Tuesday 15th September 2015

Parallel Session 1

11.30 – 13.00 

Spotlight Session: AARE

Convenor: Clarence, Ng – Australian Catholic University
Chairperson: Wyatt-Smith, Claire – Australian Catholic University
Discussant: Elliott, Stephen – Australian Catholic University

Learning Sciences Institute Australia: Context, disengagement and re-engagement for success among disadvantaged children and youth in mainstream and alternative education
Presenters: Bartlett, Brendan – Australian Catholic University; Clarence, Ng – Australian Catholic University; Blackberry, Gina – Australian Catholic University; Warren. Elizabeth – Australian Catholic University
Co-Authors: Mafi, Salote – BoysTown; Wyatt-Smith, Claire – Australian Catholic University; Bartlett, Brendan – Australian Catholic University; Miller, Jodie – Australian Catholic University; Armour, Danielle – Australian Catholic University; deVries, Eva – Australian Catholic University

Tuesday 15th September 2015

Parallel Session 2

15.45 – 17.15

Spotlight Session: Wiley

Supporting and enhancing scholarship in the digital age
Walker, Elizabeth – Wiley; Smith, Ian – Wiley

Wednesday 16th September 2015

Parallel Session 3

09.00 – 10.30

Spotlight Session: Joint AARE/BERA – Policy and practice in teacher education – the UK and Australia

Convenor and Chair: Menter, Ian – University of Oxford
Discussant: Mills, Martin – The University of Queensland

Policy and policy processes in teacher education
Mayer, Diane – University of Sydney; Menter, Ian – University of Oxford; Burn, Katharine – University of Oxford; Mutton, Trevor – University of Oxford; White, Simone – Monash University

Wednesday 16th September 2015

Parallel Session 4

13.30 – 15.00

Spotlight Session: Joint AARE/BERA – Policy and practice in teacher education – the UK and Australia

Chair: Reynolds, Kate – Bath Spa University
Convenors:  Whitty, Geoff  – Bath Spa University; Gore, Jennifer – The University of Newcastle
Discussant: Burn, Katharine – University of Oxford

Reform and the reconceptualization of teacher education
Whitty, Geoff  – Bath Spa University; Gore, Jennifer – The University of Newcastle, Australia; Black, Pat – Bath Spa University; Reynolds, Kate – Bath Spa University

Wednesday 16th September 2015

Parallel Session 5

15.45 – 17.15

Spotlight Session: NZARE

Chair: Mutch, Carol – The University of Auckland

Preparing schools for the unexpected: Lessons from the 2011 New Zealand earthquakes
Miles, Jason – Kaiapoi North School; McDonald, Alexandra – Christchurch New Zealand; Mutch, Carol – The University of Auckland; Tatebe, Jennifer – The University of Auckland

Thursday 17th September 2015

Parallel Session 6

09.00 – 10.30

Spotlight Session: SERA

Taking the high road: contemporary developments in Scottish education in post-devolution Scotland
Colucci-Gray, Laura – University of Aberdeen; McKinney, Stephen – University of Glasgow; Priestley, Mark – University of Stirling

Thursday 17th September 2015

Parallel Session 8

14.30 – 16.00

Spotlight Session: General Teaching Council Northern Ireland (GTCNI) 2015 Annual Lecture

The GTCNI Lecture 2015
BEYOND IMPROVEMENT… an agenda for policy makers and the teaching profession
Donaldson, Graham – University of Glasgow