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Recently a submission was made by AARE to the Coaldrake Review of Higher Education Provider Standards. More details about the review can be found at https://www.education.gov.au/review-higher-education-provider-category-standards.

The submission was led by Annette Woods. Thanks to all of the members who offered suggestions and expertise. Special mention of Marie Brennan, Bev Rogers, Lew Zippin, Solphie Rudolf, Robyn Henderson, Michelle Simons and Sue Nicholls who have read drafts, offered sugge…

Participate in a survey to map research opportunities in the field of education in Australia

We encourage AARE members and other education researchers associated with universities (such as research students, as retired academics, adjunct researchers) to fill out this a survey to help map the current state of education research in Australian universities.

Background

At the well-attended AGM during the 2017 annual conference, a motion was approved overwhelmingly by the very large number in atte…

Purpose:This Special Interest Group provides a forum for AARE scholar-practitioners working with culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) populations across a range of educational contexts. The collective is characterised by a shared focus on equity, social justice, and inclusion, and is committed to maintaining and strengthening cultural and linguistic diversity and reciprocity in educational settings. CALD Education SIG members research across a range of disciplinary, epistemological, and…

RationaleWith the shifting landscape in education, learning has increasingly been seen more so as a “career” where students are expected to take more responsibility of their learning and future employment. In addition, given the opportunity, students may be able to negotiate new ways and possibilities to achieve successful and sustainable educational outcomes across and within various spaces. As such, important critical questions around student voice are being raised, discussed and debated and i…

The Complex Links Between Community and Young People's Aspirations for Higher Education

Cognitive load theory uses our knowledge of how people learn, think and solve problems to design instruction. In turn, instructional design is the central activity of classroom teachers, of curriculum designers, and of publishers of textbooks and educational materials, including digital information. Characteristically, the theory is used to generate hypotheses that are tested using randomised controlled trials. Cognitive load theory rests on a base of hundreds of randomised controlled trials tes…

Cognitive load theory uses our knowledge of how people learn, think and solve problems to design instruction. In turn, instructional design is the central activity of classroom teachers, of curriculum designers, and of publishers of textbooks and educational materials, including digital information. Characteristically, the theory is used to generate hypotheses that are tested using randomised controlled trials. Cognitive load theory rests on a base of hundreds of randomised controlled trials tes…

A new title in the Local and Global Issues in Education book series is now available at the special discounted rate of $35 for AARE members and $40 for non-members.

Edited by Sharon Tindall-Ford, Shirley Agostinho, John Sweller. Cognitive load theory uses our knowledge of how people learn, think and solve problems to design instruction. In turn, instructional design is the central activity of classroom teachers, of curriculum designers, and of publishers of textbooks and educational materials,…

Thanks to all those members who took the time to complete the Mapping Research Opportunities in the Field of Education in Australia Survey. The Survey is now closed and the AARE Working party are in the process of analysing the data. The results of this work will be reported at the AARE Conference in Brisbane in December, 2019.