Images of a Sustainable Primary School
Rowena Morrow
Abstract: This piece explores the development of a facilitated workshop for primary school children around sustainability and the children’s images of a preferred school environment. A rationale for the Workshop is outlined; design principles and methodologies are discussed, as are the approaches taken to interact with an audience of concrete operational thinkers. The Pilot School for this workshop is used as an example.
CLA applied to the paid maternity leave debate
Rowena Morrow
Abstract The commentary around paid maternity leave in Australia in the early 2000s brought many vested interests into stark relief. It illustrated the lack of depth in the debate of issues surrounding motherhood, childrearing, fertility rates and the effect that economic incentives can have on reproduction. The application of Causal Layered Analysis (CLA) to the ideological positions of those involved in the media skirmishes will illuminate the myths on which their arguments are based, and can provide guidance as to the real issues requiring discussion.