NSW Adult Literacy & Numeracy Council
The professional body for adult literacy and numeracy in NSW
NSWALNC in-person Annual Conference
Teaching adult literacy and numeracy: more than skills
Friday 8 December 2023
PROGRAM (06/12/2023)
NSWALNC in-person Annual Conference
Teaching adult literacy and numeracy: more than skills
Friday 8 December 2023
PROGRAM (06/12/2023)
| 8.30 | Registration | |
| 9.00-9.10 | Welcome & Introduction | Acknowledgement of country Welcome from the NSW ALNC Conference Overview |
| 9.10-9.50 | SESSION 1 Keynote Speaker |
Professor Uta Papen, Lancaster University, UK More than Skills– was it just a dream? What role does the concept of adult literacy as social practice play in adult literacy policy and practice today? |
| 9.50-10.10 | Discussion | |
| 10.10-10.30 | Morning Tea | |
| 10.30-11.10 | SESSION 2 Keynote Speaker |
Associate Professor Katrina Thorpe, University of New South Wales Learning from Country: Place-literacies for connecting, truth-telling and healing |
| 11.10-11.30 | Discussion | |
| Parallel Sessions | ||
| Thomas Room | Broadway Room | |
| 11.40-12.25 | SESSION 3 - Workshop Beyond the Classroom: Building literacies across a community Debra Welsh, S. Sands, G. Turnbull, S. Mathews, K. Mathews, H. Miranda and F. Williamson |
SESSION 4 - Panel Hotline Resources: More than worksheets Jill Finch and Pat Hazell |
| 12.25-1.00 | Lunch | |
| 1.00-1.45 | SESSION 5 - Panel Step into the unknown…..moving away from group delivery, towards the individual Gemma Beall |
SESSION 6 - Panel Artificial Intelligence: Early observations from the classroom Carol McKirdy, Sheila Villania and Kerry Hooper Richardson |
| 1.45-2.30 | SESSION 7 - Paper Unearthing teacher agency, hearing student voices Michelle Barons, K. Buckell, Z. James, Y. Wang, G. Cole, P. Osmond and K. Yasukawa |
SESSION 8 - Paper “He never liked the literacy and numeracy courses”: Exploring the diverse experiences of post-secondary learning for people with Down syndrome Fievel Tong |
| 2.30-3.15 | SESSION 9 - Workshop Building Learner Agency in Access and Equity Vocational Education and Training (VET) Programs Jude Cooke and Supapon Lantay-Lefkovich |
SESSION 10 - Workshop Learning from Industry Debi Richardson |
| 3.15-3.30 | Afternoon Tea | |
| 3.30-4.15 | SESSION 11 - Paper Uncovering Adult Literacy and Numeracy Needs in Australia: A comprehensive national study Vanessa Iles and Lindy Cassidy |
SESSION - 12 Workshop Teaching Digital in the Workplace - Skills and so much more Irma Djaya and Sue Sim |
| 4.15-4.30 | Conference Roundup and Close |
University of Technology Sydney
