MGSE Research Conference 27th October, 2022
This conference is for all MGSE academic staff and GRs.
Please register (https://go.unimelb.edu.au/v7fe) by Friday 21st for catering purpose.
8.30-9.00 am Registration (outside Prest Theatre (G06), FBE Building)
9.00-9.10 am Welcome by Professor Larissa Maclean Davies and Associate Professor Russell Cross (Prest Theatre (G06), FBE Building)
9.10-10.00 am Keynote speaker – Professor Jenny Lewis, Professor or Public Policy, School of Social and Political Sciences. (Prest Theatre (G06), FBE Building)
| 10:10 – 11:10am | Parallel Session 1, Theatre 2 Alan Gilbert Building (Each presentation 15 +5mins) | Parallel Session 2 , Theatre 3 Alan Gilbert Building (Each presentation 15 +5mins) | Parallel Session 3, Theatre 4 Alan Gilbert Building (Each presentation 15 +5mins) | Parallel Session 4, room 101 Alan Gilbert Building (Each presentation 15 +5mins) | Parallel Session 5, room 102 Alan Gilbert Building (Each presentation 15 +5mins) |
| Chair: Dr Yvette Slaughter | Chair: Assoc. Prof. Lisa McKay-Brown | Chair: Dr Sarah Truman | Chair: Prof David Gurr | Chair: Prof. Chi Baik | |
| 1. Fit for Purpose: The extent to which effective curriculum leadership aligns with the AITSL Lead Standards. Caitlin Lamont. Supervisors: Prof. David Gurr & Prof Lawrie Drysdale | 1. Safe and culturally responsive schooling: examining advice for culturally responsive practice. Tim Delany. Supervisors: Assoc. Prof. Lisa McKay Brown & Sophie Rudolph | 1. Elite schooling and equity in the Global South: Enriching the sociology of elite education. Diana Langmead. Supervisors: Prof. Julie McLeod & Prof. Jane Kenway | 1. L2 Chinese teachers’ beliefs about engagement strategies for students in Australia: Findings from Q methodology research. Chengwen Yuan. Supervisors: Dr Trevor Hay, Prof. Jo Lo Bianco & Dr Catherine Wang | 1. Whose/who’s Teaching Whose/who’s Learning: Reflections on 21st century education. Lena Gan. Supervisors: Dr Dianne Mulcahy, Dr Richard Gillespie & Prof Kate Darian-Smith | |
| 2. Systematics: a new maths curriculum theme for today’s society. Justine Sakurai. Supervisors: Prof. Wee Tiong Seah & Dr Cath Pearn | 2. Is thinking in inclusive education right for autistic students who school refuse? Johanna Taylor. Supervisors: Assoc. Prof. Lisa McKay Brown & Glenn Melvin | 2. Citizenship Practices of Chinese Students on an Australian Campus: A Case Study. Dr Eric Fu | 2. Piloting a Green School initiative in the Maldives: Challenges and opportunities. Dr Rhonda di Biase | 2. Exploring regional Victorian students’ high school agricultural experiences as a motivation for agricultural careers. Emily Cook: Supervisors: Assoc. Prof. Hernan Cuervo & Dr Quentin Maire | |
| 3. Unequal access to learning: the stratification of schools and curriculum in the making of educational inequality. Dr Quentin Maire | 3. Factors influencing the successful employment of people with intellectual disability in medium-sized Australian enterprises. Michael Meehan. Supervisors: Assoc. Prof. Suzanne Rice & Prof. Lorraine Graham | 3. A critical analysis of the impact of education modernization on Chinese rural education. Hanyue Zhong. Supervisors: Assoc. Prof. Gosia Klatt, Dr Eric Fu & Dr Melyssa Fuqua | 3. One research + multiple cultures = different research design? Prof Wee Tiong Seah | 3. Old school, new school: How our design and use of learning spaces is helping to change education. Assoc. Prof. Wes Imms |
11.10-11.40 am Morning Tea (Level 1, Alan Gilbert Building)
| 11:40am – 12:40pm | Parallel Session 1, Theatre 2 Alan Gilbert Building (Each presentation 15 +5mins) | Parallel Session 2, Theatre 3 Alan Gilbert Building (Each presentation 15 +5mins) | Parallel Session 3, Theatre 4, Alan Gilbert Building (Each presentation 15 +5mins) | Parallel Session 4, room 101, Alan Gilbert Building (Each presentation 15 +5mins) | Parallel Session 5, room 102, Alan Gilbert Building (Each presentation 15 +5mins) |
| Chair: Assoc Prof John Quach | Chair: Dr Sean Kang | Chair: Dr Eric Fu | Chair: Dr Nicky Dulfer | Chair: Dr Peter Woelert | |
| 1. Investigating between desk instruction: What does the teacher do in inquiry-based geography lessons? Assoc. Prof. Jeana Kriewoldt, Dr Lucy Robertson, Dr Natasha Ziebell & Dr Rhonda di Biase. | 1. Theorising professional identity of immigrant non-native English-speaking teachers (INNESTs). Nashid Nigar. Supervisor: Dr April Edwards. | 1. How Are We Measuring Resilience in Children? A Systematic Review. Julia Hall. Supervisors: Assoc. Prof. Jon Quach & Dr Ben Deery | 1. Meaning in Democratic and Mainstream schools. Neha Singh. Supervisors: Assoc. Prof. Peggy Kern, Dr Nicky Dulfer & Dr Matthew Courtney | 1. Subject selection is a Bourdieusian social game: what are the rules and who wins? Ross Phillips. Supervisors: Assoc. Prof John Quay & Assoc. Prof Hernan Cuervo. | |
| 2. Towards assessment for playful learning in early childhood: Influences on teachers’ science assessment practices. Cristina Guarrella. Supervisors: Prof. Jan van Driel & Prof. Caroline Cohrssen | 2. Teaching as conversation: Sources and the representation of history as a domain. Dr John Whitehouse. | 2. Factors influence teacher wellbeing: A meta-analysis. Sjiing Zhou. Supervisors: Dr Gavin Slemp & Prof. Dianne Vella-Brodrick | 2. Is that what innovation is? The pursuit of novel, creative ideas? Or is there more to it? Lourenço Dias Amador. Supervisors: Assoc. Prof. Peggy Kern & Assoc. Prof. Aaron Jarden. | 2. Is it time to rethink ideas of the migrant student? Some useful concepts for working with now. Jo Higginson. Prof. Julie McLeod & Prof. Fazal Rizvi. | |
| 3. The Teacher Decision Cue Project (TDCP) Pilot Study and the Use of the Science of Learning Research Classroom Facility. Prof. Jan van Driel, Dr Esther Chan & Carmel Mesiti | 3. How do leaders use data to drive school improvement? A literature review. Dr Rob Sbaglia. | Education – The Time is Now. Alanna Maguire. Supervisors: Assoc. Prof. Hernan Cuervo & Dr Annie Gowing. | 3. Peer Review of Teaching at MGSE – The Time is Now. Alexandra Johnston, Assoc. Prof. Peggy Kern, Dr Lara Mossman & Dr Rachel Colla. | 3. Experiences of women in middle leadership – barriers and enablers. Dr Pauline Thompson & Prof. Helen Stokes. |
12.40-1.30 pm Lunch (Level 1, Alan Gilbert Building)
| 1:30 – 3:30pm | Panel Discussion on Theme 1: How can we use theory to understand the uncertainties and challenges we are facing in education now? Theatre 2 Alan Gilbert Building (Each speaker 15+5mins plus 40 mins open discussion) | Panel Discussion on Theme 2: How do we better engage and collaborate with stakeholders in our research? Theatre 3 Alan Gilbert Building (Each speaker 15+5mins plus 40 mins open discussion) | Panel Discussion on Theme 3: Reimagining education, What do we want the future of education to look like? Theatre 4 Alan Gilbert Building (Each speaker 15+5mins plus 40 mins open discussion) |
| Chair: Assoc Prof John Quay | Chair: Prof Larissa McLean Davies | Chair: Prof Jan van Driel | |
| Speaker 1: Dr Sophie Rudolph | Speaker 1: Assoc. Prof. Suzanne Rice | Speaker 1: Assoc. Prof. Melitta Hogarth | |
| Speaker 2: David Seignior | Speaker 2: Ben Reeves | Speaker 2: Michael Horne | |
| Speaker 3: Assoc. Prof. Jenny Chesters | Speaker 3: Prof. Tricia Eadie (confirmed) | Speaker 3: Dr Rafaela Gerkens | |
| Speaker 4: Dr Shu Okhi | Speaker 4: Dr Dave Camilleri and Dr Richard Sallis | Speaker 4: Dr Maurice Toscano |
3.30 -4.00 pm Afternoon Tea (Outside Prest Theatre (G06), FBE Building)
4.00-5.00 pm Panel Discussion “Research at MGSE” and Launch of MGSE GR Community. Panel Speakers: Associate Professor Russell Cross, Associate Professor Gosia Klatt, Dr Bella Blaher & Professor Julie McLeod (Prest Theatre (G06), FBE Building)
5.00 – 6.00 pm End of day celebration (Prest Theatre (G06), FBE Building