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We invite our valued past and present members of the Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) to renew your AARE membership now to take advantage of a discount on your annual membership fee.

The extraordinary work of our SIGs and the range of events scheduled across 2023-2024 point to the benefits of membership, as do last year’s successful AARE conference in Adelaide and this year’s Melbourne conference in November.

Membership is vital to ensure we can strengthen the work of th…

The Australian Association for Research in Education was founded in 1970 as the voice of education researchers. Our members are educational researchers from Australian universities, local, state and federal governments, early childhood education contexts, schools, colleges and training organisations as well as private research agencies.

Some founding members perspectives:

Michael Dunkin, AARE founding member, former President and now Honorary Life Member of AARE: Read his 2010 memoir of his li…

Rationale:The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research Special Interest Group (SIG) was founded at the Adelaide Conference of AARE in 2013.  Since then, we have worked to increase the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander representation within AARE including an Aboriginal Interpretive Tour and an Indigenous Keynote Speaker.  Our Indigenous led SIG brings together both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and non-Indigenous peoples, inclusive of Masters and PhD Research students, early car…

We welcome researchers from all fields of education and social science who are interested in using and advancing our understanding of human activity using the powerful theoretical tools derived from Vygotsky and the community of scholars that have arisen from this tradition. We are united by our use of the theories and methodologies of Cultural-Historical Theory, Activity Theory, and Socioculutural Theory. We have members who work in social justice, STEM education, emotion, early childhood educa…

Symposium: The Body, Embodiment, & Education: An Interdisciplinary Approach

On Wednesday 12th June 2019, at the La Trobe University City Campus, a symposium was held on the following theme: “The Body, Embodiment, and Education: An Interdisciplinary Approach”.

The event brought together a range of highly distinguished academics to present their research on the symposium theme. Co-sponsored by the School of Education at La Trobe University, and the Australian Association for Research in Educ…

At this special event, hear three experts outline how to engage with research in schools. Ms Shani Prendergast of Catholic Education Melbourne will present on Schools participating in research. Associate Professor Mark Rickinson of Monash University will present on Schools using research. Professor Peter Twining from the University of Newcastle will present on Schools/teachers doing research. Each topic will address what it looks like when it is done well, the barriers and enablers, and any risk…

Local/Global Issues in Education is the Australian Association for Research in Education supported book series, published by Routledge.

The Series Editors call for proposals for the Local/Global Issues in Education book series. We welcome high-quality edited collections or monographs from members of the Australian educational research community addressing key issues in education today.

For further information click here.

Proposal due date: Wednesday 31st August 2022
Proposals to be submitted…

Dear members,

I hope this newsletter finds you in good spirits despite continued tough times for health and wellbeing.
 
Finehaus have been providing strong support and we have been updating and filling gaps in AARE policies and processes and creating sustainable resources for each executive portfolio to ensure efficient handover and induction for new executive members. Please note that a number of roles are open for election soon, so please consider nominating.

In June we took part in a…

News from the Sociology of Education SIG
Michael Mu will convene a session at this year’s AARE Conference to launch recent and forthcoming book series and books in Bourdieusian sociology of education. These include the new Routledge book series ‘Bourdieu and Education of Asia Pacific’, forthcoming edited volumes by Routledge and Bloomsbury, and recently published monographs by Routledge. The editors and the authors of these books (e.g., Karen Dooley, Gath Stahl, Pat Thomson, Hui Yu) will introd…

This book explores the everyday ways in which time marks the experience of education as well as the concerns and methods of education and youth research. It asks: what do we notice afresh and what comes into sharper view when temporality becomes a focal point? What theories and ways of seeing offer new angles onto temporality in interaction with space and place?

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