EDUCATION BY LISTENING

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 43, 9 May 1930, Page 5

EDUCATION BY LISTENING

W.E.A. Offers Opportunity to Listeners ‘DISCUSSION CIRCLES TO BE : FORMED

(SOMMENCING this month, two series of talks (six each) will be broadcast by Mr. N. M. Richmond, B.A. (Director of the W.E.A.), from 1YA. Many listeners must have felt, after listening to a talk, that they would like to discuss various points raised by the speaker. In view of this the W.E.A. is prepared to assist in the formation of wireless discussion groups. It will supply each group beforehand with outline notes of the lectures, together with suggested questions for discussion, so that each member will be able to follow the subject-matter clearly and take part in a discussion by the group. All that is required is a good group-leader, good wireless reception, and a silent and comfortable meeting place. Where group listening is not possible, it is quite effective if the members listen in their own homes and then meet later on for discussion. (This overcomes, for example, any difficulty in meeting on the same night as the broadcast, or at that particular time of day.) The group-leader will be invited to keep touch with the lecturer by sending in reports, and asking questions, or making criti¢isms and suggestions on behalf of the group. If individual members wish to send in written answers to any of the questions, the lecturer will also be glad to criticisé them as far as he can. A charge of 1/- per member for each series will be made to cover cost of the notes and correspondence involved. Individual listeners who wish to participate in the scheme, but cannot join a group, are invited to do so on the same terms. Sample copies of the notes to the first talk will be sent free on application by prospective group-leaders and others, and group or individual subscriptions should be forwarded early to ensure receipt of the full notes as they are issued. 1st series of talks--Life and Labour in the Nineteenth Century:' (1) English life in the Eighteenth Century; (2) The Revolution in Agriculture and Transport; (8) The Industrial and Commercial Revolutions (4) ‘The New Life in Town and Country; (5) Workers’ Movements; (6) The Course of Opinion. 2nd series.-Problems of Capital and Labour: (1) Causes of Industrial Unrest; (2) The State and the Worker; (3) The Trade Union Movement; (4) The Wage System; (5) The Machinety of Industrial Relations; (6) Industry and the Democratic Ideal. , Hints for Study. (1) The lecturer cannot say very much in twenty mintites, Many listeners may want to pursue the matter further and make a study of the subject, either individually or through discussion with others, The outline notes, which will be supplied, are meant to assist this object. (2) Read the notes through carefully both before and after the talk. The preliminary reading will enable you to follow the talk much better, and the subsequent reading will help towards a discussion of the points suggested. Thé sticcess of the discussion itself will depend a great deal on the choice of a good leader or chairman, " (3) It need scarcely be said that, if you want any real grasp of the problems dealt with, a good deal of further reading is necessary, A few Looks are suggested at the end of each outline, and the W.E.A. may possibly develop a library scheme whereby such books would be made available to circulate among the groups. It all depends on the demand which is expressed. Address all correspondence to the Director, W.E.A., Old Grammar School, Auckland. ;