The conference program

ALM12-ACAL2005-BMN Conference Program

 

SUNDAY evening July 3rd
5-7.30 pmWelcomeBeth Marr, Barbara Miller-Reilly, Dave Tout & Betty Johnston
Australasian perspectives
 
MONDAY July 4th
8-9 amRegistration       
9-9.30 amOpening       
9.30-10.30 amplenary 1Ruth Cossey
Mathematics Education for Social Justice: Defining a New Civil Right
10.30-10.55 amcoffee       
10.55-11.35 amparallel session 1Ricci 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 amparallel session 2continuedcontinuedcontinuedcontinuedcontinuedCatherine 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 pmparallel session 3Kees 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 pmlunch       
2.10-3.20 amplenary 2Eunice Bartlett, Michael Michie, Caty Morris & Kura Raureti
Indigenous issues in teaching and learning numeracy/mathematics to adults
3.20-3.45 pmcoffee       
3.45-4.25 pmparallel session 4Libby 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 pmparallel session 5continuedcontinuedcontinuedcontinuedcontinuedRobyn Hartley
Researching literacy and numeracy costs and benefits: What is possible?
Trevor Birney
Adult education and oral culture
 
TUESDAY July 5th
9-10 amplenary 3Mary Jane Schmitt
Voices that challenge business as usual
10-10.25 amcoffee       
10.25-11.05 amparallel session 6Syed 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 amparallel session 7Prue 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 amparallel session 8continuedcontinuedcontinuedcontinuedAnita 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 pmlunch       
1.45-2.25 pmparallel session 9Paula 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 pmparallel session 10continuedcontinuedcontinuedJeff Carlton
Australia and the ALL survey
continuedGeorgina Carmody
Bridging the gap for first year students with the use of peer tutoring
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3.15-3.40 amcoffee & math smorgasbord begins
3.40-5.00 pmparallel session 11Julie 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 amfous speakersDoug 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 amparallel session 12Helen 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 amcoffee       
11.15-12.45 pmparallel 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 pmlunch       
1.45-2.25 pmparallel session 15Leif 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 pmcoffee       
2.50-4.20 amparallel 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 pmALM AGMALM AGM
 
THURSDAY July 7th
9-9.40 amparallel session 18Dave 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 amparallel session 19Keiko 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 amparallel session 20Jens Langpaap
Real life aspects in the number stories of low-numerate adults – a case study
  
11.20-11.45 amcoffee       
11.45-12.45 pmparallel session 21Ruth 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 pmlunch       
1.45-2.45 pmInterventions and directionsInterventions and directions
ACAL, ALM and BMN strategy session
  
2.45- 4 pmConclusionSumming up and grand finale  
 coffee