Using dramatized scenes and interviews with a variety of industry experts, this program demonstrates some of the many forms of workplace bullying and offers a sound framework to help understand the nature, causes and effects of workplace bullying.
Languages: English
-
Designing a Chair: Sitting Pretty
This program looks at chair design from two slightly different perspectives. One is presented by Julian Pratt, Co-ordinator Furniture Programs, RMIT University. His is a fairly standard ‘by-the-book’ kind of approach. The other practitioners take a more lateral, less academic approach to the question of design. Given their international reputation, their opinions provide a neat counterpoint to Julian Pratt.
-
The History of Evolution Theory
How did life come to be in all the myriad of forms that exist on earth today? In this program we present an overview, from a science viewpoint, of the development of answers to this fundamental question. From Lamarck and The Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics, Darwin’s Origin of the Species, development s by key biologists to recent directions, the program charts the development of evolutionary theory. The main ideas behind Intelligent Design are also examined.
-
Doing Great Research
This program helps to teach the fundamentals of the research process by following a student as he grapples with the difficulties of independent learning through a research project. He discovers along the way that research is more of a creative adventure than just a classroom chore. With help from friends and teachers he learns to identify his topic, create concept maps and find a rich range of resources. He also discovers some trusted techniques in recording his information and in bringing it all together in a presentation plan.
-
Room For Five – Teacher’s guide
A comprehensive teachers’ guide provides suggested activities and discussions based on segments of the video program Room For Five. The guide is free with a purchase of the complete series.
-
The Changing Nature of Work
New technologies, the ever-increasing speed of information flow, and growing global competition are transforming the way we work. Specific job descriptions and rigid hierarchies are being replaced by work based on teams and projects and the increased use of contractual and freelance workers.
-
Characteristics and Properties of Food – Part Two
We can drastically improve the preparation, preservation and presentation of the food we eat when we understand the role of enzymes, pectin and pigments. In this follow-up program to Characteristics and Properties of Food we provide concise definitions and explanations as well as a wide range of practical applications and hands-on experiments.
-
Bullying is Uncool
With the aid of a dramatized section, this program aims to make a very positive contribution to combating the increasing problem of bullying in our schools. It explains to children why kids bully and offers strategies for them to use to deal with the bullies they may encounter.
-
The Business of Marketing Food
This program examines the role of marketing in successful Australian food companies using two case studies – Sanitarium Foods and Gatorade.
-
Buy Now – Pay Later: The Impact of TV Advertising on Kids’ Diets
In this innovative and lively program we present a range of views on the advertising of food to teenagers, as we ask some fundamental questions, including: Why is there so much food advertising during kids’ shows? How effective is it? Should food producers have the right to advertise to such a vulnerable group? We hear views from a leading dietician, the Deputy Director of the Australian Food Council, a spokesperson for Youth Media Australia and a leading academic commentator, John Schwartz, from the Media Department of Swinburne University. John analyses the food ads and tells us why they’re effective or not effective.