ACAL 32nd Annual Conference

From Strength to Strength

1-3 Oct 2009

Keynote Speakers

We are pleased to announce the names of three Keynote Speakers for the 2009 ACAL Conference From Strength to Strength. 

Dave Baker is based at the London Institute of Education in the UK and is passionately interested in the issue of social justice and mathematics. His presentation will be about numeracy as social practice.  (See information about Dave and his keynote at http://www.waalc.org.au/09conf/

Dr Peter Waterhouse has had a lifelong interest in adult literacy and learning, particularly informal and experiential learning and will speak about strength-based approaches to learning and teaching. 

Dr Rob McCormack, now based at the Victoria University, has well documented interest in academic and civic literacy working in the past with Aboriginal students in tertiary education and now with students from low socio-economic groups.  His presentation will explore curriculum practices designed to inject a new vitality into contemporary adult language and literacy education.

Register your interest

Be sure you’re in the loop, get updates and news as the conference program develops. Go to http://www.waalc.org.au/09conf/reginterest.htm and register your interest (no obligation).  And don’t forget to put Fremantle, Western Australia in your diary for 1-3 October 2009

Pre-Conference Forum • 1 October 2009

ACAL has just agreed that the theme for this year's forum will be Aboriginal Education: the link between language variation and educational and other life outcomes. The Forum will showcase the bi-dialectal approach to literacy education used in WA and bring together a range of researchers, policy-makers, practitioners and community members. Visit the conference website for more details. http://www.waalc.org.au/09conf/

You can browse through our archive of meeting, seminar and workshop notices to see the range of activities QCAL organises.