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Sharing Insights – Australian Learning Cities: global to local – local to global
A learning city promotes lifelong learning for all and helps lay the foundation for sustainable social, economic, and environmental development. Explore the principles and features of learning cities, learning communities, and learning municipalities in Australia and globally in this free online session. How are communities faced with turbulent times adapting and learning from […]
What Works Professional Learning Series – Teaching numeracy to adults
In 2022, our What Works Professional Learning Series focuses on adult numeracy teaching practice. This eight-part online professional learning series brings together experts in adult numeracy education to explore effective numeracy teaching for adults – with a strong emphasis on fun and engagement. Each session will be co-facilitated by Ros Bauer and Jo Medlin with […]
What works professional learning series workshop 2: Critical connections between literacy, maths and language = numeracy
Session 2: Critical connections between literacy, maths and language This session explores the relationship between language, literacy, maths and numeracy. It also offers evidence-based and practical solutions to help you help your learners to solve numeracy problems and understand the maths behind it. Recording coming soon. Our facilitators This webinar is free […]
Mentoring event 1: Do you need support teaching adult numeracy?
Adult Learning Australia is offering three numeracy mentoring sessions that will complement our innovative 8-part: What Works: Teaching Adult Numeracy series Numeracy expert, Dave Tout, will run three informal Q&A and mentoring sessions to respond to your individual queries and questions about adult numeracy. These mentoring sessions are a great opportunity for some individualised mentoring […]
What works professional learning series workshop 3: Connecting the dots with numeracy
Session 3: Connecting the dots with numeracy This workshop will explore the connections between fractions, percentages, and decimals, identifying what is essential to include in your teachings and using everyday activities that cover values, conversions etc. This session will be co-facilitated by Ros Bauer and Jo Medlin with a presentation from Adam Nobilia. […]
Mentoring event 2: Do you need support teaching adult numeracy?
Adult Learning Australia is offering three numeracy mentoring sessions that will complement our innovative 8-part: What Works: Teaching Adult Numeracy series Numeracy expert, Dave Tout, will run three informal Q&A and mentoring sessions to respond to your individual queries and questions about adult numeracy. These mentoring sessions are a great opportunity for some individualised mentoring […]
What works professional learning series workshop 4: Exploring numeracy in our everyday lives
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 […]
Mentoring event 3: Do you need support teaching adult numeracy?
Adult Learning Australia is offering three numeracy mentoring sessions that will complement our innovative 8-part: What Works: Teaching Adult Numeracy series Numeracy expert, Dave Tout, will run three informal Q&A and mentoring sessions to respond to your individual queries and questions about adult numeracy. These mentoring sessions are a great opportunity for some individualised mentoring […]
What works professional learning series workshop 5: Getting from here to there with numeracy
Session 5: Getting from here to there with numeracy This session explores practical strategies to help educators support adults comprehend different aspects of time, use maps (including digital maps), follow directions, and travel with ease to new locations (working out time intervals and durations, interpreting timetables and schedules, etc.) Our facilitators This webinar […]
What works professional learning series workshop 6: Numeracy, statistics and big data
Session 6: Numeracy, statistics and big data Hands-on approaches that use data to reveal quantitative and statistical numeracy concepts as they relate to the workplace and everyday life. Our facilitators
What works professional learning series workshop 7: Making sense of money and your finances
Session 7: Making sense of money and your finances Creates links between numeracy and financial literacy – covering key numeracy concepts including calculations, numbers and decimals, etc. This webinar is free for ALA members, or $65 for non-members. We are offering a discounted price of $400 for the full series for non-members. You can […]
What works professional learning series workshop 8: Developing basic numeracy for the workplace
This is the final session in our what works professional learning series. Explores ways to support adults with workplace numeracy concepts; including formulae, measurements, rates and ratios, estimation, accuracy and tolerances. Our facilitators
Virtual workshop: Climate just pedagogy – what lessons have we learned?
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 […]
What works professional learning series workshop 1: Starting points to teaching adults numeracy
Session 1: Starting points to teaching adults numeracy This workshop will explore hands-on approaches to teaching numeracy using simple everyday materials – covering different levels and different maths content, including: estimating skills measurement (time and mass) money and decimals. Our facilitators This webinar is free for ALA members, or $65 for non-members. We are […]
ALA webinar IV: What works: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities – adult literacy and learning
Adult Learning Australia’s national conversation continues, bringing together representatives of leading Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adult education organisations to explore ‘What works: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities – adult literacy and learning’ in response to the Federal government’s inquiry into adult literacy, numeracy and problem-solving skills in Australia. Welcome Rebecca Arbon […]