Contents

Features
Songs and stories from the field: the dialogic struggle for professional identity in adult literacy and basic education by Beverley Campbell
What is your professional identity, and who are you within that identity?

The road to mobile learning by Caryl Oliver
Can ‘toys’ such as pocket PCs and mobile phones become useful tools in mobile learning?

Doing sums I’ve never done before: language, literacy and numeracy programs by Ellen Lawson and David van Heurck
Some observations on delivering the Language, Literacy and Numeracy Program in regional Victoria.

Urban adventures in VCAL by Michael Cole and Michele Farrar
At Ashwood College, the students take it to the streets as they work towards gaining the Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning.

Regulars
Practical Matters
Liz Skinner and Toni Lechte show how, with little formal education but a variety of skills and interests, these women from the Horn of Africa found new ways to express themselves through an innovative application of the CELL program.

Policy Update
Lynne Fitzpatrick and Liz Davidson outline the accreditation process, and discuss the role of curriculum maintenance managers.

Open Forum
Valerie Astbury bids farewell to the CELL program, and VALBEC co-president Lynne Matheson reports on the VALBEC conference, ‘Portraits and Visions’.

Foreign Correspondence
There are lessons in the past, as Yvonne Hillier from London’s City University points out in her article about a project that traced the history of adult literacy in England.

Beside the Whiteboard
This interview with CAE veteran Maggie Herten reminds us of the diverse range of learners who access adult literacy as well as the diverse skills, talents and histories that ALBE teachers bring to the classroom.