Between 1966 and 1973, while Australian troops were fighting in Vietnam, some 300 conscripted teachers were quietly posted to Papua New Guinea. Colloquially known as 'Chalkies', their task was to raise the educational level of troops of the Pacific Islands Regiment in what turned out to be critical years leading up to the country's independence. Drawing on the recollections of more than 70 of those National Servicemen, Dr Darryl Dymock, a former Chalkie, tells the story of how these young teachers responded to the challenges of a life most of them never wanted or imagined for themselves, in an exotic land on Australia's doorstep. It's a unique tale of the good, the bad and the unexpected, told with flair and insight against the background of political developments of the day. 'An educational scheme which for magnitude, scope, intensity and enlightenment is without parallel in military history.' - Brigadier Ernest Gould

This volume considers, rethinks and reorganizes how support for learning across working lifecan be best conceptualized, organized and enacted. It considers educational and learning support processes that include approaches thatfit well within working lives and workplaces, and support work and learning asa co-occurrence. These are the key focuses for individual and collectivecontributions to this edited volume, which provide discussions about whatconstitutes learning across working lives and how this differs from lifelonglearning and lifelong education. Accounts of learning across the working livesof social workers, doctors working in hospitals and in general practice,teaching, aviation, nursing, mining, aged care and more. These accounts advancea range of ways in which workers’ learning across working lives is beingsupported and how this support is also linked to other changes, such as to theoccupational practice in which they engage.

This volume considers, rethinks and reorganizes how support for learning across working lifecan be best conceptualized, organized and enacted. It considers educational and learning support processes that include approaches thatfit well within working lives and workplaces, and support work and learning asa co-occurrence. These are the key focuses for individual and collectivecontributions to this edited volume, which provide discussions about whatconstitutes learning across working lives and how this differs from lifelonglearning and lifelong education. Accounts of learning across the working livesof social workers, doctors working in hospitals and in general practice,teaching, aviation, nursing, mining, aged care and more. These accounts advancea range of ways in which workers’ learning across working lives is beingsupported and how this support is also linked to other changes, such as to theoccupational practice in which they engage.

Between 1966 and 1973, while Australian troops were fighting in Vietnam, some 300 conscripted teachers were quietly posted to Papua New Guinea. Colloquially known as 'Chalkies', their task was to raise the educational level of troops of the Pacific Islands Regiment in what turned out to be critical years leading up to the country's independence. Drawing on the recollections of more than 70 of those National Servicemen, Dr Darryl Dymock, a former Chalkie, tells the story of how these young teachers responded to the challenges of a life most of them never wanted or imagined for themselves, in an exotic land on Australia's doorstep. It's a unique tale of the good, the bad and the unexpected, told with flair and insight against the background of political developments of the day. 'An educational scheme which for magnitude, scope, intensity and enlightenment is without parallel in military history.' - Brigadier Ernest Gould

This volume considers, rethinks and reorganizes how support for learning across working lifecan be best conceptualized, organized and enacted. It considers educational and learning support processes that include approaches thatfit well within working lives and workplaces, and support work and learning asa co-occurrence. These are the key focuses for individual and collectivecontributions to this edited volume, which provide discussions about whatconstitutes learning across working lives and how this differs from lifelonglearning and lifelong education. Accounts of learning across the working livesof social workers, doctors working in hospitals and in general practice,teaching, aviation, nursing, mining, aged care and more. These accounts advancea range of ways in which workers’ learning across working lives is beingsupported and how this support is also linked to other changes, such as to theoccupational practice in which they engage.

This volume considers, rethinks and reorganizes how support for learning across working lifecan be best conceptualized, organized and enacted. It considers educational and learning support processes that include approaches thatfit well within working lives and workplaces, and support work and learning asa co-occurrence. These are the key focuses for individual and collectivecontributions to this edited volume, which provide discussions about whatconstitutes learning across working lives and how this differs from lifelonglearning and lifelong education. Accounts of learning across the working livesof social workers, doctors working in hospitals and in general practice,teaching, aviation, nursing, mining, aged care and more. These accounts advancea range of ways in which workers’ learning across working lives is beingsupported and how this support is also linked to other changes, such as to theoccupational practice in which they engage.