Quest 2, 2015 Articles include: Connecting a Community Message from the CEO Campaigning for lifelong learning Women take the lead Celebrating adult learners Meet the board Download the .pdf Quest 2, 2015 (1mb) Quest 1, 2015 Articles include: Taking training Outback Council strategy encourages community learning Classroom chemistry: Teaching and learning Auslan Corrections on course […]
Quest 4, 2014 Articles include: Learning on the road Freya’s a winner Tips and Trends: Developing business models for community organisations From the Board : What I learned in 2014 Community choirs sing from the heart Encounter with literacy Obituary: Jack Mezirow Download the .pdf Quest 4, 2014 (1mb) Quest 3, 2014 Articles include: Family […]
Quest 4, 2013 Articles include: Women trading places Message from the CEO Bridging the Digital Divide Showing and telling – the Men’s Shed Crawl Conference round-up Social Inclusion in Learning Conference Celebrating a century of Workers’ Education Putting your website to work Christmas wishes for adult learners Download the .pdf Quest 4, 2013 (0.5mb) Quest […]
Adult and community education must be formally recognised in public policy for its role in providing accessible learning opportunities for adults in local communities that meets their needs and supports place-based community development. Rationale Adult and community education (ACE) is a discrete fourth sector of education in Australia that is not for profit and […]
All adult Australians must have access to learning environments that embrace an inclusive learning culture, which means valuing and respecting difference and empowering them to reach their full potential. Rationale Research shows us that people who disengage from education are disproportionately disadvantaged. Currently 1 in 8 Australians students do not finish Year 12, and […]
Offering alternatives to formal schooling
Improving access for all Australians
The right to literacy is an inherent part of the right to an education. All adult Australians, regardless of their employment or social status, should be supported to fully develop their language, literacy and numeracy skills. Rationale Modern workplaces require workers with high levels of language, literacy and numeracy, and the capacity to problem solve […]
Australian employment services and training providers are important partners in assisting job seekers on the pathway to rewarding careers. But how can ACE providers wanting to engage with employment services build successful and sustainable partnerships?
Hacker or makerspaces are the latest in a long tradition of community spaces that offer opportunities for informal learning. On a dark winter’s night in Melbourne’s Hawthorn, a lime green perspex door trimmed with LED lights up a cobbled laneway. The Connected Community HackerSpace (CCHS) in the converted garage welcomes people who want to work on DIY technology or artistic projects. Over […]
A whole-of-community adult literacy campaign based on a revolutionary Cuban education method is having life-changing results in Indigenous communities in outback NSW. The first pilot of the Cuban-designed mass literacy education program conducted in Wilcannia in 2012 helped reduce crime and increase school attendance. Now it’s flourishing in Bourke and Enngonia and is about to […]
Presenter: Philippa McLean When: Tuesday October 20th, 2015 @1pm AEDT. (Daylight Savings Time) This webinar is for language, literacy and numeracy practitioners to come together as a group to validate your LLN assessment strategies to the Australian Core Skills Framework (ACSF). If you missed Philippa’s last ACSF validation session, here she is again, back by […]
Presenter: Philippa McLean When: Wed 16 September, 2015 @1pm AEST. This webinar is for language, literacy and numeracy practitioners to come together as a group to validate your LLN assessment strategies to the Australian Core Skills Framework (ACSF). Getting together for validation sessions can be tricky in today’s flexible workplace – here’s an opportunity to […]
Recent elections have brought some fresh faces to the ALA Board. Here’s a chance to learn a little more about some of our newer Board members. Chris McCall (Vic) I manage the Yarraville Community Centre (YCC) in the inner west of Melbourne. We are a medium sized not for profit delivering a broad range of programs and […]
Professor Alan Tuckett OBE, acknowledged guru of adult education, shares his views on intergenerational and lifelong learning. In the northern UK city of Sunderland there’s a learning centre underneath the stands at the Sunderland Football Club. Local football fans – many of whom are unemployed – can attend a literacy program, get advice on preparing a CV, attend courses on the history of […]
