ALRNNV organises conferences, seminars and workshops to promote research and good practive among adult literacy practitioners and researchers. Following is a listing of past events. Some papers from these conferences are also available online.
1997
ALRNNV organises conferences, seminars and workshops to promote research and good practive among adult literacy practitioners and researchers. Following is a listing of past events. Some papers from these conferences are also available online.
1997
- Reading the Future
- Wednesday 16 April, VUT City Campus
Language and literacy teachers are being asked to change the way they think about their work as a result of changes in government policy. They are also having to develop new approaches to classroom practice as a result of the new technologies. The seminar was an opportunity for teachers to hear about these new policy directions as well as the way information technology is changing classroom practice.
Papers were presented by language and literacy researchers and teacher/researchers offering a range of topics related to policy and classroom practice.
- Plenary speakers:Professor Joseph Lo Bianco, Chief Executive, Language Australia, Future directions for language and literacy teachers
Chris Corbel, AMES, Victoria, Information technology and its impact on reading
Papers presented by:
Jill Sanguinetti Mapping discourses of pedagogy in economic rationalist times
Christine Riddell Anticipating the unexpected in a research project (on line)
Helen Stokes and Debra Tyler Case writing as a collaborative research method (online)
Teresa De Fazio Learning with technology (online)
Beverley Campbell Phenomenology as research method (online)
Robyn Archer The power of action learning (online)
Bill Daly Quoting and topic maintenance in email
Lawry Mahon Understanding the world with information technology (on line)
Greta Caruso Negotiating the place of the researcher in the primary classroom
Dr Pam Green Constructivism, theory and practical application: students in transition
Anne Davies Library time: An exploration of changing patterns in library
Anne Davies Boys, girls and literacies
Allan Williams Researching the mapping of language and literacy development in schools
1996
Critical Literacy: Linking Theory to Practice
Plenary speakers: Dr Barabara Comber (University of SA), Dr Barbara Kamler (Deakin University), Dr Ray Misson (University of Melbourne)
Worshops run by:
Clara Brack (WMIT) A critical reading of fairy stories
Robin Kenrick and Fran ONeill
Helena Spyrou & Ivan Parrett (NMIT)
E-Texts, E-Cultures and Literacy Education
An information technology seminar, Friday 26 July, VUT Footscray Campus
The seminar was based on the work of ALRNNV Information Technology Project with adult literacy teachers and aims to focus on exploring the issues concerned with the use of electronic mail and other Internet based services in the literacy field.
Plenary speakers:Chris Corbel, AMES, Victoria, E-Texts
Bill Daly, VUT TAFE, Understanding Electronic Mail
Syed Javed, ALRNNV, VUT, Internet and Mailing Lists: ALBE teachers and learners
Dale Pobega, Duke St Community House, E-mail and WWW in ALBE Classroom: Romance and Reality
1995
- Assessment, RPL and the National Reporting System.
- Seminar jointly organised by ALRNNV and the Victorian Adult Literacy and Basic Education Council
- Testing Times.
- Seminar on assessment jointly organised by ALRNNV and the Victorian Adult Literacy and Basic Education Council
- Research Workshops with Jane Mace, Goldsmiths College, University of London
- Organised jointly with La Trobe University at Wodonga Campus and Bundoora Campus
1994
The Pedagogical Interface between Adult ESL and Adult Literacy
May 1994, Seminar jointly organised by the Victorian Adult Literacy and Basic Education Council and ALRNNV
- Evaluation as Research
- Friday 24 June, VUT Footscray Campus
The seminar represented a major activity for the ALRNNV for 1994. It aimed to demonstrate viable connections between the theory of research applied to evaluation, and the teaching practices of the ALBE field with specific reference to the Certificates of General Education for Adults (CGEA). Issues raised
in discussions were followed up at a research symposium at the VALBEC Conference, November, 1994.Plenary speakers:Dr John Ainley, Australian Council for Educational Research Evaluation as research: the process, the questions and the methodology
Dr Darrell Caulley La Trobe University The five generations of evaluationThe Certificates of General Education for Adults: Panel chaired by Pam ONeil, Adult, Community and Further Education with panelists Dorothy Bennett, Swinburne University, Anne Deschepper, Outer Eastern College of TAFE and Jan Kindler ARIS
Workshops: Towards an evaluation of the implementation of the CGEA. Four groups based on the four strands of the Victorian AELLN Accreditation Framework. Sessions leaders: Robyn Kenrick, Gabrielle Mahony, Liz Suda, Syed Javed, Beth Marr
Seminar with Mary Hamilton, Lancaster UniversityAction Research Seminar in conjunction with Deakin University at Deakin University, Geelong
1993
- Researching Literacy: A New Context
- December 93
