Central Ranges: PodCasts

A New Federalism

Editor — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:02:35 GMT

Podcasts from the CRLLEN

www.centralrangesllen.org.au/conversations

Release: Friday, October 9th , 2009 - "A New Federalism" - Peter Clarke and Prof. Jack Keating

In todays episode we provide the full replay of the INSIDE.ORG.AU podcast "Schooling and the Common Good" published by Peter Clarke, interviewing Professor Jack Keating, Associate Director of the Centre for Post-compulsory Education and Lifelong Learning

Jack Keating is associate director of the University of Melbourne Centre for Post-Compulsory Education and Lifelong Learning (CPELL). He has extensive experience in the post compulsory education and training sectors and has undertaken a number of studies in the area of post compulsory youth transition and qualifications. Recently he was the main author of the Kirby Report into post compulsory education and training pathways in Victoria.

He has undertaken research and consultancy work in post compulsory education and training for the Commonwealth and most state education and training authorities, and for a number of international agencies, including the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the ILO, OECD and UNESCO. In 2001-2 he managed the OECD activity on qualifications and lifelong learning and he has continued to participate in this activity. He has extensive knowledge of the research relating to qualifications and youth transition in Australia and internationally.

Peter Clarke is a Melbourne based broadcaster, writer and educator. He pioneered national talkback on Australian radio as the inaugural presenter of Offspring (now Life Matters) on ABC Radio National.

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Loddon Mallee - New Network Leaders

Bill Coppinger — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:11:04 GMT

In today's episode of our "conversations" series of podcasts, we provide the full replay of the podcast "LM BYTES" made by Jenny Ashby, interviewing the Director of the Loddon Mallee Region Department of Education and Early Childhood Development Mr. Ron Lake.

Ron Lake is the Regional Director of the Loddon Mallee Region. The region covers approximately 30% of the entire state of Victoria and has approximately 44,000 students attending 170 government schools.

Ron introduces the new Regional Network Leaders and speaks about performance development and the professional development days at the beginning of 2009.

To see this and other podcasts in our series, please point your web browser to:

www.centralrangesllen.org.au/conversations

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The Future Minds Forum - 12 Months On

Bill Coppinger — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 06:13:30 GMT

Twelve months ago today, the Board of the Central Ranges Local Learning and Employment Network was honoured to host Professor Howard Gardner, the John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Prof. Gardner has said.. We live in a time of vast changes that include accelerating globalization, mounting quantities of information, the growing hegemony of science and technology and the clash of civilizations. Those changes call for new ways of thinking in school, business and the professions.

Professor Gardner defines the cognitive abilities that will command a premium in the future... the Five Minds for the Future:

the disciplinary mind

the synthesizing mind

the creating mind

the respectful mind

the ethical mind

Armed with these well-honed capacities, a person will be equipped to deal with what is expected in the future - as well as what cannot be anticipated. Without these “minds” individuals will be at the mercy of forces they can’t understand - overwhelmed by information, unable to succeed in the workplace and incapable of making judicious decisions about personal and professional matters.

Howard Gardner

Professor Gardner was the guest of the Board of the Central Ranges Local Learning and Employment Network for two days during July of 2007. He contributed to both an open public forum attended by almost 400 people on Friday July 6th as well as contributing to a private luncheon on Saturday July 7th, hosted by our network for the benefit of local community and educational leaders across the Hume and Loddon Mallee regions in Victoria.

The "conversations" podcast series are produced for the benefit of our members by the Central Ranges Local Learning and Employment Network, in Victoria, Australia.

This podcast remains the file that has been downloaded from our site a record number of times, with over 1000 downalods in one day.

For the benefit of members and subscriber across our network and across the world, we have reproduced the full replay of the public presentation made by Professor Howard Gardner at the Future Minds Forum, held in the Melbourne Convention Centre in July 2007.

To gain access to the podcast, follow the link to our "conversations" web page.

http://www.centralrangesllen.org.au/conversations

“One of the most influential psychologists of his generation”
-The Economist

“By most accounts, Howard Gardner is the most influential living theorist in the education world today”
- NEA Today

Future Minds Podcast Released - Howard Gardner

Bill Coppinger — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 20:44:58 GMT

As a service to our members, conference participants and subscribers, we have released the third in our series of occasional podcasts called "conversations".

In today's episode we provide the full replay of the public presentation made by Professor Howard Gardner at the Future Minds Forum, held in the Melbourne Convention Centre in July 2007.

The title of our forum , "Future Minds" was focused on Dr. Gardner's latest book, Five Minds for the Future, which was recently released by Harvard Business School Press.

Professor Gardner contributed to both an open public forum attended by almost 400 people on Friday July 6th as well as contributing to a private luncheon for approximately 110 guests on Saturday July 7th, hosted by our network for the benefit of local community and educational leaders across the Hume and Loddon Mallee regions in Victoria.

Full details of the forum and the link to the Podcast can be found by following this link : Conversations

Future Minds Podcast - Coming Soon

Bill Coppinger — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 17:16:51 GMT

The Central Ranges LLEN will shortly be releasing the podcast of the July 2007 "Future Minds" Forum with Professor Howard Gardner.

You can use the link above to subscribe to Conversations via iTunes.

Please visit our "Conversations" podcasting section for updates.

AGM & Industry Forum 2005 - A great success!

Bill Coppinger — Mon, 16 May 2005 20:03:13 GMT

A cold and dark, yet clear morning greeted members and their guests as they arrived prior to 7:00am for the breakfast forum. Over 80 guests [a record attendance for the CRLLEN AGM] braved the morning conditions and for many, a drive over country roads pre-dawn, is not for the faint-hearted!

Representatives from business, community and education providers from across the the Shires of Macedon, Mitchell and Murrindindi Shires were in attendance. This included many school principals, Shire councillors, Ecomnic Development Managers, teachers and many interested community representatives.

Professor Howard Gardner was introduced to the forum, live via video-conference from Harvard University, Boston, USA.

From the outset, Dr. Gardner's succinct and elegant presentation style captured the attention and imagination of those attending the forum. Dr. Gardner emphasised the need to approach education with a focus much more on the individual.

Dr. Gardner said:

"If the MI theory is even approximately true, we should individualise education much more. Schools used to be uniform schools, that teach everybody the same thing in the same way, you test them in same way and that seemd to be fair. But I propose that is completely unfair, because it delivers school entirely in the vain of the people who are good in language and logic.

So, if we really want to educate every person, we need to know much much more about his or her intellectual configurations and how to teach and assess in ways that are friendly to that person.

Professor Gardner also outlined his new work, 'Five Minds for the Future', outlining his own concerns and observations about the 'types of minds needed in the future'.

The full story can be viewed here.

A full 'podcast' of the event can also be downloaded, see below.

PodCast

Professor Howard Gardner
John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education
Harvard Graduate School of Education

CRLLEN - Annual General Meeting and Industry Forum " The Three Pillars"
Friday, May 13th, 2005, [Broadband required]
File Size: 112.1 Mb