Each year AARE is invited to send a representative symposia to the British Educational Research Association (BERA) and the American Educational Research Association (AERA).
Purpose: Such symposia are intended to showcase the quality of Australian education research and the selected symposium team should see themselves as ambassadors of AARE.
Please see the guidelines for more information about applying for these grants
Details of the funding
Funding round: annual for each conference
Applications due: varies, please refer to the call for applications notice
Status of funding round: not yet open
Amount: Up to $1,000 per presenting group if virtual or up to $5,000 if attending face to face.
Number available: One per relevant conference
Participants receiving the funding must be financial members of AARE at the time of receiving the reimbursement. Payment will happen after the conference has been held.
Previous successful applicants
AERA 2021
Symposium title: 'Framing a program of research with/for/of the digital child in a digital era'
Presenting and non-presenting authors
Chair
Professor Susan Danby, Queensland University of Technology
Discussant
Professor Annette Woods, Queensland University of Technology
Presenters
Introduction
Professor Susan Danby, Queensland University of Technology
Paper 1: Fostering critical media literacy with young children
Professor Michael Dezuanni, Queensland University of Technology -
Ms. Amanda Levido, PhD candidate, Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology
Paper 2: Children, Videogames, Self-Determination and Wellbeing
Professor Daniel Johnson, Queensland University of Technology
Professor Peta Wyeth, Queensland University of Technology
Dr Selen Türkay, Queensland University of Technology
Dr Kellie Vella, Queensland University of Technology
Dr Mitchell McEwan, Queensland University of Technology
Paper 3: Designing a Technology Space for young children: A design-based project
Dr Christina Chalmers, Queensland University of Technology
Professor Annette Woods, Queensland University of Technology
AERA 2019
Symposium title: ‘Children, Young People, Spirituality and Religion: Education and Diversity’
Lead: Mary Lou Rasmussen
Papers:
Paper 1: What’s the relationship between sexual freedom, religious freedom, and education: The perspectives of Australia’s Gen Zs
Professor Mary Lou Rasmussen, Australian National University, Associate Professor Andrew Singleton, Deakin University, Dr Anna Halafoff, Deakin University, Professor Emeritus Gary Bouma, Monash University
Paper 2: Beyond the Sacred and the Secular: Mapping the diverse the worldviews of Australia’s teenagers
Associate Professor Andrew Singleton, Deakin University, Professor Mary Lou Rasmussen, Australian National University, Dr Anna Halafoff, Deakin University, =Professor Emeritus Gary Bouma, Monash University
Paper 3: Everyday Material and Visual Cultures of Religion: Faith-Based Belonging Beyond Ideology
Professor Anna Hickey-Moody, RMIT,
Discussant:
Professor Valarie Harwood, University of Sydney
