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Senior men's learning and wellbeing through community participation in Australia: report to the National Seniors Productive Ageing Centre

This is a major field-based study for National Seniors Productive Ageing Centre by a research team from the Univers ... Show more
This is a major field-based study for National Seniors Productive Ageing Centre by a research team from the University of Ballarat. It is an exploration of the benefits of older men's (age 50+) learning through participation in community settings other than those understood as having a vocational or educational dimension. It is based on an analysis of extensive audio-recorded and transcribed interviews and surveys in 48 organisations in six diverse sites across three Australian states. The six community organisation types explored were: adult and community education; sporting; religious, Indigenous and cultural; voluntary fire and emergency services; age-related and disability; and men’s special interest organisations. The research provides new evidence of the acute need for organisations providing adult learning in community settings to consider how to engage more men and to promote older men's wellbeing more effectively.
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A shorter report based on this study is indexed at TD/TNC 99.876. Show less

Authors: Golding, Barry; Foley, Annette J.; Brown, Mike; Harvey, Jack

Date: 2010

Geographic subjects: Oceania; Australia

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Series name: RAVE: Researching Adult and Vocational Education

Subjects: Outcomes; Gender; Teaching and learning ... [+] Show more
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Men's learning and wellbeing through community organisations in Western Australia: report to the Western Australia Department of Education and Training

This is a major field-based study for the Western Australia Department of Education and Training by a research team ... Show more
This is a major field-based study for the Western Australia Department of Education and Training by a research team from the University of Ballarat. It is an exploration of the benefits of men’s learning through participation in community settings other than those understood as having a vocational or educational dimension. It is based on an analysis of extensive audio-recorded and transcribed interviews and surveys in 36 organisations in six diverse sites across Western Australia. The six community organisation types explored were: adult and community education; sporting; religious, Indigenous and cultural; voluntary fire and emergency services; age-related and disability; and men’s special interest organisations. The research confirms and explores the important role that all community organisations examined play, in providing contexts in which all aspects of lifelong and lifewide learning can be practiced and enhanced for, by and with men as active participants.
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Authors: Golding, Barry; Brown, Mike; Foley, Annette J.; Harvey, Jack

Date: 2010

Geographic subjects: Oceania; Australia; Western Australia

Resource type: Government report or paper

Subjects: Outcomes; Industry; Gender ... [+] Show more
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'Everything is harder': participation in tertiary education of young people from rural and regional Victoria

This report investigates the attitudes that shape post-school education and training decisions and choices for peri ... Show more
This report investigates the attitudes that shape post-school education and training decisions and choices for peri-urban, regional and rural students and their families. The authors conclude that the longer-term economic and employment benefits of further education, particularly higher education, are perceived by many of the research participants as reducing and becoming less significant and more delayed compared to the perceived short-term advantages of direct entry to work.
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Authors: Golding, Barry; Barnett, Clem; Brown, Mike; Angus, Lawrence ... [+] Show more

Date: 2007

Geographic subjects: Victoria; Australia; Oceania

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Subjects: Participation; Culture and society; Employment ... [+] Show more
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Men's sheds in Australia: learning through community contexts

A range of Australian demographic, education, training, health and wellbeing data confirm that men are experiencing ... Show more
A range of Australian demographic, education, training, health and wellbeing data confirm that men are experiencing a range of dilemmas as they age, particularly after retirement. Community-run men’s sheds have recently developed and proliferated, mainly across parts of southern Australia and with higher proportions of older men not in work. This research study examines their role as a place in the lives of older men. It examines the informal skill development that takes place for older men in men’s sheds: dedicated men’s programs and spaces in community organisations in Australia. It examines the circumstances and attitudes that have been shown to bring otherwise disengaged older men (defined as age 45+) to learning. In doing so, it closely examines the rationales, pedagogies, experiences and outcomes of participants in men’s sheds. These spaces and programs form a growing part of local government, community services and welfare provision for older men at a neighbourhood and suburb level in towns and local communities. The research confirms for the first time, using compelling and rigorously collected data from participants, the critical value of community-based men’s sheds in Australia to older men’s wellbeing: particularly to their health, social enjoyment, ongoing learning capacity and ability to contribute to the community. Show less

Authors: Golding, Barry; Brown, Mike; Foley, Annette J.; Harvey, Jack ... [+] Show more

Date: 2007

Geographic subjects: Oceania; Australia

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Subjects: Skills and knowledge; Governance; Employment ... [+] Show more

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Senior men's learning and wellbeing through community participation in Australia: report to the National Seniors Productive Ageing Centre

Men's learning and wellbeing through community organisations in Western Australia: report to the Western Australia Department of Education and Training

'Everything is harder': participation in tertiary education of young people from rural and regional Victoria

Men's sheds in Australia: learning through community contexts