Australian Journal of Adult Learning
Critical thinking and research in the field of adult learning
Author/s: James A. Athanasou
Edition: Volume 52, Number 1, April 2012
Summary: This paper examines the performance of the eight major occupational categories across the four skill areas of the Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey. Continue reading “Adult language, literacy, numeracy and problem-solving skills in the workplace”
Author/s: Ian Chaston
Edition: Volume 52, Number 1, April 2012
Summary: The purpose of this paper is to examine the performance of second tier UK universities in relation to the effectiveness of their knowledge management systems and involvement in open innovation. Continue reading “Knowledge management systems and open innovation in second tier UK universities”
Author/s: Bronwyn Ewing
Edition: Volume 52, Number 1, April 2012
Summary: The purpose of this article is to describe a project with one Torres Strait Islander Community. Continue reading “Mathematics funds of knowledge: Sotmaute and Sermaute fish in a Torres Strait Islander community”
Author/s: Pierre Walter
Edition: Volume 52, Number 1, April 2012
Summary: This study examines how cultural codes in environmental adult education can be used to ‘frame’ collective identity, develop counter- hegemonic ideologies, and catalyse ‘educative-activism’ within social movements. Continue reading “Cultural codes as catalysts for collective conscientisation in environmental adult education: Mr Floatie, tree squatting and save-our-surfers”
Author/s: Stephen Black
Edition: Volume 52, Number 1, April 2012
Summary: This paper describes pedagogy in a series of ‘diabetes literacy’ programs involving culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities. Continue reading “Diabetes literacy: Health and adult literacy practitioners in partnership”
Author/s: Abi Brooker and Jeanette A. Lawrence
Edition: Volume 52, Number 1, April 2012
Summary: We report the relationship between the cultural and educational challenges of immigrant adult students. Continue reading “Educational and cultural challenges of bicultural adult immigrant and refugee students in Australia”
Author/s: Patricia Whannell, Robert Whannell and Bill Allen
Edition: Volume 52, Number 1, April 2012
Summary: This article describes the findings of an action research project which examined the link between academic self-efficacy and the study behaviours of students in a tertiary bridging program at a regional university in Australia. Continue reading “Investigating the influence of teacher strategies on academic self-efficacy and study behaviour of students in a tertiary bridging program”
Author/s: Jacquie Widin, Keiko Yasukawa and Andrew Chodkiewicz
Edition: Volume 52, Number 1, April 2012
Summary: The field of adult language, literacy and numeracy in Australia is a site of struggle as policy changes, new learner groups and new economic imperatives challenge teachers’ expertise and beliefs about good teaching practice. Continue reading “Teaching practice in the making: Shaping and reshaping the field of adult language, literacy and numeracy teaching”