and graduates Daniel J […]
