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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

 

Geoff Masters and John Ainley from ACERThis 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.

 

 

A poster display at Research Conference 2008Conference 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

Geoff Masters delivers his keynote addressProfessor Geoff Masters,
Chief Executive Officer, Australian Council for Educational Research
Presentation title: Specifying and Assessing Knowledge and Skills for Life

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John Ainley from ACER introduces Richard SweetProfessor 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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John Ainley chairs The ideas bag session with Richard Slaughter'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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Julia Gillard addresses the conferenceSPECIAL 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: 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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Tuesday 12 August


  • 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
    Download Curtis & Matters Presentation (PDF: 315 MB)

     

  • 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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