Men's sheds in Australia : Learning through community contexts
- Authors: Golding, Barry , Brown, Michael , Foley, Annette , Harvey, Jack , Gleeson, Lynne
- Date: 2007
- Type: Text , Book
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- Description: ‘Men’s sheds’ organisations are typically located in shed or workshop-type spaces in community settings that provide opportunities for regular hands-on activity by groups deliberately and mainly comprising men. Men’s sheds in community organisations are shown to be a relatively new, diverse and poorly known set of community-based, grass-roots organisations—found only in Australia. These informal spaces and programs in community settings have grown recently and rapidly in parts of mainly southern Australia with a higher proportion of older men not in paid work. Men’s sheds are typically organised by, and legally constituted through, existing community organisations. They usually provide a woodworking workshop space, tools and equipment and an adjacent social area in a public, shed-type setting. Some include a metalwork area and/or an adjacent garden.
- Description: 2003005525
Metropolitan universities : Serving the needs of adult students?
- Authors: Miller, Charlynn , Gleeson, Lynne
- Date: 2007
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Journal of Continuing Higher Education Vol. 55, no. 3 (2007), p. 2-13
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- Description: 2003004709
Exploring the use of clinical laboratories in undergraduate nursing programs in regional Australia
- Authors: Wellard, Sally , Woolf, Rhonda , Gleeson, Lynne
- Date: 2007
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship Vol. 4, no. 1 (2007), p.
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- Description: Preparation for clinical practice is arguably a vital component of undergraduate nursing education with clinical laboratories widely adopted as a strategy to support student development of clinical skills. However, there is little empirical evidence about the role laboratories play in students' learning or how they assist in linking theory to practice. This study aimed to explore the current clinical laboratory practices in Schools of Nursing in regional Victoria, Australia through site visits, interviews and review of curricula. Findings revealed that approaches to laboratory learning are based on traditions rather than evidence, and have evolved in response to fiscal and environmental challenges. The predominance of teacher talk in the laboratory, has lead to acute care over other areas of practice. This study indicates a need for rigorous investigation of pedagogies that can support nursing students in preparation for clinical practice. It remains unclear if laboratory learning experiences assist students in the translation of theoretical knowledge to practice. Copyright ©2007 The Berkeley Electronic Press. All rights reserved.
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- Description: 2003005867