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November 27 2006

Adelaide awash with educators

Young boy writing at deskThe annual conference of the Australian Association for Educational Research (AARE) brings hundreds of educational researchers from interstate and overseas to Adelaide this week.

With 800 presentations on a wide range of topics, the conference promises to be a busy one for all concerned, with far too many choices to make life easy.

“People can choose from topics as diverse as IT in early childhood to philosophical debates about funding and purposes of schooling, to comparative VET research, to improving teaching standards,” conference convenor Professor Marie Brennan says.

“We have been thrilled with the level of local and international interest in this conference which is the peak educational research conference in Australia. When so much of education is debated through sound-bites rather than evidence, it is really important that we have the opportunity to present findings of research and indicate research in progress.”

Keynote speeches include Professor Fazal Rizvi from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA, addressing international education, Professor Maggie MacLure from Manchester University on research methods for uncertain times, and Adelaide’s own Professor Pat Thomson who now holds a Chair at Nottingham University in the UK examining cooperative research between schools and universities.

Five books will also be launched at the conference which is being held at the City East Campus of UniSA and Bonython Hall at the University of Adelaide.

So if you bump into people wandering the streets of Adelaide, they might not be members of the barmy army here for the Ashes, or Kylie fans, but an educational researcher from any of five continents – who might stay on for a concert or a test, or sample the food and wine and tourist delights of South Australia.

Program Overview
• Keynote addresses are at 9am Monday to Wednesday in Bonython Hall
• Papers are delivered in a combination of rooms from UniSA and Adelaide, and details can be found on the conference program (see website link below)
• Registration desk and exhibitors’ booths are in Bonython Hall
• Morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea will be on the lawns outside Bonython Hall for a chance to mingle informally
• Please register your presence at the registration desk which opens at 8am each morning
• Conference Dinner at the National Wine Centre

Further information can be found on the conference website where the full program is provided 2006 conference program as a PDF downloadable. http://www.aare.edu.au/conf2006/index.htm

To contact conference participants, send a text message to Professor Marie Brennan on 0417 892 624 and she will ensure messages to relevant presenters are made at plenary sessions. Notices to individuals can also be left on the conference messaging board adjacent to registration.
 

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