IDEC/ FELA – Jeroen Clemens Edublog

Call for Proposals 22nd European Conference on Literacy Dublin 2021

13/04/2020 Comments 0 Comment

You are invited to submit a proposal to present at the 22nd European Conference on Literacy and the 44th Annual Conference of the Literacy Association of Ireland, to be held in Dublin on July 5-7, 2021.
Please visit the Conference homepage for more information. Go here to submit the proposal on or before November 1^st, 2020.
The aim of the conference is to encourage discourse about the evolution of diverse literacies in the 21^st century and to hear the range of voices in the world of literacy.

The conference theme, “Literacy and Diversity: New Directions” will bring together researchers and educators from all over Europe and further afield to celebrate, discuss, debate and examine matters relating to literacy, literacy teaching and literacy research, across the full span of human learning.… Read the rest

Looking back at the 4th Baltic Sea Conference on Literacy in Tallinn

06/03/2020 Comments 0 Comment

The 4th Baltic Sea Conference on Literacy “Searching for a Common Language” 16-21 January, 2020 in Tallinn, Estonia was a great success.

Lets look back. The organisation makes this easy for you:
You can see many presentation on this presentations page
And if you are interested in the blog and a lot of pictures, go here.
Or for an overview visit the original Conference homepage.

The organisers of the Conference are the Estonian Reading Association in cooperation with the Federation of European Literacy Associations together with:

Baltic Sea countries have much experience with multilingual education, communication and culture and are also facing new challenges for social coherence within increased immigration as other countries.… Read the rest

Elinet oproep en de 4de Baltic Sea Conference on Literacy

17/01/2020 Comments 0 Comment

De 4de Baltic Sea Conference on Literacy met als thema: Searching for a Common Language in Tallinn, Estland was een groot succes. IK schrijf er binnenkort wat uitgebreider over. Het interessante programma van de conferentie en het ‘abstract book’ kan je hier vinden.

Ik ben parallel aan de conferentie ook op de bijeenkomsten van twee andere Europese netwerken op het gebied van Literacy (geletterdheid) geweest, waar ik lid van ben. Vrijdag was ik op een bijeenkomst van de FELA (Federation of European Literacy Associations).

Een onderdeel van deze conferentie waren de activiteiten van Elinet (European Literacy Network), waar ik jullie speciale aandacht voor wil hebben.… Read the rest

FELA seminar European Literacy Declaration

28/01/2019 Comments 0 Comment

18 On Friday January 2019, 14.00-18.00 Fela had a seminar at Hamburg University. The Theme was The European Literacy Declaration- good practice examples for its realization.
We like to share the presentations with you. All presentations will be available soon. Some are already (see links). So come back for more information.

14.00	Prof. Dr Renate Valtin, Humboldt University, Berlin: Introductory remarks
14.05	Prof. Dr Anke Grotlüschen, University of Hamburg: The Second German Level-One Survey (LEO 2018): Testing Literacy and asking for Literacy Practices
14.35	Prof. Dr Máirin Wilson: A National Literacy Strategy: the Irish Experience
15.05	Prof. Dr Greg Brooks, University of Sheffield: Joseph Neef (1770-1854): forgotten pioneer of phonetics and phonics
15.35	Cand.

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21st European Conference on Literacy: Last Call for Proposals

28/10/2018 Comments 0 Comment

We are very pleased to invite you to register for The 18th Nordic Literacy Conference & the 21st European Conference on Literacy under the heading of Learning from the Past for the Future: Literacy for All. This is a last call for submitting a proposal. You can submit your proposal on the site of the Conference here.The deadline is November, 1 The conference is in Copenhagen, August 4th – 7th 2019

You can submit a proposal for a presentation or you can register without giving a presentation. But please do consider submitting a proposal for a presentation, so that we can share our knowhow and experiences across country borders, whether you are a teacher, a school leader, a librarian, a researcher or just in general interested in literacy.… Read the rest

Urgent: Voorstellen voor European Conference on Literacy

26/10/2018 Comments 0 Comment

De 21st European Conference on Literacy is in Kopenhagen van 4-7 Augustus. Ik had jullie al eerder opgeroepen voorstellen voor presentaties of workshops in te dienen –November 1st: Deadline for submission of abstracts-, maar ik kreeg het bericht dat er nog geen Nederlandse voorstellen zijn. Dat kan niet. In Nederland wordt veel goed werk verricht op het gebied van geletterdheid. Dus een urgente oproep een voorstel in te dienen.
Op de website van de conferentie vind je alle informatie over de conferentie en de mogelijkheid een proposal in te dienen. Ik ben betrokken bij de organisatie. Om het gezicht van Nederland te redden zal ik in elk geval een workshop geven over digitale geletterdheid, maar 1 Nederlander?… Read the rest

21st European Conference on Literacy 2019 Call for papers & registration

15/05/2018 Comments 0 Comment

I’m a member of the Federation of European Literacy Associations (FELA). We are very pleased to invite you to register for the 21^stEuropean Conference on Literacy & the 18^thNordic Literacy Conference Learning from the Past for the Future: Literacy for All August 4th-7th 2019 Copenhagen, Denmark

Go to the website for more detailed information, sending proposals and for registration.

You can send a proposal for a presentation or you can register without giving a presentation. But please do consider submitting a proposal for a presentation, so that we can share our knowhow and experiences across country borders, whether you are a teacher, a school leader, a librarian, a researcher or just in general interested in literacy.… Read the rest

Anne Godenir RIP

20/08/2017 Comments 0 Comment

Ton souvenir est comme un livre bien aimé qu’on lit sans cesse et qui jamais n’est refermé
( Your memory is like a well-loved book that one reads incessantly and never closes)

On August 12, 2017 Anne Godenir, died (1964-2017).
We know her as a person who worked very hard to improve adult literacy in the French speaking part of Belgium.
Anne was a good friend, member of IDEC and FELA and the president of theABLF Association belge pour le lecture – section francophone.
On behalf of IDEC & Fela Jeroen Clemens (Netherlands) and Ariana – Stanca Văcăreţu (Romania) attended the funeral and paid respect to the family.… Read the rest

The European Literacy Trail at 20th European Conference on Literacy

02/07/2017 Comments 0 Comment

Since 1991 I’m a member of IDEC and ILA. So I want to share some information on this also on my personal edublog and sometimes I crosspost some information on activities here from the IDEC website were I am the postmaster too. Here more information on the 20th European Conference on Literacy, which takes place in Madrid from tomorrow and were I am now. I write this in English, showing my good will to my international friends.
The European collaboration goes way back. This is the 20the European Conference on Literacy, so 40 years of networking for literacy. See the beautiful poster.… Read the rest

20th European Conference on Literacy History European Associations IDEC

28/06/2017 Comments 0 Comment

Next week the 20th European Conference on Literacy starts in Madrid. We are very proud of this. I’m involved in the organizing committee and one of the highlighted rapporteurs, leading round table discussion on digital literacies. I also have a workshop on this topic.
Since the European associations organized all these conferences we decided at our last meeting to write a 2 page report about the history of each of these associations.
If you are interested in our history, you can read the historical overviews here. We are interested in your comments.
We will also make a beautiful poster out of this.… Read the rest