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5 minutes on the Social Practice View of Adult Literacy with Pamela Osmond

5 minutes on the Social Practice View of Adult Literacy with Pamela Osmond

by admin4acal | Nov 18, 2021 | 5 minutes on ...

Interview link available to members here Remember the names Street, Gee and Hamilton?and the terms socio-cultural language resources, literacy domains, and multiple literacies? Spend 5 minutes with Pam Osmond to think about literacy as a social activity and its...
5 minutes on Coping Strategies with Linno Rhodes

5 minutes on Coping Strategies with Linno Rhodes

by admin4acal | Oct 31, 2021 | 5 minutes on ..., major, Webinars

Interview link available to members here How do you facilitate adult LN learners to rewrite their relationship with education? In this 5 minute video Linno Rhodes explains how to recognise and understand coping strategies adults bring to the LN learning...
5 minutes on The benefits of longitudinal studies and consistent data for prisoner education in Australia – Ron Wilson

5 minutes on The benefits of longitudinal studies and consistent data for prisoner education in Australia – Ron Wilson

by admin4acal | Oct 26, 2021 | 5 minutes on ...

Interview link available to members here   Longitudinal studies overseas resulted in an understanding of the relationship between positive prisoner education programs and a productive life post-release. The data collected led to a political will to address education...
5 minutes on Reading with rhythm – Adam Nobilia

5 minutes on Reading with rhythm – Adam Nobilia

by admin4acal | Oct 11, 2021 | 5 minutes on ...

Interview link available to members here In this 5 minute presentation Adam Nobilia shares a pre-reading strategy he has successfully used to teach reading fluency.As a musician (under the name Adam Blacksmith) and an experienced adult literacy teacher, Adam has...
5 minutes on whole language – what’s all the fuss about

5 minutes on whole language – what’s all the fuss about

by admin4acal | Sep 29, 2021 | 5 minutes on ...

Presentation link available to members here   Every now and then the reading wars break out and people new to the field of adult literacy get caught up in a debate about whole language versus phonics. But does whole language necessarily exclude the teaching of...
5 minutes on the Social Practice View of Adult Literacy with Pamela Osmond

5 minutes on Student centred-learning with Pamela Osmond

by admin4acal | Sep 8, 2021 | 5 minutes on ...

Presentation link available to members here   To celebrate Adult Learners Week, ACAL invites you to reconsider the value of student-centred learning.Regardless of constraints of curriculum and compliance, remaining focussed on the central concepts of adult learning...
Australian Council for Adult Literacy

Email: info@acal.edu.au

Incorporated Association A0 1297 (ACT)    ABN: 18 120 488 674

ACAL was established in 1976 and is managed by an elected volunteer committee of management. ACAL is solely funded by membership dues.

ACAL acknowledges Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People as the Traditional Custodians of the lands, skies, and waterways across Australia.

We pay respect to Elders past and present and acknowledge the continuation of Cultural, spiritual, educational and literacy practices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and the continuing connection to country and Culture.