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Research Conference 2008
Touching the Future: Building skills for life and work
10-12 August 2008, Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Queensland
This conference addressed the theme of the skills and dispositions that young people need to participate effectively in work and society and the role of educators to nurture the development of those skills and dispositions.
The conference featured four keynote and 12 concurrent sessions. The full conference proceedings and individual papers, some PowerPoint presentations and Podcasts of particular addresses can be downloaded below. Information for journalists including a range of media releases are available from the latest news section of this website.
Conference Proceedings
Download Conference Proceedings (PDF: 4.06 MB) containing the keynote and concurrent papers can be downloaded in one document here. This document is just over 4 MB in file size and approximately 100 pages long. The papers are also available individually below.
Conference Presentations
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KEYNOTE ADDRESSES
Professor Geoff Masters,
Chief Executive Officer, Australian Council for Educational Research
Presentation title: Specifying and Assessing Knowledge and Skills for Life
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Professor Richard Sweet
Sweet Group Pty Ltd and Centre for Post-compulsory Education and Lifelong Learning, the University of Melbourne
Presentation title: Round and round or fully rounded? How can we improve youth transitions?
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Professor Stuart Macintyre
Harvard University, USA and the University of Melbourne
Presentation title: Participation in the classroom, productivity in the workforce — unfulfilled expectations
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'The Ideas Bag': Distilling the essence of the ideas of the conference
Professor Richard Sweet, Professor Richard Slaughter and Mr Julius Roe
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SPECIAL ADDRESS BY THE HON JULIA GILLARD
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Education, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, Minister for Social Inclusion.
Ms Gillard delivered a special address to the ACER Research Conference on 11 August 2008.
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A transcript of the speech is available from Ms Gillard's media website.
LUNCHTIME CONVERSATION
12 August 2008
Taking care of business: Is business taking care of young people's aspirations?
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Facilitated by Ms Ros Black, Education Foundation Australia and with:
- Melissa King, Australian Business and Community Network
- Jemma Wood, The Foundation for Young Australians
- Elisabetta Celata, Education Foundation
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CONCURRENT PAPERS
Monday 11 August
- Presenter: Professor Richard Slaughter
Presentation title: Beyond ‘the Future of’ Responding to the Civilisational Challenge
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Links:
Richard Slaughter's Blog
Foresight International website
- Presenter: Mr Julius Roe
Presentation title: Quality education and quality work
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- Presenter: Ms Suzanne Mellor
Presentation title: The National Assessment Program - Civics and Citizenship: Reflections on practices in primary and secondary schools
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Other downloads:
Suzenne Mellor CCAP04 Progress Map
Suzanne Mellor Abstract & Main Points
- Presenter: Mr Chris Robison
Presentation title: Some reforms to better equip young people for tomorrow's world
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- Presenter: Professor Terri Seddon
Presentation title: Young people and social inclusion: Challenges for teaching
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- Presenter: Dr Sheldon Rothman and Ms Kylie Hillman
Presentation title: X, Y and Z: Three decades of education, employment and social outcomes of Australian youth
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- Presenter: Mr Wayne Muir
Presentation title: Indigenous education, imagining the future - the role of educators
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- Presenter: Associate Professor Jim Athanasou
Presentation title:The Intersection of Vocational Interests with Employment and Course Enrolments
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Tuesday 12 August
- Presenter: Ms Diana Smart
Presentation title: Pathways to social and emotional wellbeing: Lessons from a 24-year longitudinal study
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- Presenters: Professor Gabrielle Matters and Dr David Curtis
Presentation title: Building skills for life and work:Challenges for schools in assessing and reporting on employability skills
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- Presenters: Dr Wolfram Schulz and Mr Julian Fraillon
Presentation title: An international perspective on civic and citizenship education: Exploring the learning context for lower secondary students
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- Presenter: Professor Gerald Burke
Presentation title: Assessing education and training requirements against uncertain trends in the labour force
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