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Adult Learning Australia (ALA), which produces this newsletter several times a year, is a national association of many organisations and individuals involved with adult and community education in Australia. Feature articles in this issue include: 'Lifelong learning: critical, desirable or just a good idea?' by Philip Candy and 'Fast food delivery', a guide to flexible delivery in the food industry, by Ben Bardon. The issue also includes the following articles: 'Health ageing in Australia: a national strategy'; 'Learning to be effective environmentalists'; Educators can solve the problems of online learning'; and an interview with Trish Worth, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Education, Training and Youth Affairs and Member for Adelaide. Show less

Adult Learning Australia ALA), which produces this newsletter several times a year, is a national association of many organisations and individuals involved with adult and community education in Australia. The feature articles of this issue are a review of a documentary film about reconciliation learning circles, Whiteys like us / Rachel Landers and Tom Zubrycki; Lifelong learning for all: Australian attitudes to lifelong learning / Mary Dickie; and, The silent explosion - living in a learning society / John Field. The issue also includes the following articles: Reflecting on whiteness / Rachel Landers; The GST - the final version / Tony Brown; Learning IT in prison / Helen Molnar; Older people and adult learning / Dorothy Lucardie; and, Learning and living in the third age / May Hannan. Show less

Adult education’s continuing purpose has been questioned by writers for over 20 years and today the re-organisation and closure of some university departments brings this issue to the fore. This paper takes up the theme of really useful knowledge in a changing world from the standpoint of teaching adult education history to graduate students. Many enter their new field of practice unaware of the specific social contexts of the foundations of adult education in different places, of the genealogy of its current manifestations. Examining these different contexts, traditions, practices and practitioners can enable students to better locate themselves, connect with different traditions, understand the past and position themselves for their future. Secondly, the paper considers the idea of locating oneself in a rapidly changing political economy that has emerged from the global economic crisis and recession, the effects of which are expected to continue into the next decade.

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Adult Learning Australia is the newsletter of the Australian Association of Adult and Community Education (AAACE) and explores concepts, theories, principles and practices associated with adult learning. AAACE is a national association of many organisations and individuals involved with adult and community education in Australia. Feature articles in this issue include: GST and learning: the debate so far; Office restructure: Adult Learning Australia; Australian Library Week / Amanda Jocobsen; Adult Learners Week 1999; Resourcing women / Ellyn Martin.

The issue also includes the following articles: The language of reconciliation / Tony Brown; Noticeboard; ALon is adult learning on-line at www.alon.com.au / Janet Burstall; ASPBAE sponsors workshops in Polynesia / Bernie Lovegrove; Reviews, which includes: Measuring enrichment: Australian Personal Enrichment Education and Training Programs 1997: an overview, NCVER 1999; A truly fabulous workshop!: Reconciliation: what's it got to do with work / Irena; Calendar. Show less

In recent years the concept of globalisation has become widely used in a broad range of disciplines. It is also attracting increasing attention within adult education although the discussion is still only in its infancy. It is not surprising therefore that this discussion has drawn on arguments and positions opened up in other fields but in the process the term has been used indiscriminately and often in a highly uncritical way. Globalisation mostly refers to a set of economic and political phenomena. However, it has also become a discourse which serves to treat globalisation as an irresistible and irreversible process beyond the scope of human agency to resist. This paper aims to contribute to the debate about adult education and globalisation and raises issues concerning the role of the nation state and the proposition that globalisation is a new paradigm. It concludes by posing an alternative way of understanding globalisation, seeing it not as the driving force of change, but rather an expression of the expansive, and often explosive nature of capital accumulation.

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The conference was convened by the Lifelong Learning Network, which is a policy research network based at the University of Canberra. The idea of lifelong learning is gaining increasing support around the world. The OECD, UNESCO, the new British government, European governments, the leaders of G8 and the US administration have all made positive statements of commitment to the idea of a learning society. In this paper, the author contends that the establishment of a Lifelong Learning Network, the creation of Chairs and university units on lifelong learning, the current research supported by the Australian National Training Authority (ANTA) and the focus on lifelong learning through Adult Learners' Week, all reflect an increased awareness at the academic and policy levels and Australia must now pay attention to it. He maintains, however, that these developments are operating outside any concerted policy framework of the Australian government. The paper sets out to review the evolving expression of lifelong learning since the landmark UNESCO report, 'Learning to be', then considers the role that adult and community education can play in contributing to an expanded view of learning, and the challenges involved in responding to new learning needs.

The collected papers of the conference are indexed at TD/ACT 59.13. Show less

In recent years the term globalisation has been employed to explain the changes taking place in the national and international economy. More recently globalisation has become a focus of writers within the adult education field. The term has both a popular and an academic use. This paper argues, however, that globalisation is a confused and confusing term, drawing on examples from both popular and academic domains to highlight this point. The impact of the Asian crisis is discussed in order to question the usefulness of globalisation as a term of analysis. Finally, the paper asks how popular adult educators might contribute to a better understanding of what has become known as globalisation. Show less

Adult Learning Australia is the newsletter of Adult Learning Australia Inc. (ALA), the peak body for organisations and individuals involved with adult learning in Australia. ALA informs and fosters networks of adult educators; advises and lobbies government; promotes policy development; represents Australia on international education bodies; coordinates Adult Learners Week and more.

Contents: From the editor: Foster debate on the difficult issues / Tony Brown; Briefs, Net*working 2001; East Timorese training centre completed; What counts and who is (and isn't) counting / Janet Burstall; Place and the ecology of learning; Citizenship in progress / Cath Styles; Adult Learners Week / John Cross; Rejuvenation / Megan Rowe; Accounting for change: the GST in ACE / Tony Brown; Only half the job: how museums and galleries are letting us down / John Cross; Websites worth visiting / Janet Burstall; Branch reports; New members; Join ALA today; Calendar. Show less

Over the past decade funding issues have become a major element influencing the growth and development of community-based adult education, and a concern for both the New South Wales (NSW) Board of Adult and Community Education (BACE) and for providers in the NSW Adult and Community Education (ACE) sector. The growth in size of ACE organisations has been accompanied by diversification of programs and an increase in resources. This project examined the funding issues raised by these developments. The aim was to learn more about the costs of running an ACE organisation and the ways these may vary from one organisation to another. It is suggested that the changes reflect the development of a national vocational education and training system, and that they flow from a need to align funding allocation decisions with government policies that seek to maximise efficiency through the adoption of a more market-oriented approach in which providers compete to sell services to the government and others. Show less

Adult Learning Australia is the newsletter of Adult Learning Australia Inc. (ALA), the peak body for organisations and individuals involved with adult learning in Australia. ALA informs and fosters networks of adult educators; advises and lobbies government; promotes policy development; represents Australia on international education bodies; coordinates Adult Learners Week and more.

Contents: Editorial: Who will take the lead on reconciliation? / Tony Brown; News; New executive members; Foresters win Eureka Prize; GST project update; and Websites worth visiting. The section on Adult Learners Week includes: Prime Minister's message; Governor General's message; International Guests; Competitions; Awards; ALW Conference; Faces of ALW 2000; Indigenous views on lifelong learning / Des Williams, Veronica Arbon and Richard Hayes; Individual learning accounts: do they work? / John Payne. The Field section includes: Children's services in the adult learning sector / Trish Denisenko; Are web forums an effective tool for consultation and research? / Linda Parlane and Rick Flowers; New award for NSW ACE tutors / Denise Fairservice; Collaborating for learning; Crossing thresholds; Learning in time: our 40th conference; Which way is the future for ASPBAE / Bernie Lovegrove. The issue also includes Branch reports and a Calendar of events. Show less