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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,…

Congratulations to the following members who have been appointed to the AER Editorial Team following our recent call for Expressions of Interest.

Associate EditorsCathie Burgess, University of Sydney
Emma Burns, Macquarie University
Steven Lewis, Deakin University

ECR EditorsAbbey Cruickshank, University of Tasmania
Troy Heffernan, LaTrobe University
Melitta Hogarth, University of Melbourne
Katrina Thorpe, University of Technology, Sydney

We warmly welcome the new members of the Editorial Tea…

AARE is pleased to announce the following shortlisted and winning papers for the 2020 Springer and AER Best Paper Awards are being made free access until the end of January.

Winner:

Emma Rowe and Laura B. Perry, ‘Private financing in urban public schools: inequalities in a stratified education marketplace’

 

Shortlisted papers:

Helen Adam & Caroline Barratt-Pugh, ‘The challenge of monoculturalism: what books are educators sharing with children and what messages do they send?’

Sheelagh…

Local/Global Issues in Education is the Australian Association for Research in Education supported book series, published by Routledge.

The Series Editors call for proposals for the Local/Global Issues in Education book series. We welcome high-quality edited collections or monographs from members of the Australian educational research community addressing key issues in education today.

For further information click here.

Proposal due date: Wednesday 31st August 2022
Proposals to be submitted…

Expressions of interest are invited for the role of Editor in Chief of the Australian Educational Researcher, the scholarly journal of the Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE).

The successful candidate will join the AER Editorial Team in the second half of 2022 and commence as Editor in Chief from the date of the 2022 AARE Annual General Meeting for a three-year initial term, ending in December 2025.

Applicants should be living in Australia and working within an Australian u…

We bid farewell to Robert Parkes who will be handing over the Communications portfolio to Dr Abbey MacDonald. Robert has some exciting travel ahead to pursue his research. His contribution on Executive and to AARE is very much appreciated and we all wish him a really productive trip and anticipate future presentations.

A warm welcome to Dr Abbey MacDonald, appointed to the AARE Executive Committee position of Communications Coordinator, following the recent expression of interest to fill the ca…

In September 2022, the AARE Executive committee will be calling for nominations for the following Executive positions in the 2022 Executive Committee Election, to be held in October.

Secretary: current office bearer John Lester will vacate in 2022; AARE will call for a secretary to fill the current term vacancy 2021-2023
Treasurer: AARE will call for nominations to fill a 3 year term 2023-2025 (current office bearer Michele Simons is eligible to re-nominate)
Ordinary Member Postgraduate Student…

The Leading & Managing (L&M) journal is seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified academics for the role of Editor/Editors commencing in 2023. 
L & M is a blind double peer reviewed publication of the Australian Council for Educational Leaders (ACEL).
Deadline for EOI submissions is COB Friday 7 October 2022.
Follow this link for further information.