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Previous issues of The current and the discontinued Commentaries on adult learning are available here as PDFs.


The current: e-news from ALA


2006

59. June (PDF 246 kB)
58. May (PDF 250 kB)
57. April (PDF 225 kB)
56. March (PDF 230 kB)


2004

55. July (PDF 22 kB)
54. May (PDF 67 kB)
53. April (PDF 69 kB)
52. March (PDF 77 kB)
51. February (PDF 82 kB)


2003

50. December (PDF 79 kB)
49. November (PDF 81 kB)
48. October (PDF 21 kB)
47. September (PDF 15 kB)
46. August (PDF 25 kB)
45. July (PDF 77 kB)
44. June (PDF 83 kB)
43. May (PDF 86 kB) | Budget edition (PDF 57 kB)
42. April (PDF 89 kB)
41. March (PDF 61 kB)
40. February (PDF 85 kB)


2002

39. December (PDF 110 kB)
38. November (PDF 60 kB)
37. October (PDF 68 kB)
36. September (PDF 62 kB)
35. August (PDF 91 kB)
34. July (PDF 67 kB)
33. June (PDF 35 kB)
32. May (PDF 9 kB)
31. April (PDF 12 kB)
30. March (PDF 12 kB)
29. February (PDF 12 kB)


2001

28. December (PDF 12 kB)
27. November (PDF 12 kB)
26. October (PDF 13 kB)
25. September (PDF 13 kB)
24. August 2001 (PDF 40 kB)
23. July 2001 (PDF 34 kB)
22. June 2001 (PDF 38 kB)
21. May 2001 (PDF 12 kB)
20. April 2001 (PDF 12 kB)
19. March 2001 (PDF 12 kB)
18. February 2001 (PDF 12 kB)


2000

17. December 2000 (PDF 13 kB)
16. November 2000 (PDF 12 kB)
15. October 2000 (PDF 13 kB)
14. September 2000 (PDF 13 kB)
13. August 2000 (PDF 12 kB)
12. July 2000 (PDF 87 kB)
11. June 2000 (PDF 80 kB)
10. May 2000 (PDF 90 kB)

Commentaries on adult learning


2001

28. The theatre of good and evil by Eduardo Galeano (PDF 15 kB)
27. Mourn, but also organize by Jack Herbert (PDF 12 kB)
26. Grounding global efforts in the local: A challenge for ICAE by Bernie Lovegrove (PDF 13 kB)
25. The Oxford Round Table: Maintaining the balance by Patricia Carroll (PDF 13 kB)
24. If health professionals are educators, what are patients? by Franziska Trede (PDF 12 kB)
23. Academic conferencing as an adult learning opportunity by Anne Herbert (PDF 14 kB)
22. Lessons of detention and resistance by Janet Burstall (PDF 13 kB)
21. Lifelong learning for all - but how accessible is it? by Cheryl Balaam (PDF 12 kB)
20. Adult literacy a decade after the White Paper by Geraldine Castleton (PDF 33 kB)
19. A tall poppy worthy of worship by Tony Cutcliffe (PDF 32 kB)
18. Knowledge Nation omits ACE by Tony Brown (PDF 33 kB)
17. Three ACE cards in Australia's pack by Helen Macrae (PDF 44 kB)
16. Tales from Zorba: Orienting to adult learning by Peter Willis (PDF 33 kB)
15. Will the Budget create jobs and alleviate poverty? by Michael Raper (PDF 42 kB)
14. Experiencing the new museum by John Cross (PDF 37 kB)
13. How to implement a comprehensive lifelong learning strategy by Richard Curtain (PDF 33 kB)
12. Critical thinking: Some lessons learned by Tim van Gelder (PDF 35 kB)
11. Reconciliation, culture and leadership by Linda Burney (PDF 33 kB)
10. Literacy, not technology, is the issue by Alan Bundy (PDF 35 kB)
9. New funding for a new culture of learning by Mark Latham (PDF 12 kB)
8. Can we prove that ACE transforms communities? by John McIntyre (PDF 35 kB)
7. Learning while you laugh ... and dance and sing and play by Jan Nary (PDF 11 kB)
6. Adult education for survival by Shirley Walters (PDF 33 kB)
5. Engaging our communities in ongoing learning by John Wills (PDF 32 kB)
4. Towards a funding framework for learning communities by Martin Yarnit (PDF 41 kB)
3. From silos to clusters by Geoff Heriot (PDF 36 kB)
2. International Women's Day by Joyce Stalker (PDF 11 kB)
1. Local innovation and learning communities by Elaine Slater (PDF 10 kB)


2000

34. Lifelong learning, social capital and capacity building: individualising the politics of social cooperation by Terri Seddon (PDF 14 kB)
33. Finding our many founders: seeking the oral history of Australian adult and community education by Barbara Pamphilon (PDF 12 kB)
32. The Business of Education by Garry John Traynor (PDF 13 kB)
31. The Limits of Parliamentary Democracy by Don Sutherland (PDF 13 kB)
30. Transforming students into self-directed, independent adult learners by Angela Carbone (PDF 14 kB)
29. Being critical: inside and/or alongside VET by by Mike Brown (PDF 15 kB)
28. Human Capital and Social Capital: What's the difference? by Ian Falk (PDF 18 kB)
27. Heroes and villains by Scott Burchill, 11 October (PDF 15 kB)
26. (Re)Presentations by Elaine Butler, 4 October 2000 (PDF 13 kB)
25. Putting the political back into community education by Michael Law, 6 September 2000 (PDF 13 kB)
24. Olympic dream, education nightmare by Peter Kell, 30 August 2000 (PDF 12 kB)
23. Community in education; education in community by Kate Lawrence, 23 August 2000 (PDF 14 kB)
22. Solidarity Forever by Griff Foley, 16 August 2000 (PDF 11 kB)
21. Radio through the Internet - for Adult Learners Week by Tony Ryan, 9 August 2000 (PDF 18 kB)
20. 'It's life Jim, but not as we know it' by Dorothy Lucardie, 2 August 2000 (PDF 74 kB)
19. Public or community education by Rick Flowers, 26 July 2000 (PDF 13 kB)
18. ACE is not education by Tony Brown, 12 July 2000 (PDF 79 kB)
17. An adult educator in the grains industry by Alastair Crombie, 5 July 2000 (PDF 57 kB)
16. Librarians in the information revolution by Marie Murphy and Sharon Greenshields, 28 June 2000 (PDF 81 kB)
15. Learning social literacy by Eva Cox, 21 June 2000 (PDF 84 kB)
14. Learning communities by Mark Latham, 14 June 2000 (PDF 17 kB)
13. Coming to grips with ANTA's lifelong learning strategy by Jill Sanguinetti, 7 June 2000 (PDF 85 kB)
12. Sunday on the bridge by Jennie Della, 31 May 2000 (PDF 75 kB)
11. Eating, drinking and adult learning: a letter from England by Alan Tuckett, 24 May 2000 (PDF 77 kB)
10. Hidden assets in community radio by Nicky Page, 17 May 2000 (PDF 79 kB)
9. When will it all end? Restructuring higher education - again by Regine Wagner, 10 May 2000 (PDF 76 kB)
8. Earning interest on social capital by John McIntyre, 3 May 2000 (PDF 11 kB)
7. Confident engagement with other cultures by Kaye Schofield, 19 April 2000 (PDF 78 kB)
6. Teachers on screen by Tony Brown, 12 April 2000 (PDF 78 kB)
5. My arms ache by Joyce Stalker, 5 April 2000 (PDF 69 kB)
4. Telling tales out of class by John Falzon, 29 March 2000 (PDF 11 kB)
3. Is a good adult education worker a Christian? by Merilyn Childs, 22 March 2000 (PDF 80 kB)
2. The challenge of change: The lifeline of learning by Philip Candy, 15 March 2000 (PDF 12 kB)
1. Demolishing the silos by Geoff Heriot, 8 March 2000 (PDF 75 kB)