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Purpose:The purpose of the Assessment and Measurement SIG is to provide a forum where AARE members with an interest in educational assessment and measurement can meet to discuss relevant research, theory and its implications for classroom practice, and assessment policy.

Research interests:Qualitative and quantitative approaches across all phases of education to:

classroom assessment, and
standardised assessment in education.
This includes:

approaches to formative and summative assessment inc…

Aim:The aim of this special interest group is to promote a forum for scholars working at the intersection of philosophical and educational thought. It places scholarship that is informed by philosophical traditions such as epistemology, ontology, phenomenology, ethics, and political philosophy in conversation with the central concepts, values, and assumptions that underpin educational practice, research, and policy. The educational philosophy and theory special interest group aims to gather rese…

The Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) is pleased to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the European Educational Research Association (EERA).

This three year MOU allows for closer collaboration between AARE and EERA that will include mutual discounts for respective Association members to attend the conferences of the other Association and similar discounts for other activities of both organisations.

Both AARE President, Professor Martin Mills…

This edited collection examines the ways in which the local and global are key to understanding race and racism in the intersectional context of contemporary education. Analysing a broad range of examples, it highlights how race and racism comprise a relational phenomenon that interconnects local, national and global contexts and ideas.

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This edited collection examines the ways in which the local and global are key to understanding race and racism in the intersectional context of contemporary education. Analysing a broad range of examples, it highlights how race and racism comprise a relational phenomenon that interconnects local, national and global contexts and ideas.

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Additional $10 international shipping fee

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Professor Alison Lee, who passed away in 2012, is remembered for her strong advocacy for research training opportunities, including networking, for novice researchers. She was a member of the AARE Executive and was passionate about the pedagogy of doctoral education. Her research focused on the changing nature of the university and how this related to the world of work, the professions and social participation. She emphasised strong critical educational research and practice and promoted the dev…

Education for a socially just worldSunday 1 - Thursday 5 December 2019
Queensland University of Technology
Kelvin Grove Campus, Brisbane Australia

RationaleWith the shifting landscape in education, learning has increasingly been seen more so as a “career” where students are expected to take more responsibility of their learning and future employment. In addition, given the opportunity, students may be able to negotiate new ways and possibilities to achieve successful and sustainable educational outcomes across and within various spaces. As such, important critical questions around student voice are being raised, discussed and debated and i…

Thanks to all those members who took the time to complete the Mapping Research Opportunities in the Field of Education in Australia Survey. The Survey is now closed and the AARE Working party are in the process of analysing the data. The results of this work will be reported at the AARE Conference in Brisbane in December, 2019.

Teacher performance-linked pay, teacher performance generally and student achievement – these are three issues that are never far from the headlines. But are the debates founded on sound evidence or merely the thought bubbles of politicians and populist commentators? Link to the video