The Getting of Wisdom Learning In Later Life Exchange

Melbourne Conference Learning in later life and social inequalities 9.30 am - 3.00 pm, Wednesday, 15 February 2017

9.30 am

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12.00 noon

PROGRAM

Registration/coffee

Welcome to Country

WelcomeHelen Kimberley, Brotherhood of St Laurence

The shapes of later life learning in Australia - Key note Adult Learning Australia

Old as the new new: Indigenous perspectives on life and learning - Key note Tony Dreise, Indigenous Scholar, Australian National University, Australia

Learning in community - Panel presentations

Bridget Gardner, CEO, Neighbourhood Houses Victoria

Deb Chapman, Brimbank Community & Learning Centre

Ronda Held, CEO, Council on the Ageing (COTAVic) (tbc)

Elsie Mutton, President, U3A Network, Victoria

Discussion

Lunch

Conference Convenor Dr Helen Kimberley, Brotherhood of St LaurenceVENUE

The Royal Society of Victoria9 Victoria Street Melbourne 3000

The Getting of Wisdom Learning In Later Life Exchange

Melbourne Conference Learning in later life and social inequalities Wednesday, 15 February 2017

Presentation of papers

The case of Sweden - learning in later life and social inequities: Lifelong learning in policy and practice Ann Kristin-Bostrom, ENCELL National Centre for Lifelong Learning, Sweden

How the idea of men’s sheds travels to ScandinaviaHelene Ahl, Joel Hedegaard, Jönköping University, Sweden & Barry Golding, Australia

Education for Third Age / Phase Persons in Australia: their needs and human rightsMargaret McDonough-Glenn, University of Sydney, Australia

Fifty years of adult and community education (ACE) in Aotearoa New Zealand, with special reference to learning in the later yearsRobert Tobias, University of Canterbury, New Zealand & Australia

Learning and wellbeing - Panel presentation

Elder abuse preventionGary Ferguson, Seniors Rights Victoria

iPads in residential aged careBonnie Simons, Brotherhood of St Laurence

Building seniors’ money know-how Judith Waller, Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)

Feedback and Reflection Professors Bernhard Schmidt-Hertha and Sabina Jelenc Krasovec, (ELOA) Education and Learning by Older Adults Network of ESREA, Germany and Slovenia

Finish

12.45 pm

1.45pm

2.45 pm

3.00 pm

PROVISIONAL PROGRAM

The Getting of Wisdom Learning In Later Life Exchange

Melbourne Conference Learning in later life and social inequalities Wednesday, 15 February 2017

A unique collaboration between researchers in Europe, Australia and New Zealand

The Getting of Wisdom is an international exchange of people, researchers, policy makers and practitioners and ideas from opposite sides of the globe. Our aim is to acknowledge, share, listen to and learn from the accumulated wisdom of older people and researchers in the field to help secure and shape our diverse but interconnected futures.

One day conferencesWe take four intersecting themes in our attempt to collectively underpin the exchange and better understand the nature and future of learning in later life. The themes are about place, equality, empowerment and identity. We have woven these themes into the three conferences to be held in Australia and New Zealand 2017.

Older learning in diverse contexts14 February 2017 – Ballarat, Victoria, Australia

Learning in later life and social inequalities 15 February 2017 – Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Learning, empowerment and identity in later life 16 February 2017 – Wellington, New Zealand

The one week Exchange (12–18 Feb 2017), including three one day conferences, is a unique collaboration between the Education and Learning by Older Adults (ELOA) Network of ESREA (European Society for Research into the Education of Adults); Adult Learning Australia (ALA), the peak adult and community education in Australia; Federation University Australia, and ACE Aotearoa, the peak organisation inclusive of New Zealand’s diverse Māori, Pākehā and Pacifika cultures and people.

Registration: https://ala.asn.au/getting-wisdom-learning-later-life/