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Aim:The Social Justice SIG aims to facilitate communication between researchers and practitioners interested in the provision of schooling and post-compulsory educational opportunities that are accessible and of benefit to all students, especially those from low income, bilingual, Indigenous and other marginalised backgrounds.

Since educational outcomes in Australia are strongly correlated with the socio-economic and cultural backgrounds of students, this SIG supports research aimed at reducing…

In September 2022, the AARE Executive committee will be calling for nominations for the following Executive positions in the 2022 Executive Committee Election, to be held in October.

Secretary: current office bearer John Lester will vacate in 2022; AARE will call for a secretary to fill the current term vacancy 2021-2023
Treasurer: AARE will call for nominations to fill a 3 year term 2023-2025 (current office bearer Michele Simons is eligible to re-nominate)
Ordinary Member Postgraduate Student…

PurposeInaugurated in 2001, the Betty Watts Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research Award recognises an outstanding conference paper related to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education, presented at the Annual AARE Conference.  

The award is intended to recognise excellence in research by individual researchers or teams of researchers across all career stages.  

This award honours the memory of Emeritus Professor Betty Watts.  A former primary school teacher, Professor Watts was…

Please join us for an online forum and panel discussion What counts as evidence in teacher education research and policy? jointly hosted by AARE, ATEA and ACDE.

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Teacher education continues to be the subject of multiple reviews, reports, and reforms. Questions about what good teacher education looks like, what’s working, what’s missing or what needs to be fixed are also the focus of extensive professional, academic and popular discussions – from doom and gloom predictions of decli…

Ethics documents contained on this page are for your information/interest only. Placement on the AARE website does not constitute AARE endorsement. 

Guidelines for Ethical Research in Australian Indigenous Studies

American Educational Research Association Code of Ethics

The Australian Sociological Association Ethical Guidelines

Australasian Human Research Ethics Association

American Anthropological Association Ethics Resources

Association of Internet Researchers Ethics Guide

Office of the…

Research Through, With and As Storying explores how Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars can engage with storying as a tool that disassembles conventions of research. For more details

After the keynote address by Professor Tracey Bunda at the 2019 annual AARE Conference, 55 Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars gathered in a show of unity following last year's AARE Statement of Reconciliation.

The group was wearing Dark + Disturbing t-shirts with messages that interrogate power structures and provide a platform for Aboriginal voice. The project is curated by the artist Vernon Ah Kee. Messages include 'becauseracism', 'aboriginalallthetime', 'is…

This year’s National Reconciliation Week celebrates the 20th anniversary of the reconciliation walks across bridges and down roads where the Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples of this land now known as Australia came together showing their support for a more progressive society working towards reconciliation. So, it is only apt that this year’s theme nods towards this momentous point of time in our shared histories as we continue to work towards reconciliation. #InThisTogether

As an associat…

Since 2014, it has been practice that the AARE Executive include two Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander members - the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Researcher Member and the Co-opted Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Researcher Member. In October 2022, leaders of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research SIG called attention to this and noted that the AARE Constitution only referred explicitly to one identified Indigenous member position. This is despite long term advoc…

Our new Secretary.

This month we are excited to be able to welcome immediately into the role of Secretary, Emeritus Professor John Lester. John brings to the role a wealth of knowledge gleaned from over 40 years experience working and in leadership across the education and government sectors, including a rich background of service in executive positions  for a number of different National, State, and Community organisations including Director of Aboriginal Education and Training in the NSW Depa…