About LNS

Literacy and Numeracy Studies: An international journal in the education and training of adults is published by the Centre for Language and Literacy, University of Technology, Sydney. The views by the contributors to this journal reflect the multiple perspectives from which literacy and numeracy are debated. They do not necessarily reflect the views of the editors.

Special Issue Announcement

The editors of LNS are pleased to announce that Dr. Alisa Belzer of Rutgers University in the U.S. and Dr. Ralph St. Clair of University of Glasgow in Scotland will edit a special issue of LNS to be published early in 2008. This issue will focus on how national accountability systems are influencing practice at the program and classroom levels. The guest editors are seeking submissions of papers that explore the choices and compromises and the costs and benefits of increased demands for standardized accountability and reporting procedures. They are also interested in papers that document how teachers and learners are developing and maintaining "responsive" practices in this time when increasingly narrow accountability and curricular systems seem to be reducing the options open to educators and learners. They would like especially to urge practitioners to contribute, either as solo authors or in collaboration with researchers or policy people. Papers should be submitted by July 7 2007at the latest. If you would like to contact our guest editors directly, email Dr. Belzer at belzera@rci.rutgers.edu and/or Dr. St. Clair at rstclair@educ.gla.ac.uk.

Editors

Alison Lee
Hermine Scheeres
Jean Searle
Rosie Wickert

Reviews Editor

Rosie Wickert

Advisory Editorial Board

Inez Bailey
National Adult Literacy Agency, Ireland
Alisa Belzer
Rutgers University, USA
John Benseman
University of Auckland, NZ
Diana Coben
Kings College London, UK
John Comings
National Centre for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy, Boston, USA
Richard Darville
Carlton University, British Columbia, Canada
Ian Falk
Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia
Lesley Farrell
Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Bill Green
Charles Sturt University, Australia
Mary Hamilton
Lancaster University, UK
Ursula Howard
Institute of Education, London, UK
Roz Ivanic•
Lancaster University, UK
Nancy Jackson,
OISE, University of Toronto, Canada
Joseph Lo Bianco
University of Melbourne, Australia
Allan Luke
Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Rosa McKenna
Northern Territory Department of Education, Darwin, Australia
Mastin Prinsloo
University of Capetown, South Africa
Allan Quigley
St Francis Zavier University, Nova Scotia, Canada
Stephen Reder
Portland State University, USA
Kjell Rubenson
University of British Columbia, Canada
Linda Shohet
Centre for Literacy, Quebec, Canada
Sue Shore
University of South Australia
Brian Street
Kings College London, UK
Keiko Yasukawa
University of Technology, Sydney, Australia

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Editors,
Literacy and Numeracy Studies
Faculty Research Unit
Faculty of Education
University of Technology, Sydney
PO Box 123
Broadway NSW 2007, Australia

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