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ACER UPDATE Research Conference 2007 ACER's Research Conference 2007 will take place in Melbourne from 12-14 August. The theme is The Leadership Challenge - Improving learning in schools. The conference will address key issues related to building leadership in schools that make a difference to student learning outcomes. It will: * Provide news about the latest research on leadership practices that enable conditions for quality teaching and student learning. * Examine the implications of this research for the recruitment and preparation of a new generation of effective school leaders and the ongoing professional learning of established school leaders. * Simulate discussion about the resources and conditions that need to be in place if effective forms of leadership are to flower and be sustained in our schools. Conference speakers will include: * Professor Philip Hallinger, Mahidol University, Bangkok * Dr Chris Sarra, Indigenous Education Leadership Institute, Queensland Professor Viviane Robinson, University of Auckland * Dr Lawrence Ingvarson and Michelle Anderson, ACER * Professor Bill Mulford, University of Tasmania * Professor Sheryl Boris-Schacter, Lesley University, Massachusetts * Professor Steve Dinham, University of Wollongong * Professor Brian Caldwell, Educational Transformations, Victoria Further information on Research Conference 2007 will be posted on the conference website as it becomes available. Conference proceedings available online The full conference proceedings and individual papers from Research Conference 2006 - Boosting science learning: what will it take? are now available online. The papers and some PowerPoint presentations from conference sessions can be downloaded from the conference website. Conference opens to beat of African buckets The beat of African “drums” sounded through Canberra's Hyatt Hotel on 14 August as delegates arrived for Research Conference 2006. Grade five students from Forrest School’s Bucket Band welcomed delegates with their unique version of African percussion. The Forrest School Bucket Band was founded in 2005 by teacher Michael Rosenberg as an alternative activity for students who had not been selected for the school band program. The children make their instruments from recycled 25 litre plaster, chlorine and nappy buckets, which have been picked up on the side of the road or donated, and sticks made from lengths of dowel with the ends rounded. Fry pans, plastic bottles and lids are also used. « Back to eNews
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Research Conference 2007

ACER's Research Conference 2007 will take place in Melbourne from 12-14 August. The theme is The Leadership Challenge - Improving learning in schools. The conference will address key issues related to building leadership in schools that make a difference to student learning outcomes. It will:

* Provide news about the latest research on leadership practices that enable conditions for quality teaching and student learning.
* Examine the implications of this research for the recruitment and preparation of a new generation of effective school leaders and the ongoing professional learning of established school leaders.
* Simulate discussion about the resources and conditions that need to be in place if effective forms of leadership are to flower and be sustained in our schools.

Conference speakers will include:

* Professor Philip Hallinger, Mahidol University, Bangkok
* Dr Chris Sarra, Indigenous Education Leadership Institute, Queensland Professor Viviane Robinson, University of Auckland
* Dr Lawrence Ingvarson and Michelle Anderson, ACER
* Professor Bill Mulford, University of Tasmania
* Professor Sheryl Boris-Schacter, Lesley University, Massachusetts
* Professor Steve Dinham, University of Wollongong
* Professor Brian Caldwell, Educational Transformations, Victoria

Further information on Research Conference 2007 will be posted on the conference website as it becomes available.

Conference proceedings available online

The full conference proceedings and individual papers from Research Conference 2006 - Boosting science learning: what will it take? are now available online. The papers and some PowerPoint presentations from conference sessions can be downloaded from the conference website.

Conference opens to beat of African buckets

The beat of African “drums” sounded through Canberra's Hyatt Hotel on 14 August as delegates arrived for Research Conference 2006. Grade five students from Forrest School’s Bucket Band welcomed delegates with their unique version of African percussion.

The Forrest School Bucket Band was founded in 2005 by teacher Michael Rosenberg as an alternative activity for students who had not been selected for the school band program. The children make their instruments from recycled 25 litre plaster, chlorine and nappy buckets, which have been picked up on the side of the road or donated, and sticks made from lengths of dowel with the ends rounded. Fry pans, plastic bottles and lids are also used.

ACER UPDATE

Research Conference 2007

Conference proceedings available online

Conference opens to beat of African buckets