Archives
February 2007
Program summaries for Learning Works, and for selected programs, some additional resources for listeners to follow up on the program.
Week beginning Monday 05 February
Education and Schools
Children, Literacies and New Technologies - with Prof Victoria Carrington
Professor Victoria Carrington discusses some of the diverse and exciting
texts and literacies that are emerging around new technologies and discusses
the tensions that come into play as young people actively adopt and
deploy them. Victoria Carrington is Professor of Education in the Faculty
of Education at the University of Plymouth. She writes extensively in
the field of sociology of education and literacy and has a particular
interest in emerging digital technologies.
Audio (MP3) - To hear the interview in full, click here
Week beginning Monday 12 February
Media, Film and Technology
February Film Review - with John McGowan
John McGowan's monthly film reviews return this week. For details of
his earlier reviews, please click here.
Click here for the factsheet
Audio (MP3) - To hear the interview in full, click
here
Social History
Heroes and Villains - Australian Comics and their Creators
If comics are for kids, it's fitting that Australia's first comic book
"star" was a red-haired kid named Ginger Meggs. Ginger's antics
made him the star of Sunday newspaper comics across Australia from the
1920's. Tony Ryan visits the State Library of Victoria and speaks with
Kevin Patrick about some of the heroes and villains in Australia's own
comics since then.
Audio (MP3) - To hear the interview in full, click
here
Week beginning Monday 19 February
Health Wellbeing and Relationships
Renmark Revisited - Part 1 - Picking up the pieces: A Community's Response
Many rural communities are struggling as a result of prolonged drought. In mid-January a brief but severe storm hit the SA riverland town of Renmark, significantly adding to existing community hardship. Tony Ryan visited Renmark in the following week and spoke with three members of a family whose farm was badly damaged by the storm. Through an interview recorded at the Renmark Paringa Community Centre, the program also looks at how the local and wider community reponded through emergency services and immediate practical volunteer assistance and how in the longer term, those affected by this natural disater are given ongoing emotional support and counselling to assist them come to terms with what has happened.
Audio (MP3) - To hear the interview in full, click here
Week beginning Monday 26 February
This interview will be available online mid-week
Health Wellbeing and Relationships
Renmark Revisited - Part 2 - Picking up the pieces: Real men do cry!
Across Australia, the mens' shed movement is providing invaluable support and friendship for local men going through tough times. One such mens' group is based in the small town of Paringa in South Australia, near the bridge across the River Murray on the Mildura-Renmark section of the Sturt Highway. The Renmark Paringa Museum Community Group is yet another example of a very small but very important organisation working with rural men with real social, emotional and mental health needs.
Audio (MP3) - To hear the interview in full, click
here
Tony Ryan
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