NSW Adult Literacy & Numeracy Council

The professional body for adult literacy and numeracy in NSW

NSW ALNC In-person Annual Conference 2024

PROGRAM

8.30	Registration
9.00-9.10	Welcome
9.15-10.45	SESSION 1 – KEYNOTE - Theatre Professor Erik Jacobson, Montclair State University, USA "Learner Activism and Generative Curriculum"
10.45-11.00	MORNING TEA
11.05-11.45	SESSION 2 - WORKSHOP - Room 1.10 "Addressing the empowerment and social justice agenda of adult numeracy education", Keiko Yasukawa, N. Levesque, T. Priscalia, E. Rateb, S. Saunders, L. Weitzel SESSION 3 – WORKSHOP - Room 1.20 "PD for Adult LLN Teachers" Ros Bauer and Deb Joyce
11.50-12.30	SESSION 4- PAPER - Room Chicos Gallery "Current Projects from the Sydney Health Literacy Lab" i. "Introduction to the Health Literacy Editor: Demonstration, evaluation, and its place in the age of AI", Julie Ayre ii. "Maternal Health Literacy in the Parenting+ Program", Matilda Mclean SESSION 5 - WORKSHOP - Room 1.10 "The Authentic Learning Space: Up close (how close?) and personal (how personal?)", Sally George SESSION 6 – WORKSHOP - Room 1.20 "Building Your School Community", Georgie Cole and Michael Hill
12.35-1.15	SESSION 7 - WORKSHOP - Room Chicos Gallery "Developing authentic reading and writing resources using news sources", Pauline Norfolk SESSION 8 - WORKSHOP - Room 1.10 "Effective Utilisation of Technology in a Language Learning Context", Noah Dean and Michael Hunt SESSION 9 - PANEL - Room 1.20 "Authentic Experiences: Creating space for future LLN teachers", Irma Djaya, S. Chukwueke, J. Dyne, B. Shipway, E.Sim, and K. Yasukawa
1.15-2.10	LUNCH - Ralph's Cafe on the Boardwalk
2.15-3.15	SESSION 10 - PLENARY - Theatre Dave Brebner with Sheila Villania, Andree Kelly and Mahn Cooper "Neurodiversity"
3.20-4.00	SESSION 11- WORKSHOP - Room 1.10 "The Creative Arts in Adult Literacy, why bother?", Estelle Rozinski SESSION 12 - PAPER - Room 1.20 "Literacy and Social Change", Ros Bauer and Inge Kral
4.00	CONFERENCE CLOSE

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