Prison Systems and Education: How do you feel about prison conditions?

Talks on Tuesdays is a live event series bringing big ideas, real experts, and curious minds together - at your favourite local venues. Think thought-provoking lectures, audience questions, and post-talk mingling over drinks and dinner.

This isn’t a uni lecture. It’s a social, intelligent night out.Come alone or with friends, leave with something to talk about.

Event Schedule:

6.30pm Arrival & Doors Open

7pm Lecuture Starts

7.45pm Q&A

8pm Talk Concludes

8.30pm Event Closes.

*Please arrive close to 6.30pm

A La Carte menu and full bar available throughout the night - pay as you go.

Your Topic:

Prison Systems and Education: They say that How do you feel about prison conditions in this country?
Ever thought about it? How about shows like World's Toughest Prisons where inmates are subject to incredibly difficult prison conditions like overcrowding, extreme violence, hazing and bullying as well as organised crime running rampant. Maybe you're thinking, 'Well they're criminals, they deserve to live like that'? But what about prisons in Scandinavian countries? Inmates have open door cell policies, access to kitchens and cooking utensils, TVs and gaming consoles in their cells, some of them even get to leave the prison by day to work only to return at the end of the day. How is this allowed? Why is this allowed? What system are they following and what can the Scandinavian prison system teach us about working in groups and getting along with other people? What can these systems teach us about individuals and responsibility we can learn about for life?

Your Speaker:

Sonja Maric

A PDHPE educator, teacher educator and researcher passionate about making physical education meaningful, inclusive and relevant for every student. A Lecturer at Macquarie University and accredited NSW teacher, she has extensive experience across school and higher education, teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students in PDHPE, early childhood and primary education. Her research focuses on the Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility (TPSR) model and the potential of physical education to develop skills such as respect, teamwork, self-direction and leadership. Her work is driven by a simple question: How can PE help us develop not just better movers, but better humans?