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ALA | What Works Professional Learning Series - Teaching Adult Numeracy

ALA | What Works Professional Learning Series - Teaching Adult Numeracy

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This 8 part online professional learning series brings together experts in adult numeracy education to explore effective numeracy teaching for adults – with a strong emphasis on fun and engagement. Expert presenters will address different aspect of numeracy offering strategies to use with individuals as well as small or whole group work.

Routledge Handbook of the Sociology of Higher Education 2nd edition

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We are pleased to alert CR&DALL subscribers to the 2nd edition of the Routledge Handbook of the Sociology of Higher Education(link is external). It is particular resonant for the centre since my co-author of the first edition was the late Andy Furlong, a member of the CR&DALL. It contains a chapter on Access to Higher Education by CR&DALL Director, Mike Osborne.

The 9th Nordic Conference on Adult Education and Learning 18-20 May 2022, University of South-Eastern Norway

The 9th Nordic Conference on Adult Education and Learning 18-20 May 2022

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The 9th Nordic Conference on Adult Education and Learning constitutes a meeting place for researchers, policy makers, organisational leaders, and practitioners. Speakers, plenary debates, and paper sessions will explore how adult education can turn todays' challenges into new opportunities and support the development of societies where new possibilities are generated.

Climate Just Pedagogy - what lessons have we learned?

Climate Just Pedagogy - what lessons have we learned?

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Over the last eighteen months PIMA (PASCAL International Members Association), in collaboration with the Canadian Association for Studies in Adult Education (CASAE), Adult Learning Australia (ALA) and Standing Conference on University Teaching and Research in Education of Adults (SCUTREA), has led a series of Climate Justice and Adult Learning and Education (ALE) webinars and has produced a special edition of the its PIMA Bulletin 39 (Nov 21) which captures climate justice themes and gives examples.  With recurrent intensified climate events, yet no apparent sense of urgency in many regions, we wish to deepen the dialogue and educational actions.

Participate in the UNESCO survey to shape global policy on transformative education for peace, human rights & sustainability

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UNESCO is conducting a global survey to collect information that will help revise a landmark legal instrument on education for international understanding, cooperation, peace, human rights and environmental sustainability, known as the 1974 Recommendation.(link is external)

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