AARE Broadcast E-mails 2008

AARE Association Broadcast E-mails 2008

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Broadcast Message 24/9/2008

Software workshop exclusive to AARE 2008 delegates:

NVivo 8 Fundamentals Sunday 30 November 9.30am - 4.30pm

Undertaking a project or conducting research that involves analysing field notes or other text based information in Word or PDF format? Working with interview recordings, video footage or digital photos? Learn about how NVivo research software can assist in your next education project.

QSR International is offering AARE 2008 delegates a one day training workshop to learn how NVivo 8 software can assist you in your next education project - whatever your materials.

This hands-on workshop is offered at a discount of over 30% to AARE delegates, and it's a basic introduction to research software, NVivo 8. At the end of the day, you should have enough knowledge to get up and running with your own project.

You'll learn how to create a project, and represent and work with different materials.

You'll also be given a demonstration of some of the tools to assist in the analysis of your data. Time is allocated during the afternoon session to practice on your own data.

Workshop costs include lunch and morning and afternoon refreshments. Desktop computers are provided and you'll receive your own comprehensive workbook.

AARE delegate price: $253.00 including $23.00 GST (over 30% discount off normal workshop fee). Places are very limited.

Note: Registrants for this course must have an Internet Connection. If you do not already have an Internet Connection for QUT campus, please purchase one via the AARE 2008 Secure Payment Conference Registration page. Cost is $7.70

Further information:

NVivo 8 Fundamentals course outline http://www.aare.edu.au/conf2008/preconf.htm
More about NVivo 8: http://www.qsrinternational.com//products_nvivo.aspx

Broadcast Message 24/9/2008

Book Launch Opportunities AARE 2008 Conference

Dear AARE Members,

Are you attending the Brisbane conference this year, and do you have a recently published book, monograph or edited collection?

Have you considered asking your publisher if they would support a Book Launch of your publication at the Conference?

The Brisbane, 2008 Conference Committee would like to offer you two exciting opportunities:

A featured Book Launch (to be programmed at a time suitable to yourself, your publisher and the Program Committee). For further details about costs and scheduling please contact Annette Woods on annette.woods@qut.edu.au or 07 31383184. Our Committee will be pleased to work with you and your publisher to ensure an appropriate launch for your publication.
The opportunity to display your publication and talk to colleagues about it during the Monday Night Book Launch Extravaganza and Awards Celebration (Radford Award, Life Member Award & Doctoral Research Award). This event is planned as a means to showcase the great diversity of research and publication work that AARE members are involved in. The cost for a table in the courtyard will be $49.50 and this will provide you with display space amongst colleagues gathering to mingle and engage in intellectual conversations over free drinks and entertainment. This event is central to the Brisbane Committee's approach to encourage rigor and collegiality across all elements of AARE, Brisbane, 2008. For more information and to register your interest in this event, please contact Annette Woods on annette.woods@qut.edu.au or 07 31383184.

We look forward to helping to plan your involvement in publication showcase elements of the Conference, and to welcoming you to Brisbane in December.

The Programming Committee, Brisbane, 2008.

Mary Ryan PhD
Convenor AARE 2008 Conference

Broadcast Message 6/9/2008

Closing 30 October, AARE 2008 AWARDS APPLICATIONS: BETTY WATTS & ECR

Dear Colleagues,

Applications are invited for the AARE 2008 "Betty Watts Indigenous Researcher Award" and the "Early Career Researcher Award", closing 30 October (details at http://www.aare.edu.au/bwatts/ & http://www.aare.edu.au/early/ ).

If you are eligible to apply, enquiries may be directed to helen.watt@education.monash.edu.au . If you know of meritorious eligible people who could apply, please could you distribute this message to them, and through your networks. Expressions of interest should be noted to AARE Office as soon as possible.

For both awards, evaluation criteria require a covering application letter, and a full paper to be submitted to AARE Office by COB Thursday 30 October. As the intent of each award is to honour and facilitate outstanding scholarship, applications are judged on the basis of the following academic merit criteria:

originality;
contemporary significance and /or scholarly relevance;
conceptual, methodological and theoretical soundness;
disciplined, focused and persuasive argument;
coherent organisation and clarity of written expression;
comprehensive reference to appropriate literature.

Only one paper per researcher should be submitted for each Award in any year. Papers previously submitted may not be re-submitted. Eligibility for each of the 2 awards is below:

* BETTY WATTS INDIGENOUS RESEARCHER AWARD - ELIGIBILITY *

Applicants must meet all the following criteria:

be a member of AARE;
identify as Australian Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander;
be able to attend the full conference in the year of the award;
be willing to present a conference paper or lead a symposium based on their research, and deliver the paper as scheduled;
submit a conference paper proposal by the closing date;
nominate for the Award by COB 30 October to aare@aare.edu.au;
submit one single-authored paper by COB 30 October to
aare@aare.edu.au;
have not previously received a Betty Watts Indigenous Researcher award;
submit the paper for publication in AARE Conference Papers Collection and / or submit the paper to the AER for publication.

* EARLY CAREER RESEARCHER AWARD - ELIGIBILITY *

Applicants must meet all the following criteria:

be a member of AARE;
have been awarded a doctoral degree within the past 5 years;
have an appointment at no higher than Level B (or equivalent) if employed by a university;
be able to attend the full conference in the year of the award;
be willing to present a conference paper or lead a symposium based on their research, and deliver the paper as scheduled;
submit a proposal for a conference paper by the closing date;
nominate for the Award by COB 30 October to aare@aare.edu.au;
submit one single-authored paper by COB 30 October to aare@aare.edu.au;
have not previously received an AARE Early Career Researcher award.

Best regards,
Helen Watt, Awards Convenor

Broadcast Message 29/8/2008

2008 Conference Early-bird Discount Registration Rate Ends: As usual, the discount early-bird registration rate for AARE Conference 2008 will be terminated at midnight on 31 August 2008 and be replaced with the normal registration rates. Despite using OCS [Canada] we will operate by Australian Eastern Standard Time in relation to this matter.; Special individual arrangements will be made to allow the discount early-bird rate to apply to any presenters whose proposals have not completed refereeing/reviewing by next Sunday night. Such persons should write to aare@aare.edu.au . Proposers held up in refereeing/reviewing should NOT use the normal e-commerce form on AARE website.; Thanks to all people who have made payments in the last few days. It will take some time to check all of these are correct. All name badges which are to be collected at the registration desk in Brisbane from Sunday 30 November, are generated from financial records.; AARE Office.
AARE phone +61 359649031

Broadcast Message 22/8/2008

PAPERS FOR THE AARE CONFERENCE PAPERS COLLECTIONS [AARE DIGITAL ARCHIVE] IN 2008.: In the AARE 2008 Conference brochure it states:
"All conference presenters are strongly encouraged to submit a hard copy and a disc copy of their paper to the Conference Secretariat for inclusion in the AARE digital archive and the ACER Cunningham Library for The Australian Education Index."

"For more details about this process please see www.aare.edu.au "; "All conference presenters are strongly encouraged to submit a hard copy and a disc copy of their paper to the Conference Secretariat for inclusion in the AARE digital archive and the ACER Cunningham Library for The Australian Education Index."; "For more details about this process please see www.aare.edu.au "; At a meeting of the AARE Executive Committee held on 1 August 2008 it was resolved: "That for the 2008 conference, the non-refereed papers would be included in the conference papers collection, all presented papers would be placed as usual into the AARE digital archive, and all presenters would be strongly encouraged (as stated in the conference brochure and quoted above) to hand in copies of their papers on CD and in hardcopy if they wished their papers to be included in the collection."; In amplification, members are advised that the AARE Conference Papers Collection [AARE Digital Archive] contains papers presented at the relevant AARE conference. Some papers are labelled ® for reviewed [in the index prepared by AARE office which leads to the full text paper, but not on the paper itself which is not edited]. Papers are only certified ® if they have been peer-reviewed by the AARE Conference organisers in a way that meets Australian Government requirements specifically current DEEWR requirements for E1 category publications specified in the Higher Education Research Data Collection. Papers are lodged or deposited in the digital archive in pdf file format. Papers are not edited, they are "authors' final drafts" [in the parlance of digital repositories now gaining favour]. Copyright is vested in the authors who may publish various journal articles based on the conference paper if they wish.; Hard copies of papers deposited with the secretariat are passed to ACER Cunningham Library for indexing in the Australian Education Index which is linked to many similar indexing services overseas. CDs or discs containing digital copies of text papers are transported to AARE office where they are checked and loaded onto AARE website. Note AARE does not include PowerPoint [or similar] presentations in the Conference Papers Collections. Prior to 2008 the collection has also been published on CD as a "fixed digital format" but this is not planned for 2008 at present.; All enquiries to Peter Jeffery, Compiler, AARE Conference Papers Collections [Digital Archive] pjeff@aare.edu.au phone +61 3 59649296.

Broadcast Message 12/8/2008

Call For Nominations For Aare Executive: Nominations are hereby called for the following positions on the AARE Executive; due to the transition to new terms of office under the Constitution adopted at the 2007 AGM, some of the positions are for 2009 only while others are for longer terms:; Honorary Secretary (three-year term 2009-11), Honorary Treasurer (for 2009), Research Development Coordinator (for 2009), Communications Co-ordinator (three- year term 2009-11), and ordinary AARE Executive Member (three positions, including postgraduate student member, all two-year terms 2009-10).; A nomination form with further information is available for download from the AARE website [http://www.aare.edu.au/nom2008.pdf ]; Nominees must be current, financial members of AARE. Nominations should be proposed and seconded by current, financial AARE members. Further information about the above positions is available from the Honorary Secretary.; Nominations should be sent to the Honorary Secretary, Debra Cunningham (contact details as on the form) by Friday 26 September 2008.; Debra Cunningham
AARE Hon Secretary
phone    07 3377 4736
fax        07 3870 5006
email     Debra.Cunningham@qct.edu.au

Broadcast Message 1/8/2008

Dear AARE Members,

A reminder that early bird (discounted) registration and presenter registration for the 2008 conference in Brisbane closes on August 31st. You can find a link on the conference homepage to the great variety of abstracts that have already been accepted http://www.aare.edu.au/conf2008/index.htm.

Please note that refereed papers and symposia will not appear in the presentation list at this stage to protect author anonymity through the review process.

The committee is also planning some stimulating focus panels and opportunities for social networking. I hope to see you all there. Please forward this email to non-members.

Kind regards, k Mary Ryan k AARE conference convenor 2008

Broadcast Message 15/7/2008

CLOSING DATE FOR AARE POSTGRADUATE STUDENT TRAVEL AWARDS HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO JULY 31^ST!

If you meet the below criteria, please consider applying for an AARE Postgraduate Student Travel Award!

***Research Supervisors*** please convey this important information to your students.

To be eligible, postgraduate students must:

be a (student) member of AARE
have submitted a proposal for a conference paper by the closing date for conference paper proposals to aare@aare.edu.au on the appropriate conference form
submit one single-authored paper by the award closing date (extended to July 31) to aare@aare.edu.au
be able to attend the full conference
be willing to present a conference paper or lead a symposium based on their research, and deliver the paper as scheduled
submit the paper at registration for publication on-line and on CD in AARE's Conference papers collection (copyright is vested in author)
have not previously received an AARE Postgraduate Student Travel Award

Information on the AARE website here: http://www.aare.edu.au/pgrad/pgst.htm

very best wishes,
Helen Watt, Awards Convenor

Broadcast Message 11/7/2008

Workshop on 'The utility of theory(ies) in educational research' (24-26 September): AARE is sponsoring a residential workshop for research students and early career researchers at Charles Sturt University, Bathurst from Wednesday 24th September to Friday 26th September. The theme of the workshop is 'The utility of theory(ies) in educational research'. Presenters will include leading theoreticians in the field of educational research.; There will be common presentations and discussions on Wednesday and part of Thursday, followed by classes on your choice of two particular theorists or areas of theory, namely Policy Theory, Foucault, Bourdieu and Bernstein, Globalisation, risk and postmodernity, texual theories/semiotics, Deleuze, Social Constructivism/Vygotsky.; Registration is $99 per participant. Secure your place now by paying on AARE's secure website, accessible through http://www.aare.edu.au/futwork.htm; Professor Christine Halse
AARE Communications Coordinator
OTHER INFORMATION FOR MEMBERS OCS WILL BE UNAVAILABLE: Due to server maintenance at Simon Fraser University [Canada] AARE on OCS will not be available from 10.00pm Sunday 13th July 2008 for some hours. This means that for AARE users of OCS [for the Brisbane conference] the server will be unavailable from 3.00pm AEST on 14th July. Please phone anyone but us if you can't get connected to AARE on OCS from 3.00pm on Monday. I think we can be confident that the machine will be running again by morning on Monday in Canada so it will be running for Australia about midnight onwards on Tuesday 15th July.
SPONSORED WEBEX HELPS AARE: AARE office was able to assist a member in Singapore to complete her proposal for ARE 2008 conference via use of a video conference provided free of charge by WebEx / Cisco. We worked with the member for about one and a half hours interactively completing her proposal.; Thanks to webex for assisting educational research.; AARE Office

Broadcast Message 27/5/2008

Education , Professor and Assoc Prof Continuing, Full Time, Gold Coast

VRN EPS17182/08
Closing Date 18.06.08 http://www.griffith.edu.au/hrm/employment/

Griffith University is an innovative learning-centred, research university with 5 campuses and 32,000 students in the high growth Brisbane - Gold Coast corridor. The University has a national and international reputation for innovation, diversity and creativity in its research and teaching programs and in its scholarly engagement with its communities. It combines an international focus and multidisciplinary orientation with a longstanding commitment to community engagement and equity. With over 10,000 students, the Arts, Education and Law Group is the largest academic group within Griffith University and is one of Australia's largest providers in Education and the Creative Arts. The Group operates across all five Griffith campuses in the Brisbane - Gold Coast corridor. It has developed a strong local, national and international reputation for excellence in its flagship programs. The Group incorporates the Queensland College of Art, the Griffith Film School, the Queensland Conservatorium, the Griffith Law School, the Faculty of Education and the Faculty of Arts. It also hosts large multi-disciplinary research centres. Griffith University seeks to strengthen its research, scholarship of teaching, and learning/teaching capability in the field of Education by the appointment of two distinguished educational researchers and scholars as Professor and Associate Professor in the School of Education and Professional Studies (EPS), Gold Coast campus. The successful applicants will contribute to the enhancement of research and teaching excellence in the School and Faculty. Further, the appointees will have a PhD and a significant national and international reputation as researchers and scholars and a strong track record in attracting external research funding. The appointees will have research expertise in one of the priority areas of the School and Faculty: Science Education; and/or TechnologyEducation (including ICT); and/or Curriculum and Pedagogy, and/ or Learning Design. The Faculty of Education has a strong research profile in learning and social change, focussing on issues of equity and inclusion; continuing education; applied theatre and applied linguistics. The appointees will focus on building the research and research higher degree culture within the School and across the Faculty. The School of Education and Professional Studies (Gold Coast) is one of two schools within the Faculty of Education. The School of EPS (Gold Coast) offers primary and secondary teacher education programs to local and international students, as well as postgraduate coursework programs and research degrees at Masters and Doctoral levels, including Doctor of Philosophy and Doctor of Education.

Message authorised by
Christine Halse
AARE Communications Coordinator.

Broadcast Message 26/5/2008

CLOSING DATE FOR CONFERENCE PROPOSALS IS SATURDAY 31^ST MAY: Note: proposals which require FULL PAPER PEER REFEREEING WILL NOT GO AHEAD UNTIL THE ADMINISTRATIVE FEE IS PAID ON-LINE. http://www.aare.edu.au/secure/index.htm; AARE Office
AARE phone +61 3 59649031
Thousands of full text research papers are available on-line at
www.aare.edu.au

Broadcast Message 17/5/2008

ATTENTION:: Conference submission date for papers, abstracts and symposia has been extended until May 31^st.; THIS MESSAGE IS NOT IN ERROR.; AARE WEBSITE WILL BE UPDATED TO HAVE MATCHING DATES AS SOON AS A MACHINE FAULT IS RECTIFIED. [This has been done.]; AARE 2008 CONFERENCE
CALL FOR PAPERS
EXTENDED TO 31 MAY 2008.; EARLY BIRD [DISCOUNT] REGISTRATION CLOSES 31 AUGUST 2008.; Mary Ryan
Convenor.

Broadcast Message 16/5/2008

AARE NEWS (no 62) is now available on-line: http://www.aare.edu.au/news/newsplus/news62.pdf

This issue includes:

Message From the President including information about ERA and AARE@AERA
Dates for 2008 AARE Conference in Brisbane (Abstracts close 31 May)
The new Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC)
Report on Australian Education Researcher
New grants won by AARE members
Postgraduate student report
Information on September AARE workshop on theory in education research
Summary of findings from Research into support for ECRs
News from ACDE
Recent Doctoral Theses in Education
Deadlines for 2008 AARE awards
Call for nominations for Life membership awards.

and much more .......

Christine Halse,
AARE Communications Editor

CONFERENCE 2008 NEWS:

AARE 2008 CONFERENCE CALL FOR PAPERS HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO 31 MAY 2008.

EARLY BIRD [DISCOUNT] REGISTRATION CLOSES 31 AUGUST 2008.

Mary Ryan
Convenor.

Broadcast Message 8/5/2008

This Message Has Been Sent Via OCS To All TDs.: We are using www.aare.edu.au as a repository for documents relating to the conference. This is to save recipients from unnecessary email management clerical work dealing with attachment after attachment [filing them, making sure you can find them again when wanted, having the correct version, etc.].; So rather than attaching a revised version of the Instructions for Track Directors for you to file, we have filed it on AARE website and here I simply tell you its URL. At this place you will always find the latest "final" version of a document.; The latest instructions for Track Directors is at http://www.aare.edu.au/conf2008/trackinstr.pdf; The latest criteria for review of proposals is at http://www.aare.edu.au/conf2008/reviewcrit.pdf; Peter Jeffery

Broadcast Message 6/5/2008

Clarification of abstract length for 2008 Conference: (see http://www.aare.edu.au/conf2008/call2008.htm); Individual abstracts are 1000 words. Abstracts within symposia are 400 words for each paper. Full papers for refereeing must include a 300 word abstract.; Dr Mary Ryan
Convenor AARE 2008 Conference
Thousands of full text research papers are available on-line at www.aare.edu.au

Broadcast Message 5/5/2008

April Edition: Vol 35 No 1

Broadcast E-mail 29/4/2008

Conference 2008 REMINDER

Due date for all abstract, paper and symposia submissions is 16^th May.

More detailed abstracts are required this year - check submission guidelines at http://www.aare.edu.au/conf2008/index.htm

The first time you use this [OCS] system you will need to create your own login name and password. The steps for submitting a proposal for the AARE 2008 Education Conference are very simple.

From www.aare.edu.au homepage:

Click on the link, Conferences and Workshops
Then click on Next Conference
Click on Further Information
Click on the words AARE 2008 Conference Open Conference System [OCS] Proposal Submissions. This will take you to AARE on OCS.
Click on View Conference Details
Click on the 4^th link called Proposal Submission -- under Conference Information.
You will be asked to logon here. If you are a nominated Track Director you must use the login name and password sent by the OCS machine. If you are a proposer you must create your own login name and password.
The process is straightforward from here.

We also encourage you to sign up in the OCS system as a reviewer at http://ocs.sfu.ca/aare/index.php/AARE_2008/AARE

In your personal profile, add keywords to the 'reviewing interests' box. You can add any keywords, but we recommend that some of your keywords correspond to the conference keywords or SIGs. Then tick the reviewer box at the bottom of the page. We thank you for this important contribution to your research community.

Dr Mary Ryan
Conference Convenor 2008

Broadcast E-mail 18/4/2008

NEED HELP WITH OPEN CONFERENCE SYSTEM FOR YOUR 2008 PROPOSAL?
BOOK NOW: VIRTUAL WORKSHOP ON OCS: [Guest speaker all the way from Canada]; AARE is pleased to announce that Kevin Stranack from the Public Knowledge Project at Simon Fraser University in Canada has agreed to speak to members of AARE about the Open Conference System so that members can among other things, more easily put in proposals for AARE 2008 Conference.; We can do this without adversely impacting the environment or conference funds by using AARE sponsored WebEx to bring Kevin to your computer desk top in a full audio visual real time discussion, with questions.; The first step is to enrol by sending a message to pjeff@aare.edu.auwith the SUBJECT: OCS WORKSHOP saying which of two sessions you want to attend.
TWO FREE SESSIONS: Choose one -- Workshop #1 on 22 April 2008 at 8.00am AEST
Workshop #2 on 23 April 2008 at 8.00am AEST; These days and times have been chosen to fit in with the international dateline and time zones applying to Regina Canada. More or less identical introductory content will be presented in both of the workshops.; Peter Jeffery will use webex to invite you to join the workshop of your choice.; To join, click on a link in an email and dial a free phone number.; For more information on WebEx , see www.webex.com; AARE Office
aare@aare.edu.au

Broadcast E-mail 11/4/2008

NEED HELP WITH OPEN CONFERENCE SYSTEM FOR YOUR 2008 PROPOSAL?
BOOK NOW: VIRTUAL WORKSHOP ON OCS [Guest speaker all the way from Canada]: AARE is pleased to announce that Kevin Stranack from the Public Knowledge Project at Simon Fraser University in Canada has agreed to speak to members of AARE about the Open Conference System so that members can among other things, more easily put in proposals for AARE 2008 Conference.; We can do this without adversely impacting the environment or conference funds by using AARE sponsored WebEx to bring Kevin to your computer desk top in a full audio visual real time discussion, with questions.; The first step is to enrol by sending a message to pjeff@aare.edu.au saying which of two sessions you want to attend.
TWO SESSIONS: Choose one -- Workshop #1 22 April 2008 at 8.00am AEST
Workshop #2 23 April 2008 at 8.00am AEST; These days and times have been chosen to fit in with the international dateline and time zones applying to Regina Canada. More or less identical introductory content will be presented in both of the workshops.; Peter Jeffery will use webex to invite you to join the workshop of your choice.; To join, click on a link in an email and dial a free phone number.; For more information on WebEx , see www.webex.com
JOB ADVERTISEMENT: Applications Close 11 May 2008 Quote Ref No: 23024
post doctoral fellow: Faculty of Education; Fixed Term - 2 years full time; The Faculty seeks an outstanding early-career researcher to fill the position of Post Doctoral Fellow for a period of two years. As the successful candidate you will implement, under the mentorship of Faculty staff, a program of research which fits within an area of research strength of the Faculty. For further information contact Associate Professor Lori Lockyer, Associate Dean (Research) on (02) 4221 5511.; http://employment.uow.edu.au/cgi-bin/job_details.cgi?id=23024; AARE Office
+61 3 59649031
aare@aare.edu.au

Broadcast E-mail 9/4/2008

ABOUT THESE MESSAGES
AARE 2008 CONFERENCE: Dear AARE Members,; Our new 2008 conference brochure is now available at http://www.aare.edu.au/conf2008/index.htm and it was mailed to all financial members with AARE NEWS. The new brochure supercedes the one distributed at AARE 2007 Conference in Fremantle. Also, we have additional information on the websites
http://www.aare.edu.au and
http://ocs.sfu.ca/aare/index.php/AARE_2008/AARE; On behalf of the conference planning committee, I would like to welcome everyone to Brisbane this year for what is promising to be a stimulating and exciting conference. We particularly encourage symposia submissions, including a mix of more experienced and early career or postgraduate researchers. Submission requirements have changed this year, so check the website for details. All abstracts, papers and symposia proposals are due by 16^th May, through our new online submission process.; Hope to see you all there...
Dr Mary Ryan
Conference Convenor 2008
PROCEEDINGS AARE 2007 CONFERENCE: AARE Office is now posting CDs of the Proceedings to all registrants at the Fremantle conference. This puts the data into fixed digital format for scientific authenticity verification. Legal deposits will be made to the National Library of Australia and the State Library of Victoria. ACER Cunningham Library will also receive a copy for the Australian Education Index.; AARE Office
+61 3 59649031
aare@aare.edu.au

Broadcast E-mail 3/4/2008

Teaching Approaches In Diverse Disciplines

This message is sent on the authority of Christine Halse [AARE Executive].

®Please reply to Sue Gordon . Do not hit reply

RESEARCH PROJECT: TEACHING APPROACHES IN DIVERSE DISCIPLINES AT UNIVERSITY

Dear Colleague

Are you teaching an introductory course (at undergraduate or postgraduate level) in mathematics, statistics, engineering, psychology, medical science, teacher education, art and design, law, or accountancy?

Would you be interested in participating via e-mail in a research project investigating effective teaching approaches?

®If so, we would love to hear from you! We ask you to spend a few minutes reading the information on the web (2 pages) at http://www.usyd.edu.au/stuserv/documents/maths_learning_centre/TeachingApproaches.pdf, which has full information about the project and how to participate.

For more information or if you have difficulty accessing the web-link please email Sue on s.gordon@mail.usyd.edu.au .

We look forward to hearing from you.

Sue Gordon, Anna Reid and Peter Petocz

NOTICE REGARDING AARE OFFICE

On Wednesday 2 April the state of Victoria was hit by severe winds and storms creating widespread disruption to transport, power and other services [and 2 deaths]. AARE Office was forced to close down by a long power outage. We regret any delays to services as a consequence of these events.

Ruth Jeffery
Manager.

Broadcast E-mail 18/3/2008

AARE NEWS (March 2008)

The latest issue of AARE NEWS (March 2008) is on the web http://www.aare.edu.au/news/index.htm#index

Check out AARE NEWS for information about:

The Rudd government's RQF alternative ... Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA)
What bibliometric measures of research quality mean for education researchers.
New ARC grants awarded to education researchers
AARE/CSU research training workshop on theory in educational research for post-grads and ECRs (September 2008)
AARE Conference in Brisbane (30 November - 4 December 2008)
News from the Australian Council of Deans of Education about their discussions with Julia Gillard
The latest doctoral achievers in education

and much more!

Message sent by AARE Office for AARE NEWS Editor: Christine Halse (UWS)

Broadcast Email 14/3/2008

December issue of AER (Vol 34 No 3)

The December issue of AER (Vol 34 No 3) is a Special Issue guest edited by Professor Stephen Crump on the changing identities and performance of post-compulsory educational providers.

Contributors and papers include

John Stevenson, Technical and Further Education and Training Reforms: Theoretical Issues.
Johanna Wyn, Learning to 'become somebody well': Challenges for Education Policy.
Kitty te Riele, Educational Alternatives for Marginalised Youth.
Pam Maras, 'But no one in my family has been to university'. Aiming Higher: School Students' Attitudes to Higher Education.
Gordon Stanley, Education for Work: The Current Dilemma of Post-Compulsory Education.
Tom Karmel, Vocational Education and Training in Australian Schools.
Tom Woodin and Penny Jane Bourke, Men Accessing Education: Masculinities, Class and Choice.
Femke Geijsel, Frans Meijers and Wim Wardekker, Leading the Process of Reculturing: Roles and Actions of School Leaders.

The issue includes book reviews relevant to the field of post-compulsory education and an editorial by Steve Crump, Pro Vice-Chancellor and Director of the Central Coast Campuses and Professor of Education at Newcastle University.

Full text can be accessed at http://www.aare.edu.au/aer/contents.htm

AER remains one of the few Australian Education research journals with an ISI impact factor. It continues to attract submissions from a broad range of early career and established researchers with substantial increases in the number of submissions over the past 3 years, from a total of 33 submissions in 2004 to 82 submissions in 2007.

The team at AER extends a warm thank you to all reviewers who do such an excellent job of providing feedback to researchers on their papers. A full list of reviewers for 2007 will appear in the April edition of the journal.

Annette Patterson
Managing Editor, AER
Faculty of Education
Queensland University of Technology

Broadcast E-mail 7/2/2008

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Members of AARE Executive Committee ask AARE Office to send messages which they compose.
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Please note that broadcast messages from AARE Office never have attachments.
Only AARE Office is able to send to the list. Many spammers try constantly to abuse the list but they are automatically prevented.
Each message SUBJECT is automatically preceded by the acronym [AARE].
All messages are archived on AARE website for future reference.
Members may "forward" the messages to non-members of the Association.
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Broadcast E-Mail 6/2/2008

The new editorial team for AARE NEWS has introduced some new features for the newsletter, as well as retaining the columns that have regularly appeared, and is calling for contributions from AARE membership.
1. 'New Grants': This is a new column to announce research grants received by AARE members in the past 6-12 months. The aim of the column is to profile the research of AARE members and to provide an information that will enable researchers to connect with colleagues doing similar work. Announcements about research funded under the National Competitive Grants Scheme (e.g. ARC) and other externally, funded research grants are welcome.; Contributions for 'New Grants' should include the title of the research project, a 150 word abstract, names and email addresses of the Chief Investigators, the funding body(ies), and one or two accompanying .jpg pictures, if available.; Please email contributions for 'New Grants' to Dr Katrina Barker (k.barker@uws.edu.au).
2. The 'Research Report': The 'Research Report' is a forum for disseminating the outcomes of significant educational research that is of direct relevance to policy-makers, leaders and practitioners at all levels of education. The 'Research Report' demonstrates the importance and value of educational research to the wider community and is a source of information about cutting edge educational developments resulting from Australian educational research.; Contributions for the 'Research Report' should be a maximum of 800 words and include the following information in the body of the article: name of the research project; funding body (reports of National Competitive Grants are particularly welcome); names and institutions of the researchers; description of the project, methods, significant findings, outcomes/impact on educational theory, policy and/or practice; any significant recent or forthcoming publications about the research, and directions for future research (if applicable). A .jpg picture of the researcher/s is welcome.; Contributions should be written in a lively, narrative using everyday language comprehensible to the non-expert. An email contact for the researcher or team leader should be provided so readers can access further information.; Please email contributions for the 'Research Report' to Dr Dacheng Zhao (D.Zhao@uws.edu.au ).
3. 'Recent Doctoral Theses in Education': This column in AARE News is dedicated to celebrating the research of PhD and EdD graduates whose degree was conferred by an Australian university in the last 6-12 months.; Contributions for 'Recent Doctoral Theses in Education' should consist of an abstract from the PhD or EdD (300 words maximum), the name of the conferring institution and faculty/school/department; graduate's name, postal or email address, and the title and name of the supervisor/s.; Please email contributions for the 'Recent Doctoral Theses in Education' to Dr Robyn Gregson (r.gregson@uws.edu.au); Christine Halse
Editor AARE NEWS
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Broadcast E-mail 31/1/2008

Advance Warning

This is an advanced notice of a special event: an AARE HDR and ECR workshop on'the utility of theory in educational research.'

AARE will be sponsoring a residential workshop for research students and early career researchers at Charles Sturt University, Bathurst from Wednesday 24th September to Friday 26^th September. The theme of the workshop will be'The utility of theory(ies) in educational research'. It will aim to provide:

A broad understanding of how theory(ies) might be used in the research process, from the identification of theory-based research problems, the formulation of research questions, the choice of methodology, the development of an analytical framework and the interpretation and explanation of findings.
An understanding of the broad landscape of theories available for educational research; their relationship with each other; similarities and differences; commensurabilities and incommensurabilities; and
An indepth familiarity with two or three theories selected by participants from a list of several theories / theorists.

The three day workshop will expect active participation by participants and include reading prior to the workshop and working group activities during the workshop. It is anticipated that the workshop will be followed by a preconference session at the Brisbane Annual AARE conference.

Presenters at the workshop will include leading theoreticians in the field of educational research. A list of possible facilitators and a choice of theories will be included in the next email for interested participants.

Cost will include accommodation, food, and a small registration fee to cover the cost of the facilitators.

Places will be limited. If you are interested please mark the date in your diary and send an email expressing your interest to Professor Jan Wright (jwright@uow.edu.au).

Broadcast Message 15/1/2008

AARE 2007 CONFERENCE [Fremantle] PROCEEDINGS: All the PDF files of papers handed in to AARE at Fremantle are now posted onto AARE Website as Proceedings 2007 except for some which are still being fixed by the authors.; Please check your work before we send this collection to the replicator for CD production. It will not be possible to add files to the CD once we send them to the replicator.; Contact Christopher Shilton on Chris@aare.edu.au or phone 03 59649031; Ruth Jeffery
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