Archives
August 2006
Program summaries for Learning Works, and for selected programs, some additional resources for listeners to follow up on the program.
Week Beginning Monday 7 August 2006
A Learning Society
Survive and Revive - at the Women's Community Centre in Adelaide
This week Learning Works visits the Women's Community Centre in the Adelaide
suburb of Stepney - the coordinator Mandy Lyons speaks about the women
who come to the Centre and the opportunities for growth and friendship
in a safe environment.
Audio (MP3) - To hear the interview in full, click here
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From left to right: For many working in the Adult Community Education sector, being interviewed for radio series such as Learning Journeys or Learning Works, is their first real experience for contributing a media interview. In a Media Awareness Workshop organised prior to Adult Learners' Week 2006, Mandy Lyons, Emilia Cioccia, Debbie Lange (all from the Womens' Community Centre) Annette Annandale-James and Sarah Whittaker (both from SA Department of Further Education Emloyment Science and Technology) get pointers from Learning Works producer Tony Ryan (seated left) about speaking with confidence on radio. |
A Learning Society
Learning Journeys - Part 4 - Learning at Work
There's more to learning at work than going to courses or taking part
in continuing professional development. Some great ideas to help you
prepare for Learn @ Work Today, as part of Adult Learners Week 2006.
Audio (MP3) - To hear the interview in full, click here
Week Beginning Monday 14 August 2006
Science and the Environment
National Science Week - with Dr John Long
National Science Week ends on 20 August. In this interview, recorded
exclusively for Learning Works, Tony Ryan speaks in Melbourne with Dr John
Long, Head of Sciences at Museum Victoria, about National Science Week
and about the critical role of scientists in our world today.
Audio (MP3) - To hear the interview in full, click here
A Learning Society
Financial Literacy - what is it? - with Catherine Birchall
Employers are realising that unstressed employees work better - and
one of the greatest stresses can be about handling our personal financies.
How can I pay that bill? Why can't I save? How do I get through when
my credit cards are up to the limit? The mobile phone bill is out of
control! Catherine Birchall is Chief Executive Officer of Money for
Life; she speaks here with Tony Ryan in Melbourne about financial literacy
and about a workplace training program to assist employees manage their
personal finances better.
Audio (MP3) - To hear the interview in full, click here
Week Beginning Monday 21 August 2006
A Learning Society
Learning Journeys - Part 5 - Streets of Learning
How many learning opportunities exist in or near your street or neighbourhood?
Streets of Learning is an initiative across South Australia, as part
of Adult Learners Week 2006. In this program Tony Ryan speaks to two
managers of Community Centres - one in regional SA and the other in
metropolitan Adelaide, and with Marie Smith from the Community and Neighbourhood
Houses and Centres Association of SA about some good ideas for celebrating
Streets of Learning.
Audio (MP3) - To hear the interview in full, click here
Education and Schools
Re-imagining Educational Leadership - with Professor Brian Caldwell
In July and August, Professor Brian Caldwell has been visiting every
state and territory, presenting a series of workshops under the title
Re-imagining Educational Leadership. Organised by the Australian College
of Educators, these workshops explore our school systems and educational
leadership at a time of ongoing chenge. The second and final part of
this extended interview will be broadcast in the week beginning Monday
28 August.
Audio (MP3) - To hear the interview in full, click here
Week Beginning Monday 28 August 2006
Social History
The early days - a short history of Geelong
With much discussion these days on the teaching of history, it is interesting
to hear about the beginnings of a region in Australia from the perspective
of someone who has lived there for many years. In Learning Works this week,
Tony Ryan speaks with the president of the Geelong Historical society
Peter Allsop about the early history of Geelong and the importance of
the railway between Geelong and Melbourne.
Audio (MP3) - To hear the interview in full, click here
Education and Schools
Re-imagining Educational Leadership - with Professor Brian Caldwell
- Part 2
In July and August, Professor Brian Caldwell has been visiting every
state and territory, presenting a series of workshops under the title
Re-imagining Educational Leadership. Organised by the Australian College
of Educators, these workshops explore our school systems and educational
leadership at a time of ongoing change. Both parts of this interview
will shortly be on the Learning Works website as an ongoing PD resource for
teachers.
Audio (MP3) - To hear the interview in full, click here
Tony Ryan
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