The Study Circle Kit is for use by community groups. Within communities, people hold different views of the world developed from their own experiences.
Study circles provide a forum where these differences can be respected and learnt from to work towards a common goal. Members of a study circle become familiar with how to work in this democratically responsible manner.
The kit will assist groups to:
“It was a very good method of each individual learning to understand how groups work and it had very sound foundations.”
(Study group member, Sandy Point, 1999)
The following publications are available for sale for a printed copy or free for a download.
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Stories of the Lake is an annual gathering of storytellers sharing untold stories held on the Bung Yarnda (Lake Tyers) catchment in East Gippsland, Victoria. This CD is a collection of poems and stories inspired by Bung Yardna.
The text of recordings can be found, in a booklet form, here Stories of The Lake (328Kb PDF) or via the link to individual poems found in the list of contributors in our post Stories of the Lake – recordings of words and music inspired by Bung Yardna (Lake Tyers).
The publications listed below are a sample of the knowledge that the Centre has gained and contributed to, through published works.
While living in East Gippsland, Helen was inspired by the Rural Women’s Program introduced by Helenè Brophy. This led to her enrolment in Adult Education at the University of South Australia, to teach Diploma of Community Development at TAFE, and later to research and design a post-graduate program for Regional Community Development facilitators at Monash […]
A professional development manual for facilitators on the front-line of community engagement and management. An introduction to theory, practice and evaluation of a model of Collaborative engagement for transformation.
Publication Date: 19th July 2024.
Communities, government and professionals are all seeking more effective tools to assist positive change in rural communities. The Centre for Rural Communities has produced two publications that distill 15 years of community work into a process for working effectively and positively to enable communities to achieve their own goals and dreams. Growing and Learning in […]
Recent events in Victoria highlight the importance of politicians paying attention to the rural voice and the issue of rural well being. The substance of this paper demonstrates the capacity of rural communities to contribute a missing link in the chain of decision making in regard to the future well being of regional Australia. To […]
