Education & Community
- Social capital and migrant wages - Aguilera and Massey 2003
- Mental health issues (migrants) - Netherlands Knipscheer and Kleber 2001
- Wellbeing and Social Capital - Helliwell, 2004
- Casual effect of Social Capital - Mouw, 2006
- Understanding How the Arts Can Enhance Learning - Susan H. Magsamen, Antonio M. Battro, 21 Feb 2011
- The Arts as Part of Our Everyday Lives: Making Visible the Value of the Arts in Learning for Families - Susan H. Magsamen, 21 Feb 2011
- 'Focus on national tests robs children of true learning - Wake up, Australia, or we'll have a nation of unimaginative robots' - Richard Gill, The Age, February 9 2011.
- A Snapshot of the Future of Australian Families, Work and Learning by Jeff Gilling – 2010 Speech at the Population Australia 2050 Summit
- The Seoul Agenda: Goals for the Development of Arts Education is a major outcome of UNESCO’s Second World Conference on Arts Education held in Seoul, the Republic of Korea, on 25 – 28 May 2010. Convened at the initiative of UNESCO the Conference gathered more than 650 officials and experts in arts education from 95 countries. The document reflects the conviction of the IAC members and other Conference participants that arts education has an important role to play in the constructive transformation of educational systems that are struggling to meet the needs of learners in a rapidly changing world.
- Mapping Social Cohesion 2009 - The Scanlon Foundation Surveys - PDF 956kB
- Developing and revitalizing rural communities through arts and creativity (Link to article)
- 'Embrace it': Leunig sees downturn's silver lining (Link to article - ABC online)
Video
- Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity?
- This animate was adapted from a talk given at the RSA by Sir Ken Robinson, world-renowned education and creativity expert and recipient of the RSA's Benjamin Franklin award.
- Entrepreneurs can change the world At its best, entrepreneurship captures the essence of childhood imagination and adult endeavour. This slick video below, written and produced by Sonja Jacob and designed by Ben White, reminds us that creation and determination, fused with possibility, can create great success.
