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Aims:The Sociology of Education SIG aims to:

build a network of researchers interested in sociological approaches to research in education and to stimulate debate and discussion,
pursue opportunities for advancing sociological analysis of education and sociology of education in broad terms,
encourage and support postgraduates and early career researchers working in the field of sociology of education, and
provide a basis for streams on the sociology of education at AARE conferences.
Research in…

PurposeThis award recognises excellence in educational research by doctoral students. Normally only one award will be made each year. It is seen by the Association as a way of recognising the high-quality contribution made to educational knowledge by graduate students, and at the same time promoting dissemination of research.

Originally known as the AARE Award for Doctoral Research in Education, the first award was made in 1989. In 2014 the Award was renamed in honour of Dr Ray Debus, AARE foun…

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…

Videos from the 2021 Language and Literacy SIG forums 

 1.   Title: The affordances and limitations of participatory research in the TESOL classroom

Dr Yvette Slaughter (University of Melbourne)

The affordances and limitations of participatory research in the TESOL classroom: Identity texts as a pedagogical tool/Identity texts as a professional learning tool

In this presentation from the 2021 AARE Language and Literacy SIG Research Round Table, Dr Yvette Slaughter (University of Melbourne) p…

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…

‘National Reconciliation Week—27 May to 3 June—is a time for all Australians to learn about our shared histories, cultures, and achievements, and to explore how each of us can contribute to achieving reconciliation in Australia.’
www.nrw.reconciliation.org.au

Nobody could fail to miss that in his first words as the new Prime Minister Anthony Albanese committed to the ‘Uluru Statement from the heart' in full.  The Statement highlights three key objectives – a voice to Parliament, treaty, a…

Each year the Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) holds its annual conference in a different city around Australia. The AARE Executive and the Conferences Standing Committee would like to invite Professional Conference Organisations (PCO) to submit a proposal to manage the 2023 event which will be held at the University of Melbourne from the 26th November to 30th November 2023.

Traditionally the AARE conference has been a face-to-face event but in response to the COVID-19 pa…

The 2023 AARE Conference will be held from 26 to 30 November in Melbourne, hosted by the University of Melbourne Graduate School of Education. We can announce the theme for this year’s conference will be Truth, Voice, Place: Critical junctures for educational research. 

As the newly appointed Standing Chair, I’d like to acknowledge the incredible work of volunteers that draw this conference together as a point and place for care for education and educational research. The AARE Conference has…

11-12 October 2024 
Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus 

Purpose
This year, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ECRs and HDRs are invited to attend Garulbo Yanbalehla: Indigenous ECRs and HDRs walking together Summit. 

Garulbo Yanbalehla is a Yugambeh term that means walking together. The Summit will provide a meeting place for Indigenous education researchers to share, grow, be mentored, and establish necessary relationships that will enable them to continue walking together once they re…

Teacher performance-linked pay, teacher performance generally and student achievement – these are three issues that are never far from the headlines. But are the debates founded on sound evidence or merely the thought bubbles of politicians and populist commentators? Link to the video