Twilight Seminar

CHANGING FACES of Adult Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL

7 March 2005

This seminar will focus on the findings from the Economic and Social Research Council,UK funded project entitled "Changing faces of Adult Literacy, Numeracy and ESOL", conducted by Professor Mary Hamilton, Dr Yvonne Hillier and Sam Parsons. The project involved documenting the history of adult literacy in the UK, examining policy documents and media representations of literacy and interviewing key practitioners and policy makers. The seminar will focus on the key issues emerging from the study, including the change forces that have shaped the field, the professionalisation of the workforce and associated tensions involved in accreditation for practitioners and for learners, many of which will be familiar to us here.

Speaker: Yvonne Hillier
Yvonne is currently Acting Head of Department and Senior Lecturer, Department of Continuing Education, City University, London. She has an extensive teaching and tutoring background in adult basic education and researches in this area. In addition, she is interested in reflective practice in post-compulsory education and her most recent publication is "Empowering Researchers in Further Education". She also holds many other professional positions in associated fields of education and training, supervises post- graduate students, consults and advises, and referees for journals.

Where
Acacia Room
The Bardon Centre
390 Simpsons Rd, Bardon

When
Monday, March 7 2005
3.30pm - 6.00pm

Cost
Non-members $20
Members $15

RSVP
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RED HILL Q 4059
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Email: qcalau@yahoo.com.au

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