Archives

Program summaries for Learning Works, and for selected programs, some additional resources for listeners to follow up on the program.

October 2008

Engaging the Disengaged; Hidden Faces Revealed; Let’s Talk Secret Codes – Program 3 of 7; Connecting Faces, Places and Spaces – Milang Old School House; Film Review – Wall-E.

September 2008

Perspective – Adult Literacy in Australia Today; The Economic Benefits of Lifelong Learning; Let’s Talk Secret Codes – Program 1 of 7; So what is the Digital Economy?; Film Review – The Bank Job; A visit to Aldinga Community Centre; Connecting Faces, Places and Spaces - Community Learning; Let’s Talk Secret Codes – Program 2 of 7; A Good Read – How Books Help Babies and Toddlers.

August 2008

The Overseas Chinese Association prepares for Adult Learners Week; The positive side of Psychology; A Good Read – with Sarah Knight; Marion Learning Festival; Learning at Work – on the Farm; More about …….. Learning @ Work; Older workers – we need them in the workplace; Film Review - The Dark Knight; Meet Julia Gane – National Co-ordinator of Adult Learners’ Week; Streets of Learning – Tea Tree Gully; Meet Michelle Rudd – Award-winning visual artist.

July 2008

My Gambling Story; A Good Read – A Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini; The 2008 MacKillop Oration; Celebrating Adult Learners’ Week in Regional SA; Reviews: Get Smart; Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull; The Jane Austen Book Club; Mental Health First Aid; Financial Literacy – Making the Most of Your Money.

June 2008

My Gambling Story; Teaching physics today; Conflict at work and at home - it can be very good for you; Grammar Gremlins; A Good Read - The Marsh Birds, by Eva Sallis (Allen and Unwin).

May 2008

Film Review; Meet Julie ….. and her note-taker; What’s on in Law Week?; Grammar Gremlins – Parts 1 and 2; Neighbourhood House Week; A Good Read – with Robert Rungkat; Convict Hulks – Life on the Prison Ships; Teacher stress; Film Reviews - Iron Man and The Painted Veil.

April 2008

Film Review; It’s National Youth Week – Shout, Share, Live, Unite!; Ranking universities; Hidden faces revealed; A good read; Learning to read - in prison; Story-telling - still important today; Developing Innovation in Young People.

March 2008

International Women's Day - 8 March; Creating workforce diversity; The recent Academy Awards - a reflection; 1995 A W Jones Lecture, delivered by (then) Dr Lowitja O’Donoghue; So what do students expect of lecturers?; A Good Read – Short Stories; From homelessness to university; The railway station that became a church; The positive side of Psychology.

February 2008

The Reading Writing Hotline; Film Review; Abuse of Elderly People; Learning Journeys 5 (Rpt); Ned Kelly – Australian Legend!; Refugees and Transcultural Health; Building leadership in Australian schools.

January 2008

Learning Journeys Parts 1, 2, 3 and 4 (Rpt); Family Records in Adelaide; Eating Disorders; Glenna's Story - Parts 1 and 2 (Rpt);

December 2007

My Gambling Story – Parts 5 & 6; Digital Natives?; It’s a Legal Matter – Behind the Wheel - Parts 1 & 2; Keeping the Memory of our World – archives and archivists; Meet SA’s Adult Educator of the Year.

November 2007

Australia’s Learning Ambassador of the Year – Nan Bosler OAM; Film Reviews; Milang Old School House Community Centre, Co-winner of the Australian Adult Learning Community of the Year in 2007; Mental health and online support; It's a legal matter - behind the wheel - Part 3.

October 2007

My Gambling Story series; Health literacy; Meet SA's Adult Educator of the Year; Digital photography for people with acquired brain injuries; World Teachers Day - who are our new teachers; Film Reviews - The Bourne Ultimatum and Deborah Kerr; The lighthouse career education project.

September 2007

Adult Learners’ Week – An Interview with the Minister; Simply the Best - Women in the Records; Celebrating Adult Learners’ Week; Eating Disorders; Glenna’s Story – Part 1.

August 2007

Family History Week; Movie Reviews; Learningfull Conversations; More on Family History Resources; In Conversation with Anne Deveson; Child safety on the internet – a New Zealand initiative; Finding that Work-life balance!; Ambassadors for Learning.

July 2007

Calling all visual artists!; What Makes a Good Teacher?; Volunteering in the Adelaide Botanic Gardens; So what is Food Tourism?; Mascapades.

May/June 2007 - program in recess

April 2007
A short history of Ford in Australia - Parts 1 and 2; Meet Aldo Pratali - Parts 5 and 6.

March 2007
Aspects of Ageing - Making your Will; An e-learning project in Ballarat; Meet Aldo Pratali - Parts 1 to 4; From old bush school to a vibrant community telecentre; Evaluating a mentoring project; Bushranges and Airmen; Film Reviews; Hamlet - still going strong after 400 years.

February 2007
Children, Literacies and New Technologies - with Prof Victoria Carrington; February Film Review with John McGowan; Heroes and Villains - Australian Comics and their Creators; Renmark Revisited - Part 1 - Picking up the pieces: A Community's Response; Renmark Revisited - Part 2 - Picking up the pieces: Real men do cry!

January 2007
Special Guest - Dennis Olsen AM; Almost our national anthem - Song of Australia; Eyes Lies and Illusions!

December 2006
US Army education - learning worldwide; Justice and Legal Issues - Neighbours - Parts 1 and 2; Film Reviews - Flags of our Fathers, The Departed, and A Good Year; Social Capital and Lifelong Learning; Supporting men.

November 2006
A Short History of Australia's Wool Industry; Griffith University's Eco-Centre; Lock it or lose it - bicycle safety; Management Committees and the Law - Parts 1 and 2; Mawson Lakes students visit Japan; Some recent books for young people; Cyber bullying.

October 2006
In Conversation with Pru Goward Part 2; Making sense of information literacy - with Mandy Lupton; Animate Quarterly - a project of the SA Writers Centre; Resilience Revisited - with Anne Deveson AO; RAW - Real Adventure Women, with Jill Duffield; Erindale - An Award-winning College in Canberra, with Bob LeFebvre; Rosewall Neighbourhood House and Community Shed, Geelong; Learning @ Work - Senator Ursula Stephens; Film Reviews - The Devil Wears Prada / A Prairie Home Companion; ArtUp! - at the Tuggeranong Arts Centre.

September 2006
Interview with the Honourable Gary Hardgrave MP; Learning Journeys - Program 6 - A Men's Shed in Edinburgh SA; Learning Journeys - Program 7 - Florin's story; Meet June Hazzlewood OAM; Film Review - United 93/Snakes on a Plane; Learning in TAFE - learning at work; Hand - helping Brisbane people with an intellectual disability; In Conversation with Pru Goward Part 1.

August 2006
Survive and Revive - at the Women's Community Centre in Adelaide; Learning Journeys - Part 4 - Learning at Work; National Science Week - with Dr John Long; Financial Literacy - what is it? - with Catherine Birchall; Learning Journeys - Part 5 - Streets of Learning; Re-imagining Educational Leadership - with Professor Brian Caldwell; The early days - a short history of Geelong.

July 2006
Seven Minute Legal – Come and Live with us Mum – Programs 7, 8, 9 and 10; Meet Colin Thiele Parts 8 and 9; WorkVentures; Learning Journeys Part 2 - Virtual First Aid, at Tauondi College; Know before you go - Children's movie reviews; Learning Journeys - Part 3 - Avon Art and Craft Guild; Film Review - Tristram Shandy; Keeping those important family records; So what are blogs and what is podcasting.

June 2006
Seven Minute Legal – Come and Live with us Mum – Programs 3, 4, 5 and 6; A passion for teaching; NetAlert - Keeping your kids safe online; Meet Colin Thiele Part 7; SA Launch - Adult Learners Week; Film Reviews - Da Vinci Code, Eight Below and The World’s Fastest Indian; Learning IT Skills - At a Distance.

May 2006
Meet Colin Thiele parts 3 - 5; Conflict at work and at home; Changing your world with technology; "I didn't know!" - some legal and other matters for association officers; Opening doors to the law; Seven Minute Legal – Come and Live with us Mum – Programs 1 and 2; Healthy GPs.

April 2006
Diet and prostate cancer; So what is a study circle?; The church in the vines - Sevenhill; Ignatius Loyola and the early years of the Jesuits - Br John May SJ; The Jesuits leave Europe in 1848, and the foundation of Sevenhill - Br John May SJ; Wartburg to Bowden - a faith journey; Gambling - the real story (repeat); Film Review - A History of Violence; Meet Colin Thiele - parts 1 and 2; Silver Screen in the Shoalhaven.

March 2006
The changing role of libraries; The academy awards - a reflection; Men’s Sheds – Older Men’s Learning Spaces and Programs in Australia; Childhood Obesity and the Media; From Perth to Sydney - by wheelchair.

February 2006
Pooraka Farm Neighbourhood House Quilt; IT Health Checks; Hollywood's First Australian; young people and technology; kayaks today; Mountaineer and expedition leader Duncan Chessell.

November 2005
Community Gardens; Book Reviews with a focus on aspects of South Australian community life - written by Jan Gaebler; Under-employed? Then find out about The Work Bank; Film Review - Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang.

October 2005
Film Review – Into The Blue; Find the work / life balance; Learn @ Work 6 – Making for Better Managers.

September 2005
Understanding Cancer; Film Review – Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; Learn @ Work 1 - You learn a lot on the farm!; Learn @ Work 2 - It's more than stacking shelves; Learn @ Work 3 - Redundancy - learning helps; Learn @ Work 4 - Volunteers learn too; Learn @ Work 5 - Learning for Aboriginal Apprentices; Adult Learners Week - Alan Tuckett.

August 2005
Adelaide's Trams Revisited; Resilience Part 1 - Interview with Pru Blackwell; Resilience Part 2 - Interview with Anne Deveson Film Review – War of the Worlds; Help is at hand for parents.

July 2005
I want to read to my kids; Old people have rights too; International Men's Health Week; Get to know Mozart - 5 part series; Film Review – Batman Begins; And yes, we learn at work too!

June 2005
Roseworthy Revisited; What sustains teachers?; Every School's Worst Nightmare; Breaking the Cycle of Disadvantage with the Smith Family; Living with the planet in mind.

May 2005
Lochend – Charles Campbell’s House in Campbelltown; Italians in Adelaide – History and contribution to society; Old Highercombe Hotel Folk Museum, Tea Tree Gully; Donate blood for winter; Internet - Keeping kids safe online; Problem Gambling – effects on individuals and families.

April 2005
Living Loud in Salisbury; History of Adelaide’s Trams – A Visit to St Kilda Museum; Children and Families in Transition – Kids and family breakup; Peter Sculthorpe’s Small Town (1963); Meet Colin Thiele – 12 part series, broadcast from 01 April 05; Film Review – Being Julia; Film Review – Robots; Alzheimers Research – Feeding the Fish at Adelaide University; Blackham Environment and Conservation Centre; Starting a Franchise business; Parents Return to Work Initiative.

March 2005
Wartburg to Bowden – A Faith Journey – Lutherans in SA; State Library of South Australia – A tour of the new building; Men’s Health, Davoren Park; Hollywood’s First Australian – Biography of John P McGowan.

February 2005
Sri Lanka – after the Tsunami; Vietnam and Cambodia – A Learning Journey.