The conference theme Celebrate Lifelong Learning Whāia Te Iti Kahurangi acknowledges that our learning journey never ends and is made up of many different pathways. During the conference we will consider the notion of “livelihood" and explore what the community of the future might require of us as adult educators.
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Keynote Speakers
Road to Dignity: Women Head of Family Movement in Indonesia
Nani Zulminarni
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What's Possible: Insights on Joined Up Literacy Action 2015 Winston Churchill Memorial Fellowship
Alison Sutton
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Where Does ACE in Communities Fit?
Bob Carson
Workshops
Treaty rights, human rights! The relevance of Te Tiriti o Waitangi in Adult Community Education in Aotearoa.
Jo Mane
Our Collective Livelihood - In What Ways Might We Cultivate it?
Tanya Stogre
Evidence-based decision making and addressing the cultural challenges that come with ‘learning’ and ‘failure.’
Emily Mason and Pieta Brown
Positive learning environments and how to bring the learner into that environment.
Ria Tomoana and Bruce George
Rethinking our assumptions about the transitions between school and work, youth and adulthood, and local and global dimensions.
Peter Clinton Foaese and Jose Roberto Guevara
An Introduction to the ACEplace learner portal.
Carl Pascoe
How the NZQA model of Self-Assessment and Evaluation works in practice.
Gail Harrison and Deb Hill
Learning in later life: What’s it all about? Core concepts linked to learning in later life. and What Learning do Adults Find Valuable Later in Life?
Brian Findsen and Barry Golding