Speaking Back Again. Report of the 1997 ACFE Research Forum.

Overview & Synopsis

This document contains 15 papers from a research forum on adult, community, and further education (ACFE) in Australia. The following papers are included: "The Prioress, the Wife of Bath and the ACFE Researcher" (Kaye Schofield); "Learning Communities, Researching Communities" (Martin Yarnit); "Young Unemployed People in Adult Community Education Project" (Sue Chamberlain, Ian Hughes); "Older People with Special Needs" (Judith Elsworth); "Working with Adult Learners with Psychiatric Disabilities" (Laurence Kerr); "Not So Naive: The Multi-skilling of Women through Naive Art" (Linden Dean); "Employee Development Programs" (Matt Seeary); "Best Practices for Delivery of ACE [Adult Community Education] Programs to the Koorie Community" (Linda Wilkinson); "Impact Study of Language and Literacy Skills" (Nadia Casarotto, Pam Dickinson); "Rural Workers: Accessing Training and Further Education" (Ann Cliff); "Oracy in a Community Setting" (Elizabeth Taylor, Andrea Murray); "Pathways between ACE and VET [Vocational Education and Training]: Creating Illusions and Shattering Myths" (Allie Clemans, Peter Rushbrook); "Listening from the Heart: Can Research Have Soul?" (John Bottomley); "Good, Better, Best Management Practices in ACE" (Pauline Bennet); and "Getting the ACFE Research Question Right" (Helen Praetz). (MN)