Victorian Adult Literacy and Basic Education Council
Active, Informed, Committed Practitioners
VALBEC leads and connects the adult literacy, language and numeracy field in Victoria
Coming Events |
2012 |
May 3 & 4, 2012 National Adult Language, Literacy and Numeracy Assessment Conference |
VALBEC conference, William Angliss Conference Centre 'Read the word: read the world' |
September 2012 (Tas) |
May 24 & 25, 2012
The difference betwen night and day
Jim Henry hid his illiteracy for nearly a century - and then published a book.
''I'm so happy, I catch myself crying,'' he says. ''It's the difference between night and day for me. It's like I'm born again.''
Wodonga PD 'Numeracy teaching and learning practices for LLNP and other programs'
Some pics from the recent Wodonga PD 'Numeracy teaching and learning practices for LLNP and other programs' with Maria Santburn and Heather Glover (pics courtesy of Sue Bloye).
'A Fuller Sense of Self' • Buy a copy
A wonderful collection of stories told by adult literacy students.
Tricia Bowen recorded the stories of six adult literacy students and the stories shed light on their lives and learning, and the changes they have made in their lives through adult education.
Place your order - $10 per copy including GST, postage and handling
From 2 to 10 copies - $20 including GST, postage and handling
Bendigo PD 'Understanding and Applying the Australian Core Skills Framework, ACSF'
Some pics from the recent Bendigo PD 'Understanding and Applying the Australian Core Skills Framework, ACSF' with Philippa McLean (pics courtesy of Sandra Wolfe).
'Reading the Fine Print: A history of the Victorian Adult Literacy and Basic Education Council (VALBEC) 1978 – 2008'
Purchase nowAuthor Beverley Campbell has been involved in education for thirty-five years, twenty-five of those in adult literacy education. She is a past president of VALBEC (1989-91) and a former member of the Adult Community and Further Education Board of Victoria.
‘Fancy Footwork: adult educators thinking on their feet’
(Eds. D Bradshaw, B Campbell, A Clemans)
This book invites you to travel in
the footsteps of a group of women,
all adult educators from Melbourne,
Australia. In their desire to explore
the spirit of adult education, they
met and wrote regularly over two
years.
Their reflections, collected here, take you inside their world. With you, they share what teaching means to them. Writing of joys, dilemmas and dangers, they reveal the complexities of teachers' lives and teaching work. Read these stories and you might very well find yourself heading in new directions.