Background The NASWD is a high-level agreement that identifies the 'long term objectives
of the Commonwealth and State and Territory Governments in the areas of skills and …

While the English literacy outcomes of Aboriginal children are constantly measured and
debated, attention falls away once they leave school, leading to limited data on English …

Harvey Graff in his 1979 study of literacy taught in common schools in mid-nineteenth
century Canada, demonstrated that beliefs in the acquisition of literacy for upward mobility …

This article contrasts educational discourses and their associated policy and practice in the
field of adult literacy in two sociopolitical eras in Australia: firstly, the social-democratic era …

Mathematical and statistical education research relevant to students in tertiary settings is
reviewed. This is an expanding field and is evolving as researchers shift their attention from …

In reporting the Australian results of the 2006 Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey (ALLS),
the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS, Adult literacy and life skills survey, summary results …

INTRODUCTION 2012 marked a milestone in adult literacy and numeracy policy making in
Australia. In September of that year, at an electronics factory outside Adelaide, South …

During 2011 to 2014, a set of five national research priorities directed research into
Australia's tertiary education and training sector. Over this time the National Centre for …

Adult literacy provision began in Australia during a radical education era in the 1970s, and
yet in recent decades, social class as a construct has been largely absent in the academic …

The National Foundation Skills Strategy for Adults (NFSS) was released in November 2012
by the then Parliamentary Secretary for Higher Education and Skills (Standing Council on …