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The Big Issues
<p>What are some of the big issues confronting humanity today? What makes them “big” and what makes them an “issue”? From politics to literature to ethics and AI, explore a variety of topics with a
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What are some of the big issues confronting humanity today? What makes them “big” and what makes them an “issue”? From politics to literature to ethics and AI, explore a variety of topics with a variety of tutors.
DELIVERY MODE
- Face-to-Face
COURSE OUTLINE
- What are big issues? What are the big issues? (Christine Gietz)
- D. H. Lawrence and The Thrill of Ignorance – Why is the Far Right Rising in Australia? (Georgina Kenyon)
- The Rise of the Right and the Collapse of Liberal International Order (Chris Puplick)
- How Healthy is Australia’s Democracy? (Sonya Thompson)
- A New Cold War? (Sonya Thompson)
- Love of Country – Is Patriotism the Last Refuge of the Scoundrel? (Michael Pyne)
- "Ethics of Care" – What It Means and Why We Should Care (Sandy Killick)
- How Do We Navigate Big Issues? What Capabilities Do Big Issues Demand of Us? (Sandy Killick)
- The Newest Promethean – The Promises and Perils of AI (Michael Hauptman)
- Shakespeare’s Big Issues – Are They Big Issues Today? (Christine Gietz)
LEARNING OUTCOMES
By the end of this course, students should be able to:
- Gain insights into issues of importance to humanity
- Discuss issues across a variety of topics
Christine Gietz
BA Dip Ed, Grad Cert in Uni Teaching
Christine Gietz (BA Dip Ed, Grad. Cert. in University Teaching) is the Education Manager at WEA Sydney and has held this position since 2021 and has tutored at WEA Sydney since 2012. She also...
Michael Hauptman
MBA, MEngSci
Michael Hauptman, MBA, MEngSci, has conducted walking tours of the Sydney CBD for over 15 years. He is a keen amateur historian with a passion for studying the late 1800s and early 1900s, when so...
Georgina Kenyon
BA (Hons) Semiotics/HPS
Georgina Kenyon, has worked as a teacher, editor and writer for over 20 years, contributing to the BBC, ABC, New Scientist, The Lancet journals, Deutsche Welle and The Guardian. She writes about...
Sandy Killick
Sandra Killick is a leading authority in democracy education, adaptive leadership & systems thinking. A skilled facilitator, she creates spaces where people can have challenging, messy, necessary...
Chris Puplick
BA(Hons), MA
Chris Puplick AM served as a Senator for New South Wales and member of the Shadow Cabinet. He represented Australia at meetings of the UN General Assembly, the World Health Organisation and the...
Michael Pyne
MA, MEd, PhD
Michael has been teaching history for over 40 years, from high school to university level. He has written or co-written 13 history text books including HSC texts on the Arab/Israeli conflict and...
Sonya Thompson
MALP, MA
Sonya Thompson, MA, MALP, has taught in the subject areas of history and politics for over thirty years, much of that time with the WEA. Sonya holds postgraduate degrees in history, law and...