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Webinar Overview
Literacy mediation first emerged several decades ago as a result of socio-cultural research which identified that very few reading and writing tasks are undertaken by people in isolation. Rather, most are distributed across participants and emerge as a result of the everyday demands of life and work. Most people with low literacy are surrounded by friends, neighbours, workmates and confidantes and they lean into these networks to survive in increasingly textually dense and technologically complex environments. In this webinar, Sally Thompson will discuss recently completed ethnographic research about literacy meditation and the role of literacy mediators. Her research identifies the central role of community based organisations in providing literacy mediation for people with low literacy whose communities are made up of other non-readers. She will argue the case for an ‘ecology’ of literacy pedagogies in order to allow people with low literacy to pursue lives of dignity and autonomy.

Dr Sally Thompson
Dr Sally Thompson has worked in and around adults with low literacy for many decades through policy, research, advocacy and project management in government, Higher Education, TAFE, union and community sectors.  She is a former President of VALBEC, CEO of Adult Learning Australia and Victorian ACFE Board member. She is currently a Victorian Co-Convenor of Women in Adult and Vocational Education (WAVE) and works in educational policy for the Victorian Department of Education.

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