Johnson & Hinton: ‘Adult and continuing education in Australia’ (1985) highlights the importance of adult education and its contribution to the community, particularly women. AAAE establishes the Network of Women […]
The Board of Adult and Community Education in NSW sought to stimulate community agencies to boost their provision as TAFE NSW virtually withdrew from adult education courses.
Community education emerging. The Association undertakes first ‘commissioned research’. AAAE felt vulnerable with the rise of the Australian Association of Adult and Community Education (AAACE).
Australia urged to take up the recommendations from the UNESCO 1976 Nairobi report on a global approach for promoting and developing adult education. National conference on the provision of Adult […]
The Australian Council for Adult Literacy began operating as an independent entity. Change in AAAE publications policy, with more emphasis on journal articles.
Kangan Report, TAFE in Australia published. Joan Allsop anticipates that ‘Educational Resources Centres will be essential for all its citizens, not just as community centres … but as places of […]
The AAAE was involved in organising the UNESCO Asian-South Pacific seminar that led ‘to the founding of the Asian-South Pacific Bureau of Adult Education’ (ASPBAE).
The AAAE published the first issue of the Australian Journal of Adult Education. The AAAE’s first conference: Adult education: The nation’s responsibility.