Hello all
Information (below) about the RaPAL conference. RaPAL (Research and
Practice in Adult Literacy) is, according to their website, "the only
British national organisation that focuses on the role of literacy in
adult life. We are an independent network of learners, teachers,
managers and researchers in adult basic education."
For more, see http://www.literacy.lancs.ac.uk/rapal/index.htm
For more on the conference, see
http://www.literacy.lancs.ac.uk/rapal/conference/conference%202009/Annou
nce2009.htm
Cheers
James
Dr James Simpson
School of Education
University of Leeds
Leeds LS2 9JT
United Kingdom
+44 (0)113 343 4687
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RaPAL Conference 2009
University of Wales, Newport. 25-27 June.
Sustainable Literacies
Call For Papers
The word sustainability can be applied to many things, such as
agriculture, communities, cities, architecture and development. It is
connected with ideas about encouraging diversity and thinking about the
long-term consequences of different courses of action.
We would like to invite conference participants to apply the idea of
sustainability to literacies. Workshop themes could cover the following
issues:
* Practice, research and policies that sustain a variety of literacies
and languages.
* Practice, research and policies that avoid 'quick fix' solutions and
promote long-term development of literacies.
* Practice, research and policies that support literacies as a
sustainable community resource as well as individual skills.
* How can digital technologies support and develop sustainable
literacies?
* Sustainable literacies in local, national and global contexts.
* How can literacies sustain and support individuals and communities in
times of changing social, environmental and economic conditions?
We invite you to participate in these themes by offering workshops,
taking part in panel discussions, contributing to practice-based
workshops or presenting posters. Please note that workshops should be
interactive sessions and that proposals should explain how this will be
achieved. Workshop outlines should be between 200 and 300 words long.
We welcome proposals from new presenters and will be happy to offer
advice and support if you have not presented at a conference before.
For more information or to submit your workshop outline please contact
Rachel Stubley at [log in to unmask] by Friday 20 March.
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