Apprenticeships and traineeships combine work and structured training. Traineeships have many features in common with apprenticeships, although traineeships usually last only one to two years instead of three to four years. This program covers the skills and attitudes generally expected of an apprentice or trainee and illustrates four specific examples in the Tourism and Hospitality Industry.
Languages: English
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Preparing and Processing Foods
This program looks at why we preserve and process foods, how we do it in different cultures and the health considerations we need to take into account when we do it today. The preservation of food has been a life-saving practice in every human society since the dawn of time. In frozen climates, meat was kept in the ice. In tropical climates food was dried in the sun. In moderate climates salt and oil did the work. And this preservation allowed mankind to put down roots and create a society by remaining in one location. Each culture preserved their local food sources using the same basic methods of food preservation such as drying, freezing, fermenting, pickling and curing. But, within cultures, the preservation of food isn’t strictly for sustenance. There are also cultural aspects. All across the world there are many religious and celebratory occasions where the preservation of foods now has a social and customary meaning.
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The Beginning Teacher
The aim of this program is to provide strategies and advice to beginning teachers on how to prepare for their initial teaching appointment. All the research shows that the teacher is the most important factor in improved student learning. This program presents information and strategies to assist first time teachers upon their initial appointment.
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The Healthy Teacher
Being a teacher today is an incredibly rewarding experience – but it can also be stressful. Maybe its long hours or a heavy workload, possibly it’s the particular school environment, perhaps it’s even parental pressure creating the stress. Whatever the cause, it’s vital that you approach your teaching career with an awareness of the aspects of the job that can cause stress and be informed about finding a healthy balance between work and life. In this program we follow a typical day in the lives of two teachers – experienced professionals who have got the balance right. Through them, this professional development program explores the areas that affect teacher’s physical, emotional and social wellbeing in reducing stresses and anxiety. It will examine the importance of healthy eating, physical activity, wellness and mind matters and their essential role in achieving optimal health within the teaching profession. An informative, practical and motivational resource for both new and established teachers. Chapters: 1. Balancing Work and Life 2. Healthy Eating 3. Physical Activity 4. Wellness Matters 5. Mind Matters
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Essence of Anthropology
Exlains the four-fields of anthropology, defines the concept of hilsm, and describes how anthroplogists approach their subject matter form a holistic and comparative cross-cultural perspective in order to reach the braodest and most inclusive conclusions possible on their subject of interest. Each field, cultural, physical (biological), linguistic anthropology, and archaeology, are described and situational material is included to illustrate how each field functions and interconnects with the others. This video also introduces the student to the way anthropologists carry out their analyses through rigorous fieldwork and participant observation in order to create the ethnographies that describe human cross-culturally.
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Biology & Evolution
Humans are biological organisms that have a place in the natural world. To understand what it means to be human we need to understand how we became human. The video introduces the topic of biology by looking at an important evolutionary force, natural selection, and how it has affected a species of fox living on islands off of the California coast. Next, the ultimate source of variation is examined as the hereditary material, DNA, is examined. Genes, alleles, and proteins are discussed as part of normal human physiology and with their involvement with inherited genetic diseases. How the hereditary material is distributed to offspring is the focus of meiosis by which sex cells are formed. Crucial here is that there are different combinations that lead to variation between each sex cell. Mutations give rise to new variations on which natural selection can act upon. In the final segment of the video, population genetics is showcased. A human case of natural selection, sickle-cell trait, is highlighted. Non-Darwinian forces of evolution, gene flow and genetic drift, are explored and the video ends with a discussion of how the evolutionary forces can change a population.
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Genres in Music – From Handel to Hip Hop
Music and Musicians throughout time have reflected fashion, culture, social and cultural events. Young people play music in rock bands, choirs, orchestras, play “guitar-hero” and “sing-star”, consume music on TV, my-space, iPods, you tube, DVD and movies all reflecting many varied styles and genres of music and musical experience. This programs takes the viewer on a “snapshot” tour of many musical genres “from Handel to Hip Hop” taking in views of classical art music, rock and pop music, opera and musical theatre, 20th and 21st Century film music and orchestral collaborations with Heavy Metal, Rap and Hip Hop.
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Designing for Different Needs
This program is aimed at the continuing changes in the designing and manufacturing world. New material and manufacturing processes are influencing what products we buy and how we use them. The use of robotics in manufacturing now allows more complex and intricate products to be made catering for wider range of differing needs. It also shows the impact that political, environmental, physical and social context has on the designing and manufacture of new products.
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Evaluating a Product
This program begins by looking at the concept of aesthetics in design, what aesthetics are and how they are used to enhance the beauty and appearance of a consumer product. It then takes an in depth look at how the qualities of a product are defined in the design process. Functional efficiency of a product and it’s incorporation into the design is an area which is carefully examined, followed by the impact its manufacture and disposal will have on the environment. Finally, every product has planned obsolescence built into its design and manufacture. A look at how manufacturers carefully balance quality and durability against a limited useful life of the product is also taken.
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Aged Care: Assessing Skin Conditions
Assessing Skin Conditions” provides an overview of the techniques and knowledge required to carry out an accurate assessment of a patient with a new or ongoing skin condition. The program begins with an overview of the structure and function of human skin, then continues with useful explanations of the terminology students need to recognise and describe common skin conditions. With expert commentary from a dermatologist it guides learners through the steps of assessing patients in a precise and compassionate way. Emphasis is given to ageing skin, patient communication and care.