Contents

Features

Integrated counselling: working with the whole person in an ACE setting
by Liz Suda
When six community groups moved for the provision of integrated counselling by ACE providers, the official response was silence.

Metaphors of workplace learning: more process, less product
by Paul Hager
Academics disagree, millions of dollars are wasted, and learning becomes a product for sale to the student as customer.

An appetite for learning: going back for a second course
by Robyn Hodge
Some students re-enrol in the same enabling course and others re-enrol at the same level of qualification, but these students are still progressing and gaining skills and self-esteem.

Migrant women step up
by Judith Miralles
Migrant women taking part in volunteer programs gain self-confidence and a sense of connection with the community.

Know yourself. the role of identity in learning
by Ian Falk and Josepbine Balatti
There is a strong relationship between our sense of identity and how and what we learn.

Regulars

Practical Matters
'Real texts' are brochures, leaflets, timetables, newsletters and those other pieces of paper you find in your letterbox. Corinna Ridley offers some advice on how to use them in the classroom
Open Forum
Robin Kenrick's thoughts on implementing ICS in adult community education make an interesting companion piece to Liz Suda's article in this edition of Fine Print. And Denyse Ritchie talks about the THRASS method used in the Torres Strait Islands.
Foreign Correspondence
Low literacy is a major problem in Ireland, says Tommy Byrne, media officer of the National Adult Literacy Agency.
Policy Update
Competency-based training policies were applied with little practical thought, writes Ian Cornford, and Lynne Matheson reports on the second 'roundtable discussion' on adult learning, in Canberra.
Beside the Whiteboard
Three staff members at PRACE became the Material Galz? Sarah Deasey went along to see if the galz just wanted to have fun.