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ACER Update Two way teaching and learning key to educational equity A new title from ACER Press, Two Way Teaching and Learning: Towards culturally reflective and relevant education, was officially launched at the ACER annual Research Conference in Darwin on 7 August. Research Conference 2011, on the theme Indigenous Education: Pathways to success, was a fitting place to launch the book, which focuses on policy issues, strategies to improve outcomes for Indigenous students, and ways in which people of different cultures can learn from each other. In Two Way Teaching and Learning, co-editors Hannah Rachel Bell, ACER Principal Research Fellow Dr Nola Purdie and ACER Indigenous Liaison Officer Gina Milgate highlight the overriding need for Australian people and educational systems to better engage with communities and elders in order to address the underlying issues that face Indigenous people from socially and culturally diverse backgrounds. Two Way Teaching and Learning is published by ACER Press (2011). Print copies can be purchased from the ACER Online Shop at https://shop.acer.edu.au/acer-shop/product/A5207BK or by contacting customer service on 1800 338 402 or via email on .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) Conference proceedings available online Research Conference 2011 focused on what we can learn from research about creating and sustaining positive educational outcomes for Indigenous students. Presenters highlighted the conditions, contexts, curriculum, pedagogy and practices that establish pathways to success for Indigenous students. The full proceedings from the conference as well as presentation slides from some speakers are available from the Research Conference website http://www.acer.edu.au/conference Research Conference 2012 Research Conference 2012 will take place in Sydney on the theme of Teaching and Learning Literacy in the 21st Century. The conference will take place from 26-28 August at the Sydney Convention Centre. Further information about Research Conference 2012 will be posted to the conference website as it becomes available. « Back to eNews
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Two way teaching and learning key to educational equity

A new title from ACER Press, Two Way Teaching and Learning: Towards culturally reflective and relevant education, was officially launched at the ACER annual Research Conference in Darwin on 7 August.

Research Conference 2011, on the theme Indigenous Education: Pathways to success, was a fitting place to launch the book, which focuses on policy issues, strategies to improve outcomes for Indigenous students, and ways in which people of different cultures can learn from each other.

In Two Way Teaching and Learning, co-editors Hannah Rachel Bell, ACER Principal Research Fellow Dr Nola Purdie and ACER Indigenous Liaison Officer Gina Milgate highlight the overriding need for Australian people and educational systems to better engage with communities and elders in order to address the underlying issues that face Indigenous people from socially and culturally diverse backgrounds.

Two Way Teaching and Learning is published by ACER Press (2011). Print copies can be purchased from the ACER Online Shop at https://shop.acer.edu.au/acer-shop/product/A5207BK or by contacting customer service on 1800 338 402 or via email on .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)

Conference proceedings available online

Research Conference 2011 focused on what we can learn from research about creating and sustaining positive educational outcomes for Indigenous students. Presenters highlighted the conditions, contexts, curriculum, pedagogy and practices that establish pathways to success for Indigenous students. The full proceedings from the conference as well as presentation slides from some speakers are available from the Research Conference website http://www.acer.edu.au/conference

Research Conference 2012

Research Conference 2012 will take place in Sydney on the theme of Teaching and Learning Literacy in the 21st Century. The conference will take place from 26-28 August at the Sydney Convention Centre. Further information about Research Conference 2012 will be posted to the conference website as it becomes available.

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