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News bulletins from the Australian Council for Educational Research published January 2011 3134 subscribers Subscribe Now In this issue: Call to embed Arts in all curriculum areas ACER and CBSE conduct international assessment conference AHELO moves forward ACER Update Call to embed Arts in all curriculum areas As Australia moves towards the implementation of a national curriculum in the Arts a new review of research, released by ACER in January, calls for the Arts to be embedded in all academic disciplines and fields as a way of cultivating creativity and imagination. Australian Education Review 58, The Arts and Australian Education: Realising potential by University of Sydney academic Professor Robyn Ewing stresses that the Arts (dance, drama, literature, media arts, music and visual arts) must not be seen as servants to other curriculum areas. Continue reading » ACER and CBSE conduct international assessment conference ACER collaborated with the Indian Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to conduct an international conference on ‘Development in Assessment: Scope of Assessment in Teaching and Learning’ in Delhi earlier in January. Mr Kapil Sibal, Union Minister Human Resource Development and Communication and Information Technology, Government of India inaugurated the conference. From 24-25 January around 1000 delegates from India, UAE and neighboring countries came together to hear from a range of speakers who are internationally renowned in the field of educational assessment. Continue reading » AHELO moves forward Content and assessment experts from 14 countries around the world have made significant progress towards investigating the feasibility of an international Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcomes (AHELO). The AHELO Feasibility Study is determining whether it is possible to measure at the international level what undergraduate degree students know and can do. The assessment aims to provide better information than is currently available to higher education institutions, governments, and other stakeholders including students and employers. ACER is leading a consortium of international organisations in the design and implementation of the feasibility study on behalf of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Continue reading » ACER Update *Summer edition of Research Developments* now available** The Summer 2010-11 edition of Research Developments is now available online at http://research.acer.edu.au/resdev/ and in print. This edition includes articles on mathematical competencies, a Victorian initiative to encourage children to walk or cycle to school, a new secondary school diploma aimed at meeting students' workplace needs and a study that investigated post school outcomes of students who had struggled academically at school.
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News bulletins from the Australian Council for Educational Research published January 2011
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Call to embed Arts in all curriculum areas

As Australia moves towards the implementation of a national curriculum in the Arts a new review of research, released by ACER in January, calls for the Arts to be embedded in all academic disciplines and fields as a way of cultivating creativity and imagination.

Australian Education Review 58, The Arts and Australian Education: Realising potential by University of Sydney academic Professor Robyn Ewing stresses that the Arts (dance, drama, literature, media arts, music and visual arts) must not be seen as servants to other curriculum areas.

ACER and CBSE conduct international assessment conference

ACER collaborated with the Indian Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) to conduct an international conference on ‘Development in Assessment: Scope of Assessment in Teaching and Learning’ in Delhi earlier in January. Mr Kapil Sibal, Union Minister Human Resource Development and Communication and Information Technology, Government of India inaugurated the conference.

From 24-25 January around 1000 delegates from India, UAE and neighboring countries came together to hear from a range of speakers who are internationally renowned in the field of educational assessment.

AHELO moves forward

Content and assessment experts from 14 countries around the world have made significant progress towards investigating the feasibility of an international Assessment of Higher Education Learning Outcomes (AHELO).

The AHELO Feasibility Study is determining whether it is possible to measure at the international level what undergraduate degree students know and can do. The assessment aims to provide better information than is currently available to higher education institutions, governments, and other stakeholders including students and employers.

ACER is leading a consortium of international organisations in the design and implementation of the feasibility study on behalf of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

ACER Update

Summer edition of Research Developments now available

The Summer 2010-11 edition of Research Developments is now available online at http://research.acer.edu.au/resdev/ and in print. This edition includes articles on mathematical competencies, a Victorian initiative to encourage children to walk or cycle to school, a new secondary school diploma aimed at meeting students' workplace needs and a study that investigated post school outcomes of students who had struggled academically at school.

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