Program overview
Subject to change without notice
THURSDAY 16th April 2015
9.00 a.m. Conference Opening
9:30 a.m. Keynote Presentation
10:30 a.m. Morning Tea
11:00 a.m. Block A Concurrent Presentations
(1 session of 2 hrs or 2 by 55 mins)
1:00 p.m. Lunch
2:00 p.m. Plenary session
3:35 p.m. Close
FRIDAY 17th April 2015
FRIDAY 17th April 2015
9:00 a.m. Conference Opening
9:05 a.m. Keynote Presentation
10:05 a.m. Morning Tea
10:35 a.m. Block B Concurrent Presentations
(1 session of 2 hrs or 2 by 55 mins)
12:35 p.m. Lunch
1:35 p.m. Block C Concurrent Presentations (1 session of 55 mins)
2:30 Final plenary
3:35 p.m. Close
THURSDAY 16th April 2015
9.00 a.m. Conference Opening
9:30 a.m. Keynote Presentation:
'Complex young lives and school survival - 'good teachers are practically extinct' (Anakin, age 17)'
Donna Carr, Murdoch University - Murdochs Aspirations and Pathways for University (MAP4U) More
10:30 a.m. Morning Tea
11:00 a.m. Block A Concurrent Presentations (1 session of 2 hrs or 2 by 55 mins)
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11.00 – 11:55 |
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12.05 -1.00 |
Rm |
A1 |
Understanding CAVSS – a CAVSS Local Leaders project More Lina Zampichelli/Jo Hart |
A2 |
Learning Guide for USIQ numeracy modules More Erik Teune |
E226 |
A3 |
Learning English Through Storytime More Tricia McKenzie, Edith Lauk, Angela Langford-Smith and Jane Jones |
A4 |
What are individual learners doing when they read words? More Janet McHardy |
E227 |
A5 |
Relationships – from little things big things grow More Katie Clune |
A6 |
Confident spellers make confident readers and writers More Mark Nevill |
E224 |
A7 |
Socially just schooling - teaching young adults More Donna Carr |
E221 |
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A8 |
Making Connections – working together More This session is by invitation only Louise Wignall |
E223 |
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1:00 p.m. Lunch
2.00 p.m. Plenary session: Great Expectations
Panel presentation and discussion
3:35 p.m. Close
FRIDAY 17th April 2015
9:00 a.m. Conference Opening
9:05 a.m. Keynote Presentation:
'Measuring outcomes from adult literacy and numeracy programs: what can we learn from the United States?'
Michelle Circelli, Research Management Branch, NCVER and the 2013 Fulbright Professional Scholar in Vocational Education and Training More
10:05 a.m. Morning Tea
10:35 a.m. Block B Concurrent Presentations (1 session of 2 hrs)
B1 |
Sentence-Combining Skills: Getting Beyond 'Write It the Way you Say It' More Geoff Pearson |
1 |
B2 |
Writing for the world out there! More Jo Hart |
CL |
B3 |
Jumpstart – General education for residents of The Foyer More Sue Thompson |
3 |
B4 |
Who is delivering foundation skills? More Michelle Circelli and Louise Wignall |
4 |
| B5 | B5 Show and Tell – Project work More Rachel Yesuratnam, Bev Farr, Karen Cole, Amber Farquharson, Yvette Terpstra and Gillian Pow Chong |
12:35 p.m. Lunch
1:35 p.m. Block C Concurrent Presentations (1 session of 55 mins)
C1 |
A safety valve for young, urban Aboriginal people More Glenys Collard |
1 |
C2 |
Clarifying expectations: who expects what and why? More Cheryl Wiltshire |
2 |
C3 |
Stories from the field More Louise Wignall |
3 |
C4 |
Discover Your 24/7 Public Library - It's Free More Jane Jones |
CL |
| C5 | C5 Best of the West - Websites to Workbooks More Merinda (Mindy) Rickards |
2.30 p.m. Final plenary:
Collaborative numeracy – transforming adult numeracy teaching
Introducing new resources for numeracy teaching
3:35 p.m. Close
