Men in Shed's movement - Seminar

 

 Lancaster University Centre for Ageing Research          

Lancaster University Centre for Aging Research with the Department of Education Research are pleased to announce a seminar on gender, social isolation and the role of continued learning for wellbeing in older age on:

20th February 2014 12.30 – 3.00 p.m.

Location: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Meeting Room 2

Speakers include:

Professor Barry Golding,

Faculty of Education and Arts, Federation University, Australia

The Men’s Sheds movement:

Some implications for older men’s learning, health and wellbeing

Bowral Men’s Shed, New South Wales, Australia

Dr Barbara Hanratty

Dept. of Health Sciences, University of York, UK

Loneliness and social isolation amongst older people:
Some implications for health services?

NOTE: This event is free to attend but places are limited. Those wishing to attend should register their intention to attend Jan Lyons at: jan.lyons@lancaster.ac.uk

 Links to papers delivered by Barry at previous SCUTREA Conferences
2007  Shedding some new light on gender: evidence about men’s informal learning preferences from Australian men’s sheds in community contexts
2008 "How men are worked with": gender roles in men's informal learning
2008 A long and winding road: autonomous men's learning through participation in community sheds across Australia

Link to Barry's own website