Opening doors – Developing partnerships for basic skills training beyond the classroom
Madrid, May 23rd – 25th
Organized in cooperation with the Spanish Ministry of Education
Presentations
Effective workplace literacy programme – John Benseman, Consultant, Unitec Institute of Technology, Auckland
Unions’ role in opening doors to learning – Judith Swift, National Union Development Manager, Unionlearn
The Euralpha Learner’s Manifesto – Monika Tröster, German Institute for Adult Education, DIE
Reading Circles as Adult Literacy Education – Sam Duncan, NRDC
Initial Literacy for Immigrants – the ALFIE Project Results – Hanne Christensen, Vox & Rosa Maria Falgas, ACEFIR
Digital Competence for Employability and Active Citizenship, – Luis Collado, Google Spain
Web based literacy and numeracy learning – Tom O’Mara, NALA
BASKET – Professional development for basic skills teachers – Cath Hamilton, Education Scotland
Carmen Sainz Madrazo, MECD & Jean-Christophe Ralema (ANLCI)
PIAAC – Facts and impacts – Xeni Dimakos, Vox
Evidence for policy and practice – Decision-making for Adult Skills Training in Canada – Satya Brink, Ph.D.
(Canadian research on literacy and adult learning)
Outcomes of basic skills training – David Mallows, NRDC
Cohesive national programs – Hilal Gencay, Mother Child Education Foundation
The EBSN Academy – Graciela Sbertoli, Vox
Workshop presentations
Workplace literacy programmes: answering policy questions – John Benseman, Consultant, Unitec Institute of Technology, Auckland
IVQ (Information and Everyday Life) a national survey 2004/2012 a basis for an indicators net – Jean-Pierre Jeantheau, ANCLI