Archives
August 2008
Program summaries for Learning Works, and for selected programs, some additional resources for listeners to follow up on the program.
Monday 4 August/ Friday 8 August
A Learning Society
The Overseas Chinese Association prepares for Adult Learners Week
Over the next weeks, Learning Works will feature regular interviews and information about Adult Learners’ Week in SA, to be held 1 – 8 September. This week, Learning Works producer Tony Ryan hears about planning by the Overseas Chinese Association in Adelaide for Adult Learners’ Week. We also hear about an innovative program to assist people to become taxi-drivers. For further information about Adult Learners Week events in South Australia, go to the What’s On in South Australia section of the national Adult Learners’ Week website - www.adultlearnersweek.org
Online resources: Audio File
Health, Wellbeing and Relationships
The positive side of Psychology
If someone goes to see a psychologist, it is usually assumed that something is wrong. But psychology has a very positive side as well. In fact, the field of positive psychology is the study of what it is that enables individuals and communities to thrive – and indeed find happiness. In this extended interview from the Learning Works archives, Tony Ryan speaks with Adult Educator Julia Gane about the role of positive psychology in our lives.
Online resources: Audio File
Arts, Literature and Music
A Good Read – with Sarah Knight
Sarah Knight from the Salisbury Library Service has chosen to review Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman goes behind the Veil, by Deborah Rodriguez and published in 2007 by Random House. Deborah's life has led to her making the decision to join a volunteer service being deployed to Afghanistan around 2001. Deborah's marriage had broken down and she was looking for a way to make a significant contribution to the lives of those in need. After joining a humanitarian volunteer organization and leaving the USA bound for Afghanistan, she was soon immersed in a completely different culture. The Kabul Beauty School not only changed the lives of the women of Post-Taliban Afghanistan, but also the life of Deborah Rodriguez herself.
Online resources: Transcript
Online resources: Audio File
Monday 11 August/ Friday 15 August
A Learning Society
Marion Learning Festival
The City of Marion is a large local government area covering much of Adelaide’s south western suburbs. For several years now in August, the City of Marion has presented a Learning Festival – in 2008 it will be held in the last week of August. Recently, PBA FM’s Tony Ryan visited to Cooinda, the Neighbourhood House in the Centre of the City of Marion, and spoke to Cassandra Gibson-Pope, Learning Community Coordinator for the City of Marion, and Bridget Ransome, Economic Development Officer for the City of Marion. For further information – go to www.marion.sa.gov.au For details about Adult Learners Week events in South Australia, go to the What’s On in South Australia section of the national Adult Learners’ Week website.
Online resources: Audio File
A Learning Society
Learning at Work – on the Farm
Learning in the workplace is a regular part of Adult Learners’ Week. This week in Learning Works, we re-visit Leanne and John Isaacson on their farm in Geranium in South Australia, and hear about the learning on farm and on the informal learning and support networks that can exist in rural areas.
Online resources: Audio File
Monday 18 August/ Friday 22 August
A Learning Society
More about …….. Learning @ Work
In the lead-up to Adult Learners’ Week in early September, in Learning Works this week, we look at another organization where a focus on learning, continuous improvement and empowerment of its employees are key organizational targets in a changing workplace. Tony Ryan is speaking with Adelaide-based education consultant Jenny McCormick, and to Steve Newman, Manager Human Resources Satisfac Credit Union, and to Rachael Randell, Training and Development Coordinator, also with Satisfac Credit Union in South Australia.
Online resources: Audio File
A Learning Society
Older workers – we need them in the workplace
Continuing the theme of the changing workplace, what do we know about the workforce of today, and the needs of workplaces into the future? In this extended interview from the Learning Works archives, Tony Ryan speaks with Annie Ferguson, from the Australian Flexible Learning Framework, about some work being done to make sure that workplaces do value the contribution that mature works can bring to their organizations, in terms of both their skills gained over many years, and their role in mentoring younger workers.
Online resources: Audio File
Cinema
Film Review - The Dark Knight
Learning Works’ regular film reviewer John J McGowan looks at The Dark Knight – Health Ledger’s last movie.
Online resources: Transcript
Online resources: Audio File
Monday 25 August/ Friday 29 August
A Learning Society
Meet Julia Gane – National Co-ordinator of Adult Learners’ Week
In the lead-up to Adult Learners’ Week in early September, Julia Gane speaks about lifelong learning, the importance of adult community education, Adult Learners’ Week Awards across all states and territories, and how to access the Adult Learners’ Week national website.
Online resources: Audio File
A Learning Society
Streets of Learning – Tea Tree Gully
The two Streets of Learning bus tours in Adelaide’s north eastern suburbs during Adult Learners’ Week is an opportunity to celebrate, promote and advance the many and varied forms of adult and community learning within the City of Tea Tree Gully.
A Learning Society
Meet Michelle Rudd – Award-winning visual artist
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In the Adult Learners’ Week Art Competition AwardsinSA in 2007, the People’s Choice Award went to Adelaide visual artist Michelle Rudd.In this interview, recorded in her home, Michelle speaks to Tony Ryan about how her passion for art came into its rightful place in her life, how she approaches her work as a visual artist, and the joy she gets from working with her students, one of whom, Natalie, joins us to talk about the pastel work she is doing right now and how Michelle is able to bring out her hidden talents as an aspiring artist. Some of Michelle’s artworks will be on the Learning Works’ website during the week, along with an mp3 audiofile of this interview.
Online resources: Audio
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