Older Learning in diverse contexts
| 08.45 am | Registration
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| 09.00 am | Tea and coffee
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| 09.30 am | Welcome to Country
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| 09.45 am | Welcome
Professor John McDonald – Dean of the Faculty of Education and Arts, Federation University, Australia
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| 10.00 am | Older learning in diverse contexts – Key Note
Alex Withnall, University of Warwick, UK
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| 10.20 am | International perspectives on learning in later life – Key Note
Brian Findsen, University of Waikato, New Zealand
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| 10.40 am | Notions of Indigenous eldership – Key Note
Tony Dreise, Principal Research Fellow, Indigenous Education, Australian Council of Educational Research (ACER), Brisbane, Australia
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| 11.00 am | Morning tea
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| 11.30 am | International papers
Learning settings for older adults in Portugal: Universities of Third Age undergoing change Esmeraldina Maria da Cosa Veloso, University of Minho, Portugal Intergenerational exchange of knowledge, skills, values and practices between self-organised active citizens in Maribor, Slovenia Sabina Jelenc Krašovec & Marta Gregorčič, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
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| 12.00 noon | Lunch – Choir, Tai Chi or yoga
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| 01.00 pm | Breakout Session
Warm: the knitting project that engaged older learners in sustainability Lisa Kendall BECS Ballarat East Community Men’s Shed
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| 01.30 pm | International Papers
Ageing in Sweden from a Polish senior immigrant perspective Małgorzata Malec Rawińska, University of Wroclaw, Poland The role of universities in older adult education in Aotearoa New Zealand, with special reference to learning in the later years Brian Findsen, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
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| 02.00 pm | Afternoon tea
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| 02.30 pm | Breakout Session
Service Learning Probus Active lives Ballarat Life Activities Group
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| 03.00 pm | Why bother about learning in later life?
Barry Golding – Federation University Australia, Helen Kimberley – Brotherhood of St Laurence, David Helmers – CEO Australian Men’s Shed Association
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| 04.00 pm | Feedback and Reflection
Sue Jackson, Professor Emerita Lifelong Learning and Gender, Birkbeck University of London, UK
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| 04.30 pm | Day One concludes |
When
8.45 am – 4.30 pm
14 February 2017
Where
Federation University
Camp St Campus
Camp Street
Ballarat, Victoria
Cost
One day conference: $100.00
Concession: $75.00
Registration