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ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous Futures aims to transform and improve the life chances of Indigenous Australians by utilising Indigenous knowledges in unique trans-disciplinary cross-sector designed research to enhance our understanding about the complex nature of Indigenous intergenerational inequity. The Centre expects to generate new knowledge to enable evidence-based policy formulation and implementation including best practice models. The Centre will be entirely led by Indigenous re…

On 22 October 2021, the Australian Association for Research in Education hosted a seminar followed by an AARE members’ discussion: ‘Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO) and its relevance to AARE and members’.

The Australian Education Research Organisation was established in 2021 as ‘Australia’s national education evidence body, working towards excellent and equitable outcomes for all children and young people’ (Tehan, 2020). It has received $50 million over four years from the Comm…

News from the Global Contexts for Education SIG, STEM Education SIG; and the Cultural Historical & Activity Theory SIG
We would like to draw attention to upcoming events organized jointly by the Global Contexts for Education SIG, STEM Education SIG; and the Cultural Historical & Activity Theory SIG. These activities are supported by a grant from AARE. 

1. Online seminar: A cultural-historical perspectives on STEM imagining and learning: Conceptual PlayWorlds in primary schools

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Aims:Teacher Education Research and Innovation [TERI] purpose is to support scholarly work in the field of teacher education research within the broader context of educational research in Australia. Researchers from a wide range of theoretical traditions are welcome. Further, TERI aims to raise the profile of teacher education research within the wider research community in education. Researchers in education typically are teacher educators, many of whom research in teacher education. We aim to…

Aim:This SIG is open to anyone involved or interested in researching technology and learning. We welcome researchers who use qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods in both small and large-scale technology and learning focused studies.

Our aim is to grow a vibrant community where members can connect and interact with fellow researchers to exchange ideas, knowledge and form research partnerships and have fun in the process.

Research interests:
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learni…

The ‘Protecting and extending research in education in Australia’ Working Party, established at the AARE Annual General Meeting in 2017, delivered its report to the AARE executive and members in May 2020 titled: The growing urgency of attending to the state of Education Research in Australian Higher Education.

AARE, as the peak professional body for education researchers in Australia, has strong interest in supporting high quality research and research capacity in the field of education in the…

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…

Aim:The STEM Education Special Interest Group was created as a vehicle to promote teaching, learning and research in integrated STEM education. By “integrated” we mean the deliberate full or partial integration of any or all of the key components of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics with or without other areas such as The Arts.

We have the following aims:

To build a network researchers interested in integrated STEM education and stimulate debate and discussion;
To pursue opportu…

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.

Series AimsThis series investigates the interplay between the local and the global in contemporary education policy and practice. While globalisation is transforming local education systems, the local cannot be conceived as homogeneous or passiv…

Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) and Community of Associate Deans Research in Education (cADRE), a subgroup of the Australian Council of Deans of Education (ACDE) are co-convening a national summit on 29 and 30 June in Adelaide at UniSA. This summit will bring together 80 senior education researchers from across Australia, including the Executive and senior members of AARE, and members of cADRE and ACDE. The purpose of the summit is to explore responses to existing and eme…