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8 Oct 2019

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Private Parts

How to Teach and Learn Consent / Sex & relationships

There was 'no means no'. Then 'yes means yes'. Now, we have notions of 'enthusiastic consent' and 'continued consent'. Sexual consent might seem like a simple thing to understand, but the continued prevalence of harassment and sexual assault tells us it's anything but.

Is our culture sending mixed messages? Can the tricky terrain of consent ever be reduced to a…

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Pass it On: Preserving Australian Indigenous Languages / Words & language

With Daniel Browning, Vicki Couzens, Fay Stewart-Muir and 3 others

‘Budgerigar’, ‘quandong’, ‘Torana’, ‘Canberra’ – there are many Aboriginal words in everyday use by both non-Indigenous and Indigenous Australians. What do we gain from knowing and learning First Nations words? And how can we embed more traditional language into the daily lives of all Australians?

At least 250 Indigenous Australian languages were spoken on this continent in 1788. Today only…

24 Jul 2019

Past event

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John Marsden: The Art of Growing Up / Education

With Karys McEwen, John Marsden, and Sumeya Yussuf

The demands placed on young people are ever-growing. What does it mean to educate children and teenagers in the era of social media and climate change, when they’re acutely aware of the pressure to succeed – whether via NAPLAN results, university entrance scores, extracurricular activities, or fulfilling jobs?

John Marsden has long been part of the lives of young Australians…

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The Wheeler Centre

Comic In Tuition: Can Comedy be Taught? / Comedy

Wes Snelling, Steph Tisdell, Patti Fawcett, Meg Upton and Evan Watts at the Wheeler Centre

Are ‘funny bones’ something you’re born with, or can they grow with time?

In partnership with Melbourne International Comedy Festival, we look at ‘Nature vs Nurture’ in comedy. Schools around the country are now using comedy as an educational tool to improve literacy and confidence, and to explore different points of view. How can comedy help us learn? And what else can it teach?

With host Wes Snelling, our panel of comedians and educators – Steph Tisdell, Meg Upton, Patti Fawcett and Evan Watts – discuss mentoring and directing, comedy as a learning tool and its place in the school curriculum.

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Comic In Tuition: Can Comedy be Taught? / Comedy & humour

With Wes Snelling, Steph Tisdell, Patti Fawcett and 2 others

Are ‘funny bones’ something you’re born with, or can they grow with time?

17 Apr 2019

Past event

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Wheeler Kids

All the Ways to be Smart / Children’s books

With Davina Bell and Allison Colpoys

Smart is not just ticks and crosses,
smart is building boats from boxes.
Painting patterns, wheeling wagons,
being mermaids, riding dragons …

As adults, we hear talk of book smarts and street smarts; we sometimes discuss not just IQ but spatial, emotional or other kinds of intelligence. Now, there’s a book to do the same for young readers, and to…

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24 Jul 2019

Past event