Shelley Tracey reviews Vicky Duckworth's book, Learning Trajectories, Violence and Empowerment amongst Adult Basic Skills Learners, a detailed insight into the lives of sixteen adult literacy learners in Lancashire, which draws attention to how their situations hampered their progress in education but didn't deter them from being able to learn how to express their predicaments and those of their local communities.
It was at this conference that we agreed to transition the 'L' in RaPAL from Literacy to Literacies. We outlined the path that took us to this decision in Claire's (1985) presentation and this gem is embedded in “Window to the Conference”. Following the same theme – that of seeking the literacies that are in sync with participants' life experiences - Genevieve Clarke's article, “Reading changes lives” and Vicky Duckworth's review of Sam Duncan's new book, Reading for Pleasure and Reading Circles for Adult Emergent Readers, both remind us of the life-transforming nature of reading. Genevieve illustrates how working on reading in partnership with unions and NHS trusts is creating positive social opportunities, as well as contributing to mental wellbeing. Further to this, Sue Grief's article highlights aspects of “taken for granted” writing practices undertaken in small businesses – the literacies which we barely notice, but which are key to everyday local life.
What a privilege it has been to work on such important and topical areas. As RaPAL aspires to keep abreast of the digital age, we have also been reminded of the impact of what practitioners do and strive to do. As a professional body we promote the engagement of learners where they feel comfortable, and minimisation of the barriers they encounter as they engage in learning. Likewise, we are committed in our support of practitioners who endeavour to make learning meaningful in the field of adult literacy.
RaPAL and UCU to support adults with maths and English Date:
20th October 2014 C3253/1014
UCU Office, Old Bakery, Carlow Street, London NW1 7LH Ref:
Fee: Non-members fee - £140
Members of UCU, NIACE, NRDC and RaPAL - £65 Part-time Tutors - £54
(Includes lunch, tea/coffee) Contact
Events Team (
events@niace.org.uk) Tel: 0116 2044205 2
Motivated or mandated: Joint annual conference with NIACE, NRDC, Venue: London
engaging adults in learning and supporting them to succeed
Details of our October
Conference!
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