Central Ranges LLEN CEO Library

Tuesday, 1 August 2006

CensusAtSchool Data Now Available. Over 112,000 students from 2,744 schools nationwide have completed the first stage of this project - the questionnaire stage. Data from the questionaire is now available to teachers and students. Also available from the website are prepared samples, tables and classroom resources. The data gained from the questionnaire can be applied to a range of classroom activities, particularly mathematics. [Government Education Portal News Headlines]
8:50:28 PM

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EdNA Begins Change from VET to VTE. Over the next few months, references to the term vocational education and training (VET) on the EdNA web site will be amended to vocational and technical education (VTE) to bring the site into line with changes made at the national level. This will include the newsletter which will be VTE and ACE e-News from 2 August 2006. [Vocational Education &Training Headlines]
7:42:57 PM

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State-wide Youth Engagement Forum.

Youth Engagement Forum

Are you interested in Community Based VCAL Programmes? This forum is for Community VCAL practitioners, managers and stakeholders who collaborate to create alternative and engaging education programs for young people who are disengaged from mainstream schooling.

Youth Commitments. This is for LLEN members and stakeholders interested in establishing a collaborative regional approach to sharing responsibility for ensuring that all young people are supported to attain Year 12 or an equivalent qualification.

When: 18th August 2006

Where: Western Oval, Footscray West

Cost: Nil: Registration is essential.

RSVP: Ms. Louise Stewart

Email. admin@sellen.org.au

Please find attached a Registration Form for the State-wide LLEN Youth Engagement Forum (Community VCAL / Youth Commitment Initiatives).

Download here:

Registrations are to be sent directly to Louise Stewart by Friday 11 August 2006.

[Central Ranges LLEN News]
7:39:59 PM

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The problems and challenges of education for gifted students in the Asia-Pacific region are to be discussed at a conference that begins today in Taipei. The Ninth Asia-Pacific Conference on Giftedness is being held until Friday in Taipei along with the Children and Youth Creativity Olympia Camp. More than 600 people from 28 different countries and 278 youths from eight countries in the region will take part.

Yesterday, during a press briefing by the organizer of this year's conference, National Taiwan Normal University, Kuo Ching-chih (???), the director of the university's Special Education Center, said that the event's theme this year was youth, equality and diversity, and encouraging creativity for youth campers.

Howard Gardner, a Harvard University education professor, said during the briefing that the notion of "gifted" should be disaggregated, because instead of a single type of giftedness, some children may be talented in many areas while others may be a prodigy in only one.
6:09:17 PM

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