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

Non-Member Concession Registration (F/T Student, Unemployed) (GST exempt) $80

Online at TryBooking https://www.trybooking.com/QROW
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/