Message from Senator the Hon Michaelia Cash Minister for Small and Family Business, Skills and Vocational Education Adult Learners’ Week 2018 – AMEP 70th Anniversary Read the full message: Minister’s statement to Adult Learners’ week
Australian Council of Deans of Education Vocational Education Group (ACDEVEG) is hosting: Building confidence in VET Practice: 4th Annual Conference on VET Teaching and VET Teacher Education Date: 6–7 December 2018 Location: Melbourne campus of the Central Queensland University. Workshops will be facilitated in the afternoon sessions on Thursday 6th: What makes a good vocational […]
Adult Learning Australia joined together with Neighbourhoud Houses Vic, ACEVic, and Community Colleges Australia to support a sector statement submitted to the Hon. Gayle Tierney, MLC, the Victorian Minister of Training and Skills. 2018 ACE Sector Statement
About this session A disability action plan is a tool: a means of raising awareness and creating cultural change while ensuring that an organisation is addressing barriers to the inclusion of people with a disability. In this webinar we will consider: The benefits of developing a disability action plan How to develop a disability action […]
This webinar is for adult language, literacy and numeracy practitioners to come together and look at aspects of quality assessment. It provides an excellent opportunity to gain external validation of tasks mapped to the Australian core Skills Framework (ACSF). The structure for this webinar involves participants sharing one small assessment task or strategy for the […]
About this event Adults learn in significantly different ways to children and adolescents, yet many of the approaches that are commonly taken by educators are based on principles of child development. The challenge for teachers of adult learners is to develop curriculum and pedagogy that meets their distinct learning needs. One of the unique aspects […]
As a vocational trainer or training manager, you play a crucial role in the lives of the people you train. In this interactive workshop, we’ll discover how a focus on foundation skills can improve training outcomes and equip your learners for today’s constantly-evolving world-of-work. We’ll help you identify practical ways to build learners’ foundation skills […]
As part of VALBEC’s commitment to provide quality professional learning to its members, an annual conference is organised, usually in May of each year. Our long term conference administrator, Don MacDowall, has done a great job for many years, however, he is no longer available to fulfil this role. Note: At this stage Don will […]
Our third issue of Quest for 2018 features a range of stories about adult learning programs and the people involved in them from around Australia. This issue features a round up of this year’s highly successful Adult Learners’ Week as well as stories about the impact of learn-to-swim programs on new migrants’ social connectedness; vocational education expert […]
Professor (Adjunct) Barry Golding AM
About this event Social procurement is a rapidly emerging opportunity for social enterprises to start, grow and scale their businesses and their social impact. In 2017, Social Traders worked with 15 corporate and government buyers to support their procurement teams to sign $20 million in contract deals with over 40 social enterprises operating in fields […]
This webinar is for adult language, literacy and numeracy practitioners to come together and look at aspects of quality assessment. It provides an excellent opportunity to gain external validation of tasks mapped to the Australian core Skills Framework (ACSF). The structure for this webinar involves participants sharing one small assessment task or strategy for the […]
The learning landscape is changing. Whilst the principles of adult learning remain largely unchanged, the trainer’s role in helping people learn has evolved. In this interactive webinar we’ll share latest research and techniques that support sustained learning for today’s world of work. Techniques offered will be useful in any delivery mode—face to face, online, or […]
The Future Opportunities for Adult Learners in Victoria discussion paper called for contributions on how adult community education could potentially make an even greater contribution to improving the lives of Victorians facing significant barriers to accessing accredited training and securing employment. Adult Learning Australia and Neighbourhood Houses Victoria worked together on a response – with contributions […]
September 1 – 8 This year the theme of Adult Learners’ Week is ‘Learning changes lives’. We want to promote the idea that learning as an adult can help people turn their lives around and can be a transformative and happy experience. One of the key messages of Adult Learners’ Week is that learning […]
