Orthographic mapping is the process readers use to turn unfamiliar written words into familiar sight words that can be immediately and effortlessly retrieved from long-term memory. Orthographic mapping answers the questions… How does an unfamiliar word become a familiar sight word? Why do poor readers have limited sight vocabularies? There is nothing intuitive about the […]
The Adult Migrant English Program (AMEP) is one of the longest-standing settlement services, offering free English language tuition to eligible migrants and humanitarian entrants to improve their English language skills and settle into Australia. It celebrated 70 years of delivery in 2019. In August 2020, the Australian Government announced major legislative reforms to the AMEP that […]
About this session The ACSF is a multi-layered document that can be used at a number of levels of complexity. The focus in this webinar is to show how the ACSF can be used in a simplified way to: ballpark individual core skills performance provide generalised mapping of core skills requirements in education and training […]
Change your story during ALW2021 Adult Learners Week is celebrated at the beginning of Spring with hundreds of events and activities promoting the benefits of learning. Learning gives us knowledge of the world around us. It can help us transform into something new – something better. Why not begin or continue your renewal by joining […]
You may be able to claim deductions for your work-related expenses. These are expenses you incur to earn your income as a teacher or education professional. The ATO has prepared a range of resources to help Teachers and Education Professionals this tax time. It’s important that everyone understands what they can and can’t claim at […]
A conversation about adaptation through needs based lifelong learning This presentation will draw from recent research on Men’s Sheds in regional and remote Victoria. It will reference a case study of a community-based Shed in a disadvantaged rural location to discuss the role local community learning can play in responding to and developing resilience in […]
In the first edition of 2021, we have a diverse range of articles representing adult learning in higher education, adult education and its capacity to prevent poverty, and an article on older adult learning. Volume 61, Number 1, April 2021 Psychological distress among students in enabling education Johanna Nieuwoudt Try before you buy: Using enabling […]
Be inspired by people who have changed their life stories through learning. Our MC Catherine Deveny – our MC, is a writer, comedian, author and speaker well known for her work as a columnist with The Age newspaper, as a Melbourne International Comedy Festival favourite and as an ABC regular. She has appeared on ABC’s […]
Preconference Video Presentation available from Thursday 3 June 2021 Adult Learning Australia joins the Adult Education in Global Times Conference 2021 (#AEGT2021) online to bring you a special presentation: Literacy Changes Lives – Adult literacy and numeracy in the Australian context This online forum will provide an overview of adult literacy provision in Australia that […]
Celebrating Adult Learners Week and UNESCO International Literacy Day Adult Learning Australia’s national conversation will bring together leading education organisations to explore their submissions into the Australian federal government’s inquiry into adult literacy and its importance. Welcome Judith McKay (MC) – Executive Board Member – Adult Learning Australia Keynote Analiese Robertson– Director – ACE Aotearoa […]
This webinar is for adult language, literacy and numeracy practitioners to come together and look at aspects of quality language, literacy and numeracy assessment. It provides an excellent opportunity to gain external validation of tasks mapped to the Australian Core Skills Framework (ACSF). About the ACSF The ACSF provides a validated framework of national benchmarks […]
Includes new funding for Building Foundation Skills with increased allocations to the SEE program, Reading Writing Hotline and research activities. Additional measures will focus on women, youth and digital skills. Read: Skills and Training Budget 2021-22 Presentation (pdf)
As signatories to this Declaration, Adult Learning Australia (ALA) and coalition partners seek to improve literacy and numeracy outcomes for all adult Australians. We believe this is central to the nation’s social and economic prosperity and that it will position Australians to live more healthy, fulfilling, and productive lives. You can read the full declaration: […]
Resilience or rebellion? Exploring resilience and climate justice: challenges for ALE In these times of extreme precarity, a new buzzword is ‘resilience’. In combination with adjectives resilience means many different things to different constituencies across the natural and social sciences, ranging from absorptive to adaptive; restorative to transformative resilience. This webinar explores different interpretations […]
