Adult Literacy Conference 2007

In 2007 Workbase, Literacy Aotearoa, and English Language Partners took great pleasure in co-hosting this conference at the request of the Australian Council for Adult Literacy which replaced the annual ACAL conference usually held in Australia.

With over 350 delegates and more than 80 speakers and presenters the Conference was rightly described as a great success.

Over 50 files are available on the website, providing a huge amount of information on the topics covered at the Conference.

To view the programme for the Conference, which includes details of all the presentations, click here.

Click on the appropriate link to download the material associated with a specific presentation or session.

There are also some audio files for the keynote sessions.

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Keynote address from Ed BernackiConcurrent Session 1 - AbstractsAbstracts for each of the workshops held during Concurrent Sessions One.Mother tongue & ESOL literacyJenny Field and Dorothy Thwaite, ESOL Home Tutors - Concurrent session 1.1 Indigenising Adult LiteracyAtawhai Li, Literacy Aotearoa - Concurrent session 1.2What is health literacy and how can we use it as a preventive approach to increasing chronic disease in our societies?Dr Pat Millar, University Dept of Rural Health, University of Tasmania - Concurrent session 1.3The Adult Numeracy Initiative: focussing on learner achievementGill Thomas, Maths Technology Ltd; Victoria Yee, Kim Hastwell, Joan Morley, AUT University - Concurrent session 1.4Global/local racisms and adult literacy workSue Shore, School of Education & Hawke Research Institute for Sustainable Societies, University of South Australia - Concurrent session 1.5Valuing outcomes for family literacyBernardine Vester, Robin Houlker, Moana Whaanga, City of Manukau Education Trust - Concurrent session 1.6The Get Real FactorLouise Wignall, Wignall Consulting Services - Concurrent session 1.7Developing web-based dramatised scenariosKeith Tyler-Smith, TANZ (Tertiary Accord of New Zealand), Terri Brian, Workbase - Concurrent session 1.9Literacy and the health sector: partnerships for social capital outcomesDr Stephen Black, Australia - Concurrent session 1.10Supporting aspiring bilingual workers in the community services fieldAnna Walker, CAE - Concurrent session 1.11Keynote Address from Dr Heide Spruck WrigleyBrining in the outside - implications for policy and practice (audio file)Concurrent sessions 2 - abstractsAbstracts for each of the workshops held during Concurrent Sessions TwoFuture I don't know…' and now?An investigation of pathways for EAL migrants and refugee students in New Zealand: Pat Strauss, Kevin Roach, Annelies Roskvist, Frank Smedley, Victoria Yee, AUT University - Concurrent session 2.1On our own terms - can adult literacy support Indigenous communities' cultural continuity and dynamism?Aneta Rawiri - Concurrent session 2.2Formative assessment - it makes a differenceAlison Sutton and John Benseman, Critical Insight - Concurrent session 2.3Learning for Living - evidence based adult leaningAnne Lee, Ministry of Education; Stephanie Doyle, Victoria University - Concurrent session 2.4Face to face and online learning in the numeracy classroom (1)Julia Kearton and Libby Rowswell, Swinburne University Of Technology (TAFE Div) - Concurrent session 2.5 (Presentation)Face to face and online learning in the numeracy classroom (2)Julia Kearton and Libby Rowswell, Swinburne University Of Technology (TAFE Div) - Concurrent session 2.5 (Handout)Digital StoriesDebbie Soccio, Senior Educator –Teaching & Learning, Victoria University (Australia) - Concurrent session 2.6Adult literacy in Australia: a human capital model. Is there an alternative?Margaret McHugh, Australian Council For Adult Literacy (ACAL) - Concurrent session 2.8A strong footing? Embedded foundation learning and social practice approaches to literacyCatherine Kell, University Of Waikato; Judy Hunter, Massey University; Chris Holland, Workplace Education, Research and Development Services; Randall McMullen, Independent Workplace Literacy Advisor; PushpaWood: Tertiary Education Commission - Concurrent session 2.9Intergenerational Literacy Programmes (1)Jane Furness, University of Waikato - Concurrent session 2.10 (Paper)Intergenerational Literacy Programmes (2)Jane Furness, University of Waikato - Concurrent session 2-10 (Presentation)Check up with Ed BernackiAudio fileKeynote Panel (1)Panel Questions: Dr Carol Nicoll, Group Manager of the Industry Skills Development Group, Department of Education, Science and Training, Australia; Karen Sewell, Secretary for the Ministry of Education; Janice Shiner, Chief Executive, Tertiary Education Commission; Mary Anne Thompson, Deputy Secretary Department of Labour Keynote Panel (2)Post conference responsesKeynote Panel (3)Audio fileConference Dinner Speech - Dr Pita SharplesCo-leader of the Maori PartyConcurrent Session 3 - AbstractsAbstracts for each of the workshops held during Concurrent Session ThreeLooking behind the numeracy component of the ALLS surveyDave Tout, Centre For Adult Education - Concurrent session 3.3Community and university research: consultation and collaborationSally Patrick and Frank Sligo, Whanganui District Council , Massey University - Concurent session 3.4The logic of whanauBronwyn Yates, Literacy Aotearoa - Concurrent session 3.5Getting business productivity benefits and literacy gains from workplace literacy programmesKatherine Percy, Workbase - Concurrent session 3.6Experience and pictures then wordsExtending a language experience approach through technology; Celia Hope, ESOL Home Tutors (Waikato) & WINTEC (Waikato Institute of Technology) - Concurrent session 3.7The NZ Draft Foundation Learning ProgressionsJill Heinrich, Tertiary Education Commission - Concurrent session 3.8The challenge of literacy: unions, workplaces and tertiary institutionsChris Holland, Work & Education Research & Development Services - Concurrent session 3.10An innovative Australian partnership to build a self sustaining future for East Timor's Defence ForceLorraine Sushames, Charles Darwin University - Concurrent session 3.11Laying footprintsEstelle Rozinski and Jenny McGuirk, Randwick TAFE, Sydney - Concurrent session 3.12Concurrent Session 4 - AbstractsAbstracts for each of the workshops held during Concurrent Session FourThe power of engagementAlison Reedy, Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education - Concurrent session 4.1 (Paper)Workplace numeracy - reflections on learning, identity and trainingBeth Marr, Associate of RMIT University - Concurrent session 4.3Lost in translation: the problems and contradictions of a competency based model for adult literacy in South AfricaElda Lyster, University of KwaZulu-Natal - Concurrent session 4.5... and literacy beyond the classroomPauline O'Maley, Salvation Army - Concurrent session 4.6 (Paper)Evaluating the Upskilling Partnership projectsDr John Benseman and Ginnie Denny, Upskilling Partnership Programme, Department of Labour, NZ - Concurrent session 4.8Choice, change and freedomHaami (Sam) Chapman and Jodi Maniapoto, Literacy Aotearoa Awhi Community Development - Concurrent session 4.9The success of literacy team teaching in the trades classroomWendy Roberts, Kathleen Krsinich, Lisa James, Grant Cole and Dee Parker, Manukau Institute of Technology, NZ - Concurrent session 4.10Interacting and Engaging with TechnologyHelen Cartner, Elizabeth Brugh, Auckland University of Technology - Concurrent session 4.11Teaching critical thinkingNicky Mohan, Workbase - Concurrent session 4.12Preparing for the release of ALLS in AustraliaChris Duncan, National Centre for Education and Training Statistics, Australian Bureau of StatisticsPreparing for the release of ALLS in NZPaul Satherly, Ministry of Education, New ZealandCheck out with Ed Bernacki