CREEW'S News
September 2004
Hello everyone
We have had much to celebrate during the last few weeks - read on for all the news!
- Publications
- Conferences
- Professional Development
- Seminar Series
- Postgraduate News
- Centre News
- HRISS Update
- Future CREEW's News
Publications
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Reid, A (2004) 'Towards a culture of inquiry in DECS', Occasional Paper No. 1. Department of Education and Childrens' Services, pp. 1 -14.
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'What works where you are? The implementation of training packages in rural Australia' by Berwyn Clayton, Kaaren Blom, Andrea Bateman and Pam Carden was published on 14 July 2004 and can be downloaded free of charge from the NCVER web site.
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On 5 August Vice-Chancellor Professor Denise Bradley launched the book 'Lifelong learning and the democratic imagination: revisioning justice, freedom and community', edited by Peter Willis and Pam Carden, a book which features the work of several UniSA researchers.
Conferences
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Alan Reid presented the keynote address: 'The future of public education' at the Victorian Australian Education Union Conference on Friday 27 August, at AEU House, Melbourne.
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Personal impressions about the Australian Teacher Education Association (ATEA) conference Bathurst 7th -10 July, reported in August Creew's News, were circulated to Education staff by Michael O'Donoghue and Rosie Le Cornu. CREEW colleagues presented papers on their research: Rosie Le Cornu on 'Learning Circles: Providing spaces for renewal of both teachers and teacher educators', Judy Peters on 'Student teachers reflecting through problem-based scenarios', Michael ODonoghue and Alan Reid on 'An Enquiry into Enquiry', and Marie Brennan was a key contributor to several plenary sessions. The 2005 ATEA conference will be at Griffith University, Gold Coast, July 7-10.
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Judy Peters is attending the British Educational Research Association (BERA) conference in Manchester 15-18 September to present two papers: 'Leaders in Transition: Living with Paradoxes' (with Rosie Le Cornu) and 'Teacher Research: Examining Underlying Assumptions and Conditions'.
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Michael ODonoghue and Heather Foster presented a paper entitled 'Designing a tertiary course in Religions of Australia' at the Australian Association for the Study of Religions national Conference in Sydney on 17 July.
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Marie Brennan provided a theme key note 'Maintaining the energy and creativity in middle schooling curriculum' at the international Middle Schooling Conference at the Hilton Adelaide on 1 July 2004.
Professional Development
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A successful School of Education Practicum Retreat was held on Friday 27th August at the Adelaide Sailing Club. 41 participants took part in a program that aimed to problematise the practicum and provided opportunities for people to share current and future practices. The program was facilitated by the School of Education Practicum Committee (Rosemary Sandstrom, Elspeth Stephenson, Victoria Whitington, Ian Hamilton and Rosie Le Cornu).
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At the ATEA AGM, it was decided to have an ATEA contact person for each institution and for the University of South Australia, its Rosie Le Cornu. Rosie will circulate anything that might be of interest and invites you to contact her if you want to talk more about ATEA.
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Judith Gill contributed to a two day workshop on developing teacher Professional Standards. The workshop, held at Victor Harbour and sponsored by DECS, focussed on the writing of professional standards. The workshop formed part of a SA response to the establishment of the National Centre for Quality Teaching and School Leadership (NIQSTL).
Seminar Series
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CREEW presented the first of The Hawke Research Institute's 2004 'Weaving the Social Fabric' public lecture series on Thursday 5 August. This years series has the theme Sustainable Societies. A stirring lecture on the topic Teaching for sustainable, vigorous and defiant societies was delivered by Mike Newman.
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At the next CREEW seminar Peter Willis will present on 'The discourses of supervision research on 17 September.
Postgraduate News
Warm congratulations to Doug Conlan and Jenny Aland, who had their PhDs confirmed by University Council on 17 August.
A happy celebration lunch was held for Shin Yu Miao and Andrew Wojecki on 2 September, attended by 23 CREEW members happy to congratulate their colleagues on their graduation. The celebration continued for Andrew and Shin Yu with evening revelry together with people who had been closely associated with them during their doctorate studies. Two lovely people who will be greatly missed by the rest of CREEW and we wish them every success in their future careers and lives!
Jenni Carter is the convenor of the new HRISS postgrads forum.
Peter Geyer is presenting at the Australian Association for Psychological Type 2004 Conference at Sovereign Hill Ballarat 17-19 September. Peter writes: There's my paper 'Type and Society: Reflections on differences and how we live' as well as one jointly presented with Assoc. Prof. Ian Ball of Deakin University, 'Step II: A forward step? Some evidence and reflections from the use of MBTI Form K in Australia'. I'll also be facilitating a session on the late Dr.Mary McCaulley, a key person in the history and development of the MBTI, which will involve videos and discussion.
The General Sir John Monash Foundation is offering up to eight Awards to outstanding Australian citizens graduating from Australian Universities to enable them to undertake postgraduate study abroad at the worlds best Universities, appropriate to their field of study. The General Sir John Monash Awards are valued at up to AUD $50,000 per annum over 3 years and may be held concurrently with other scholarships.
Centre News
At the CREEW Management Committee meeting on 16 August, the following topics were reported, discussed and acted upon:
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Roger reported on HRISS developments which are covered in the next item of Creew's News.
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There was discussion regarding Stephen McKenzie's offer to interrogate social sustainability sources for CREEW. Stephen is the Hawke Research Institute's Research Associate. Tom Stehlik will follow this up.
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Suggestions from CREEW members regarding book purchases, through the 2004 UniSA library funds allocated to CREEW, were collected and passed on to Roger Harris for a decision.
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A web page will be developed for CREEW book sales.
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Calls for applications for CREEW research grants were distributed to members, with a closing date of 6 September.
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CREEW prizes for Honours students will be determined by Peter Willis and Bruce Johnson.
A cost centre will be established for the development of a new refereed education journal, the Journal of Educational Enquiry. -
Suggestions for the purchase of equipment will be actioned by Roger.
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Next meeting will be 10 September, before the scheduled seminar.
HRISS Update
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At last, The Hawke Research Institute (HRISS) was formally accepted as a University Institute and will move to the new funding formula in 2005.
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Two Postdoctoral Fellows have been appointed to HRISS Emily Potter (commencing 9/8/04) and Simon Robb (commencing 1/9/04).
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Alison Mackinnon, Director of HRISS, will be away on PEL from mid-August 2004 until mid-February 2005. Rhonda Sharpe will be Acting Director.
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A number of working portfolios have been established within HRISS: Postgraduates (convenor: Rob Hattam); Membership (convenor: Rhonda Sharpe); Communication and representation (convenor: Gerry Bloustien); International (convenor: Margaret Peters).
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There may be a research retreat, first recommended by the membership in a meeting earlier in the year, held out of Adelaide near the end of the year; however, the move of Underdale may forestall it until next year. We will be kept informed.
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Several CREEW members attended the 'Lifeways, pathways' round table.
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Tom Stehlik is convening the 'Beyond Communities of practice' working group.
Future CREEW's News
Owing to staff leave, the October edition of Creew's News will not be published, but will be combined with the November edition. Please continue to keep us notified of all your activities.