Session Summary

Sessions Wednesday, 11th July

Welcome and Opening Keynote: Susan Bates

Morning tea

Block A

Choose one 120 minute session or two 55 minute sessions

11-11:55 am

A1 11.00 a.m. Community-based training: the heart of Indigenous learning

(55 mins)

Rosemarie Colosi and Emilia Biemmi Beurteaux, Karrayili Adult Education

A3 Extraordinary learning for a digital age

(120 mins)

Double session

 

Jo Hart

A4 Transforming curriculum to put people first

(55 mins)

Cheryl Wiltshire

A6 Is teaching grammar a waste of time?

(120 mins)

Double session

 

Geoff Pearson

12:05 -1:00 pm

A2 Solid Futures

(55mins)

Bethany Kinsela and Karina Clarkson

A5 Musings from practice: thoughts about strategies to assist adult learners' academic self concept

(55 mins)

Jo Taylor

Lunch

Block B

Choose one 120 minute session or two 55 minute sessions

2:00-2:55 pm

B1 Integrated approaches to literacy learning in Indigenous contexts

(120 mins)

Double session

 

Ruth Wallace

B2 Powerpoint Alive!

(120 mins)

Double session

 

Geoff Pearson

B3 Coming at it from a different perspective: innovative approaches for teaching numeracy to adults

(55 mins)

Susan Bates and Carmel Jennings

B5 The Launch Pad

(55 mins)

Mariana Joseph and Rebecca Bull

3:05-4:00 pm

B4 Linguistic Mindfulness: a strategy for teaching and for learning

(55 mins)

Karen Slikas Barber

B6 The freedoms we have (prison education)

(55mins)

Gerry McCarron and Helena Zielinska

Afternoon tea followed by AGM

Sessions Thursday, 12th July

Welcome and opening Keynote: Ruth Wallace

Morning tea

Block C

Choose one session

10.35-12:35 am

C1 Numeracy and mathematics: what do we need to know?

(2 hours)

Cheryl Wiltshire and others

C2 Assistive Technology: Solutions For Those Who Learn Differently

(2 hours)

Blanche Holzman

C3 The acquisition of grammar in English as a second language or dialect

(2 hours)

Olga Trochtova

C4 Exploring the social practices approach to adult literacy teaching: the Scottish Adult Literacies initiative

(2 hours)

Susan Bates

Lunch

Final Panel: Getting to the heart of the matter