Learning and Teaching through Communities

Interconnecting public, learning and research.Public Pedagogies Instituteaims to provide a platform for engagement and collaboration between practitioners, researchers and organisations working in the areas of learning and teaching in the community or outside formal education institutions.

Public Pedagogies Institute

A one day symposium exploring learning and teaching in community-based settings and environments.
The event will feature a keynote speaker, as well as a range of presentations exploring the topic in the context of projects taking place in the Geelong area.
Keynote speaker Liss Gabb is a creative producer, director, and curator in the field of participatory arts and social justice. Over the past 20 years Liss has developed a socially engaged practice that is based on working in partnership with communities that experience structural disadvantage. Liss provides the artistic leadership for cohealth Arts Generator, an award winning, participatory arts space that is a division of cohealth, one of Australia's largest community health providers. Under Liss’s leadership the program has become an award winning, multi-arts program that serves communities in eight LGAs in the West and Inner North of Melbourne. Arts Generator's unique model of engagement and cutting-edge artistic outputs are presented regularly at national and international forums and conferences. 
The program will also include a presentation by Helen Rodd, who will be presenting on an innovative and highly successful Community Leadership program she developed and delivers with Wyndham, Maribyrnong, Brimbank, Hobsons Bay, Moonee Valley and Greater Shepparton City Councils 2014-2018. 
Helen Rodd has 30 years of experience in a broad range of roles across the youth, education and community sectors. Her passions include working with diverse communities across ‘The West’ of Melbourne, working across the intersections of diversity, and practising (and teaching) community development. Her principal pursuit in this field is understanding and facilitating the complex dynamics of generational change. Her current focus is the Neighbourhood House sector, and transforming communities through grass roots community participation, community leadership and community-based research.
The program will include presentations from guest speakers currently working on projects in the Geelong region.
The event will take place at Deakin's Waterfront Campus.
Registration will take place from 9am with the program commencing at 9.30am.
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This event is supported by Deakin University and the City of Greater Geelong.

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