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You will get ...

• Twenty sessions, panels and plenaries

• Two keynote speakers

• Lots of networking, and a

• Large scoop of inspiration

We know improving adults' reading, writing and maths skills offers individuals a way out of poverty and a more healthy life. Education improves a person's life chances and life choices and at the same time enriches the pool of human capital available to the economy.

So what are the rewards of learning to read well – are they only economic? What motivates learners and how can learner motivation be better understood and incorporated into teaching programs? Is financial literacy the only reason to teach numeracy? How do learners access the resources of their community to support their learning? What do teachers need to know about their students' informal learning outside of programs? Is adult education succeeding in addressing the correlations between low socio-economic groups and poor literacy? Are there alternatives to formal education? Do changing government policies and priorities make it more or less likely for adult literacy programs to make a difference?

Full program

Some words from session titles - CAVSS,learning guides, reading words, storytime, spelling, socially just schooling, confident readers, foundation skills, sentence combining, Jumpstart, safety valves, expectations, stories from the field, 24/7 libraries.

Full program

Keynote speakers

Michelle Circelli is a member of NCVER's Research Management Branch. Michelle was the 2013 Fulbright Professional Scholar in Vocational Education and Training and spent four months in the United States at the end of 2013 undertaking research into measuring success of adult literacy and numeracy programs.

Donna Carr is working with Murdoch's Aspirations and Pathways for University (MAP4U) with young people in the Rockingham, Kwinana and Peel regions.

More on the keynote speakers

Venue

Central Institute of Technology, 1 – 25 Aberdeen Street, Northbridge.

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