Contents

Features
Adult learning: removing barriers, not creating them
by John Cross
ACE and Neighbourhood Houses offer programs that often don’t fit the government-issue mould, which affects policy and funding. But as a recent Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation symposium on lifelong learning heard, there are ways to approach this problem.

Identifying and accommodating preferred learning styles
by Marilyn Allen, Cheryl Humphries, Jacinta McBurney, Marina Makushev
When a group of Swinburne University TAFE practitioners undertook a research project on learning styles, some interesting discoveries were forthcoming.

Epideictic discourse: the rhetoric of memory, praise and hope
by Robin McCormack
Forensic discourse? Isn’t it something that’s covered in scriptwriting classes for crime buffs? No, it’s one of Aristotle’s three genres of public speech, deliberative discourse and epideictic discourse being the other two. And it is the fundamentally political, communityaware epideictic discourse that is relevant to modern times.

Literacy support and aged care students
by Kerrin Pryor
While AQTF and training packages advocate the importance of literacy support, organisations are not resourced to provide it. This research circle looked at literacy support offered in aged care training packages.

Regulars
Practical Matters
A Pentium III computer, 256 megs of RAM, and Windows XP running it—you’re on your way to creating your first digital story. Debbie Soccio talks us through Microsoft XP Photo Story 3.

Open Forum
Lynne Fitzpatrick and Liz Davidson from the Curriculum Maintenance Management Team explain the CGEA reaccreditation process, which is due next year, and literacy practitioners discuss the CGEA’s strengths and weaknesses.

Foreign Correspondence
It’s the simple things in life that matter, like bath water that flows where and when expected. But when you’re high in the Himalayan foothills (footmountains?), the natural laws have their own inventory. Still seeking a higher power, local muso, teacher and sponsor Margi Gibb clung to reality.

Beside the Whiteboard
Life was different back in the days of student-baiting Premier Henry Bolte. While you could teach without having gained a degree, fields like ESL were in their infancy. Elizabeth Connell, from NMIT Further Education, reminisces.