| SUNDAY evening July 3rd | ||||||||
| 5-7.30 pm | Welcome | Beth Marr, Barbara Miller-Reilly, Dave Tout & Betty Johnston Australasian perspectives | ||||||
| MONDAY July 4th | ||||||||
| 8-9 am | Registration | |||||||
| 9-9.30 am | Opening | |||||||
| 9.30-10.30 am | plenary 1 | Ruth Cossey Mathematics Education for Social Justice: Defining a New Civil Right | ||||||
| 10.30-10.55 am | coffee | |||||||
| 10.55-11.35 am | parallel session 1 | Ricci Hoffman Finding & using training resources: a guide for the ACE sector | Ruth Goddard These are a few of my favourite things | Carmel Jennings & Cheryl Wiltshire Wages, taxes and income support – a case study of a numeracy class | Jill Finch & Brian Kogler Asking good questions in the numeracy classroom | Brendan McKenna Engaging youth – numeracy in practice | Barbara Miller-Reilly From a ‘leaky boat’ to ‘Concorde’: one adult’s journey learning mathematics | Katherine Safford Which comes first, learning or development? A study of the utility of Piagetian and Vygotskian theories for adult students of mathematics |
| 11.45-12.25 am | parallel session 2 | continued | continued | continued | continued | continued | Catherine Leung & Patricia O’Donnell The struggling apprentice: innovations and practices in assessing, assisting and developing individual numeracy programs for Trade Apprentices living in urban, rural and remote regions | Wendy Macliver & Christina Penn
Bending over backwards! Developing flexible resources for the Certificate II General Education for Adults (CGEA), Numeracy and Mathematics II |
| 12.35-1.15 pm | parallel session 3 | Kees Hoogland
Mind and gesture: the numeracy of a vocational student | Beverley Carr & Kerry Fleming
An integrated approach to the CGEA Oral Communication Learning Outcomes through Numeracy & Mathematics | Jan Hagston Numeracy in the workplace – WELL resources and training, issues and challenges | Lynda Ginsburg & Kara Jackson Parents learn to help their children learn | Moira Cordiner, Patrick Trussler & Andrew Foster
Love the new syllabus but where is the text book? Reconceptualising mathematics for senior high school students to build their confidence and success | Wendy Vance, Theresa Caldwell & Stella Huttlestone Indigenous learners: overcoming barriers and enhancing training techniques in numeracy | Diana Coben & colleagues Recent and current research in adult numeracy teaching and learning in the UK |
| 1.15-2.10 pm | lunch | |||||||
| 2.10-3.20 am | plenary 2 | Eunice Bartlett, Michael Michie, Caty Morris & Kura Raureti Indigenous issues in teaching and learning numeracy/mathematics to adults | ||||||
| 3.20-3.45 pm | coffee | |||||||
| 3.45-4.25 pm | parallel session 4 | Libby Roswell & Julia Kearton
Using web based maths resources with Adult Learners | Tess Were Fear of maths | Di Lawson, Anita Roberts & colleagues Vocational Education and Training (VET) as a platform for the enhanced development of life skills | Noyona Chanda Integrating questioning and observation techniques into teachers’ routine practice in adult numeracy | Philippa McLean & Linda Wyse Reviewing numeracy in the National Reporting System (NRS) | Christine Hayes Finding the fire: numeracy and literacy for Public Safety Volunteers | Silvia Alatorre Proportional reasoning of adults with different levels of literacy |
| 4.35-5.15 pm | parallel session 5 | continued | continued | continued | continued | continued | Robyn Hartley Researching literacy and numeracy costs and benefits: What is possible? | Trevor Birney Adult education and oral culture |
| TUESDAY July 5th | ||||||||
| 9-10 am | plenary 3 | Mary Jane Schmitt Voices that challenge business as usual | ||||||
| 10-10.25 am | coffee | |||||||
| 10.25-11.05 am | parallel session 6 | Syed Javed Blended online learning in mathematics: a comparative study | Uma Muthusamy Prayer or mental mathematics?a snapshot of Vedic Mathematics | Dianne Parslow
Designing an excursion to integrate literacy, numeracy and computing skills | Susan Reid Numeracy in New Zealand - key policy initiatives and implications for practitioners and learners | David Kaye First meeting of focus group: Developing a theoretical framework for adults learning mathematics | Monica Behrend, Robyn Clark, Catherine Hall & Pauline Hill Online numeracy resources in the context of Safe Administration of Medicines (SAM) | Graham Griffiths What should be in a training course for adult numeracy? |
| 11.15-11.55 am | parallel session 7 | Prue Pullen, Diana Coben & colleagues Using new technologies in adult numeracy teaching | Marilyn Lowe Capturing the moment -engaging the learner | Christine Tully Games to start classes with | Brian Kogler Cartoons and numeracy: a laughable idea | Tim Schinkel Maths and the Electro-technology Industry | Olivia Gill & John O’Donoghue Mapping the "Mathematics Problem" in Ireland: a longitudinal study of diagnostic test results | Beth Marr Creative conversations: connecting voices of teachers and researchers to rethink assessment |
| 12.05-12.45 am | parallel session 8 | continued | continued | continued | continued | Anita Roberts Financial literacy = workplace competence | Carin Tingvall & Lars Gustafsson Adults learning of mathematics - some critical issues from a Swedish perspective | Noyona Chanda The LLU+ National Numeracy Centre - a strategic approach to teacher education and professional development |
| 12.45-1.450 pm | lunch | |||||||
| 1.45-2.25 pm | parallel session 9 | Paula Herlihy & Owen Gooding Fractals: strange attractors | Anne Lowe 'If maths was a food, what would it be?' Strategies to address and manage maths anxiety in adults | Matthew Hughes & Helen Faine Numeracy down the drain: Adult Education explores House Water Expert | Mary Jane Schmitt & Dave Tout First results of the International Literacy and Lifeskills (ALL) Survey | Rosanne Hunt & others Financial numeracy: in whose interest? | Joaquim Giminez Rodriguez Productive interactions and dialogic learning processes in an adult numeracy classroom | Valerie Seabright Context based practice in the adult numeracy classroom |
| 2.35-3.15 pm | parallel session 10 | continued | continued | continued | Jeff Carlton Australia and the ALL survey | continued | Georgina Carmody Bridging the gap for first year students with the use of peer tutoring | continued |
| 3.15-3.40 am | coffee & math smorgasbord begins | |||||||
| 3.40-5.00 pm | parallel session 11 | Julie Esson Using mobile phones and the Internet to deliver numeracy | Stephanie Morris Make your own resources | Catherine Birchall Money for Life | Mathematics smorgasbord - a range of activities to browse through | |||
| WEDNESDAY July 6th | ||||||||
| 9-10 am | fous speakers | Doug Clark Current events and learners’ interests: powerful tools for mathematics learning Janet Taylor & Linda Galligan Research into research on adults in Bridging Mathematics: the past, the present and the future | ||||||
| 10.10-10.50 am | parallel session 12 | Helen Barton, Jennifer Scott & Richard Oats Evolution of enabling programs through a changing environment | Valerie Seabright Reflective practice in adult numeracy Professional Development at Queen’s University, Belfast | Katherine Safford Teaching functional concepts in an algebra course | John O’Donoghue & Gerard Golding Using topic maps to support adults’ mathematics learning | David Kaye Second meeting of focus group: Developing a theoretical framework for adults learning mathematics | ||
| 10.50-11.15 am | coffee | |||||||
| 11.15-12.45 pm | parallel session 13 & parallel session 14 | Peter Enge & Noeline Little New ways into geometry : Ideas+Readily Available Computer Tool=Powerful Learning | Maria Santburn, Gilda Alavuk & Heather Glover 3 Plus: strategies, games and tasks | Tom Ciancone The blank page assessment: towards a social and holistic approach to numeracy | Marian Kemp Developing critical numeracy: reading and interpreting tables | Dave Baker Mathematics as social practice: implications for teaching and learning | ||
| 12.45-1.45 pm | lunch | |||||||
| 1.45-2.25 pm | parallel session 15 | Leif Maerker The KAM-project: collaborating across borders | Carol Lee Mathematics in Hair & Beauty: staying In business | Anna Kristjansdottir Parents, community and schools:the important triad in mathematics learning | Donald Smith Key concepts of chance: mathematics teaching for understanding gambling | Betty Johnston Focus group: professional development for adult numeracy teaching | ||
| 2.25-2.50 pm | coffee | |||||||
| 2.50-4.20 am | parallel session 16 & parallel session 17 | Lisbeth Lindberg A teacher gets to know her students’ mathematical backgrounds | Mary Jane Schmitt An EMPower Program sampler | Christine Tully
Using co-operative groups in the classroom | Helen McKenzie, Sheena Parnell & Moira Statham Hands, feet and other body parts | Penny Halliday & Jan Marett Bridging maths – helping students own the maths | ||
| 4.30-5.30 pm | ALM AGM | ALM AGM | ||||||
| THURSDAY July 7th | ||||||||
| 9-9.40 am | parallel session 18 | Dave Tout Connecting voices – youth and applied/adult learning working together | Kate Jones & Dael Allison Integrating learning and assessment across core content | Paul Andrew Bridging within a course | Gail FitzSimons & Diana Coben Preparing an article for a journal | Clive Kanes Towards an understanding of multimodality in mathematics curriculum | ||
| 9.50-10.30 am | parallel session 19 | Keiko Yasukawa, Dave Baker & colleagues Social Justice Forum I | Marj Horne Utilising voices for making connections | Roslyn Gillies, John Nicholls & Lyn Armstrong Skilling up: preparing students for the mathematical demands of tertiary study | ||||
| 10.40-11.20 am | parallel session 20 | Jens Langpaap Real life aspects in the number stories of low-numerate adults – a case study | ||||||
| 11.20-11.45 am | coffee | |||||||
| 11.45-12.45 pm | parallel session 21 | Ruth Cossey and international panel Social justice forum II | Shirley Porter Statistics for Diploma in Marine Studies | Chris Klinger Challenging negative attitudes, low self-efficacy beliefs, and math-anxiety in pre-tertiary adult learners | ||||
| 12.45-1.45 pm | lunch | |||||||
| 1.45-2.45 pm | Interventions and directions | Interventions and directions ACAL, ALM and BMN strategy session | ||||||
| 2.45- 4 pm | Conclusion | Summing up and grand finale | ||||||
| coffee | ||||||||