Work-based education about depression : ethical dilemmas revisited and a new workplace literacy emerges
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2010
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Davies, L.
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Merrill, B.
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Conference paper
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Looking back, looking forward: learning, teaching and research in adult education, past, present and future, 2010 / Merrill, B. (ed./s), pp.79-86
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40th Standing Conference on University Teaching and Research in the Education of Adults (6 Jul 2010 : Coventry, UK)
Abstract
In an examination of a re-emergence of some ethical dilemmas which adult educators may experience, and emerging policies about the urgent need for work-based education about depression, this paper reflects the conference themes of historical and current research in pedagogical and policy practices, and the role of adult educators.
A large, qualitative investigation undertaken in some Australian organisations revealed managers‟ beliefs about the value of work-based education and depression. Further to this, in this paper I examine the literature related to Australian activities which parallel those undertaken in Britain, Canada, New Zealand and the United States of America (World Health Organisation, 2001) which have been proposed and utilised in workplaces to increase awareness of and knowledge about depression, or what is now often referred to as the acquisition of „mental health literacy