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Tuesday, 26 June 2018
Workshop- Teaching and learning more than Foundation Skills - 28th June 2018
2018 AGM Thursday 28 June
The NSWALNC will hold its Annual General Meeting at 6.30 pm on 28 June 2018. The AGM will be held in Room Cb10.5.580, Building 10, Jones St, University of Technology, Sydney.
All Welcome
Monday, 30 April 2018
2018 Conference Date - Friday 7 December
The 2018 NSWALNC Conference will be held on Friday 7 December. Put it in your diary. Registrations will open in August.
Seminar - 5.30, Tues 8 May 2018 - Erik Jacobsen's article "Workforce Development Rhetoric and the Realities of 21C Capitalism"
The Council has had feedback from several members that they are finding it increasingly difficult to stay current with, and access scholarly research that could inform our practice. This year, we plan to host at least two seminars where colleagues in the field can read and discuss some recent research publications together. A member of the Council Committee will lead the discussion.
Our first such seminar will focus on a 2016 paper written by the Erik Jacobson, an ABE researcher in the USA: ‘Workforce Development Rhetoric and the Realities of 21st Century Capitalism’. In his paper, Jacobson calls upon those in the field of adult basic education to question some of the premises upon which many adult literacy and numeracy programs, particularly for long-term unemployed people, are based. He then argues that ‘students and teachers in adult education should focus on developing structural analyses of the situation [where large numbers of people find themselves in poverty] and push for substantive changes in the economy’. In preparing for the seminar, we invite you to consider the following questions:
- How do the premises upon the programs Jacobson critiques compare with the
- premises that are salient in Australian discourses surrounding programs such as SEE,
- and adults identified as low literacy/ numeracy learners;
- How do you understand the shift in focus of adult education that Jacobson is
- advocating for; do you believe this is also needed in Australian ABE?
- What would an adult education program with the kind of changes Jacobson is
- advocating for look like; what would it mean for the role and capabilities of ABE
- teachers?
Participants at this seminar will be expected to have accessed and read the paper beforehand, so that the seminar can focus on discussion of the paper. The paper is freely accessible at:
Erik Jacobson is also the author of Adult Basic Education in the Age of New Literacies (2016, Peter Lang Publishing).
Date: Tuesday 8 May, 2018
Time: 5.30-6.30 followed by light refreshments
Venue: University of Technology Sydney (Broadway) Bldg 10, level 5, room 580.
Cost: free for financial members of the Council, $20 for non-members (you can join the
Council at the seminar and not pay the $20).
RSVP: nswalnc@gmail.com
Thursday, 9 November 2017
Creating Spaces for Learning and Teaching in ABE Conference 2017 Registration
NSWALNC Member Registration
(Register from 11 Nov) (GST exempt) $150
Non-Member Registration (Register
from 11 Nov) (GST
exempt) $200
NSWALNC Member Concession
Registration (F/T Student, Unemployed) (GST
exempt) $50
Bank Transfer (NSWALNC’s BSB is: 633-000
and its Acc No is 155977390)
Cheque (Cheques should be
made payable to “NSW Adult Literacy and Numeracy Council Inc”.)
Thursday, 8 June 2017
Workshop: Is there still a learner voice in ABE classrooms? - Thursday 8 June 2017
Is there still a learner voice in ABE classrooms?
Guest presenter: Michael Mohammed Ahmad
Writer and Director of SWEATSHOP Western Sydney Literacy Movement based at UW.On Thursday 8 June the NSWALNC held a workshop at OTEN, Strathfield prior to the Council's AGM. The workshop leader was Michael Mohammed Ahmad who is the founder and Director of SWEATSHOP. Michael who, is also a published author, led participants in an analysis of texts and an interactive discussion. Participants were challenged to look at the texts from a different cultural perspective.SWEATSHOP is a literacy movement based at Western Sydney University which is devoted to empowering groups and individuals from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. through training and employment in creative and critical writing initiatives. A range of texts by Western Sydney based authors can be accessed from the website.Link to Sweatshop: http://sweatshop.ws/
Wednesday, 1 June 2016
Book Launch: Beyond Economic Interests - Friday 27 May 2016
Book Launch: Beyond Economic Interests: Critical Perspectives on Adult Literacy and Numeracy in a Globalised World, 27 May 2016
The NSWALNC and UTS held a book launch for Beyond Economic Interests
Critical Perspectives on Adult Literacy and Numeracy in a Globalised World edited by
KEIKO YASUKAWA and STEPHEN BLACK (eds) with contributions from
Mary Hamilton, Jeff Evans, Inge Kral, Sue Ollerhead, Chris Holland, Diana Coben, Niki McCartney, Pat Strauss, Jacquie Widin, Bob Boughton, Vicky Duckworth, Robin McCormack, Ludi Simpson & Judy Hunter
Over the last two decades, an increasingly economistic discourse has dominated discussions about adult literacy and numeracy. This book provides critiques of, and alternative narratives to the dominant discourse. Beyond Economic Interests presents the struggles and achievements of practitioners and learners that lead the readers of the book to critically appreciate that a counter narrative to the purely economistic discourse of adult literacy and numeracy is much needed, and possible.
Order your copy from Sense Publishers http://tinyurl.com/jb3w45b
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