Proceedings ALM-8, Roskilde, Denmark,2001
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Plenary Lectures
Lifelong Learning – a political agenda! Also a Research Agenda? 10
Henning Sailing Olesen
What Counts as Mathematics in Adult and Vocational Education? 21
Numeracy for empowerment and democracy?
Gail FitzSimons
(Dis)empowering forces in everyday mathematics. Challenges to democracy 33
Lena Lindenskov & Paola Valer o
Paper Presentations 43
Maths and Measurement: Developing measurement skills in adult learners 44
of mathematics. (An evaluation of the efficacy of critical mathematics methods in bridging education)
Anne Abbott
Secret knowledge: Indigenous Australians and learning mathematics 50
Roseann Benn
Mathematics for Parents: Issues of Pedagogy and Content 60
Marta Civil
Evaluating an educational programme for enhancing adults’ 68
quantitative problem-solving and decision-making Noel Coller an, John O Donoghue & Eamonn Murphy
What Numeracy Skills do Adults need for Life? 81
Dhamma Colwell
Developing the Ideas of Affect and Emotion among Adult Learners 88
Jeff Evans
Mathematics 97
– The STEPS for Empowerment in a University Foundation Program
Milton Fuller
Goals of numeracy teaching 103
Lene Ostergaard Johansen
Calculating people: measurement as a social process 112
Betty Johnston
A grounded approach to practitioner training in Ireland: some findings from 120
a national survey of practitioners in Adult Basic Education
Terry Maguire & John O ‘Donoghue
Adult Ways of Knowing: a Summary of Perspectives from 133
Five Research Groups
Katherine Safford
Mathematics and Society – Must all People Learn Mathematics? 139
Wolfgang Schlôglmann
Basic Skills Strategy – a practitioner perspective 145
Valerie Seabright
Mathematics Teaching for the Prevention and Reduction of Problem Gambling 146
Donald Smith
‘Real life’ in everyday and academic maths 156
Alison Tomlin
Poster Session 165
Teaching Adult Students Numeracy and Mathematics 166
Richards O. Angioma
Topic Groups 171
Topic Group A – Developing a Theoretical Framework for Adults Learning Mathematics
Developing a Theoretical Framework for Adults Learning Mathematics: 172
The Case of Numeracy
Tine Wedege & Roseanne Benn
Exploring A Hypothesis 173
Mark Schwartz
Topic Group B – Mathematics education for the workplace
A changed perception of mathematics for the workplace 178
Lisbeth Lindberg
ALM8 Conference
Mathematics education for the workplace 179
Jaine Chisholm Caunt
Mathematical Literacy; What’s in the name? 180
Henk van der Kooij
Topic Group C – Affective Factors in Adult Mathematics Learning
Affective Factors in Adult Mathematics Learning 181
Jeff Evans
Towards a Holistic Model of Numeracy Competence 183
Beth Marr
Mathematics Anxiety and Perceived Competency to Teach Among 193
Student Teachers
Alan Bowd & Patrick Brady
Breaking the Barrier – Student perception on how the necessary 200
maths support has facilitated entry into higher education
Patricia Alexander & Poppy Pickard
Workshops 207
Multimedia Maths – Multiplying Opportunities for Formal and 208
informal Numeracy Learning Laura Carroll & Sarah Kowall
Numeracy Skills for Life: Numeracy in the New Adult Basic Skills 209
Strategy in England Diana Coben
Personal methods as a means of achieving empowerment and democracy 217
Janet Duffln
Gender in ALM – Women and Men Learning Mathematics 223
Inge Henningsen
Practitioners, Questions and Research 233
David Kaye & EigilP. Hansen
Competence based math in modules 234
Harrie Sormani & Ben Hermeler