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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…

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…

PurposeInaugurated in 2001, the Betty Watts Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research Award recognises an outstanding conference paper related to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education, presented at the Annual AARE Conference.  

The award is intended to recognise excellence in research by individual researchers or teams of researchers across all career stages.  

This award honours the memory of Emeritus Professor Betty Watts.  A former primary school teacher, Professor Watts was…

Aim:The Schools and Education Systems SIG provides a forum for AARE members from schools, universities, education sectors and policy contexts to network, collaborate, and identify areas of research need, with the goal of strengthening school-based research. We are interested in promoting the role of research in informing and improving policy and practice in schools and education systems as well as encouraging the active engagement of systems and schools as partners in research. With its strong c…

Wednesday 12 June 2019, 8:00 am – 6:00 pm AEST
La Trobe University City Campus, Level 20, 360 Collins Street, Melbourne, Vic 3000
Notions of the body and embodiment have become prominent across a number of established discipline areas, like philosophy, sociology, psychology, and so on. Likewise, emerging areas in related fields, such as embodied cognition, neuroscience, artificial intelligence, bio-power/bio-politics, and so on, approach the body and embodiment in novel ways, and offer the possi…

Recent ARC Successes in Education
Our congratulations to all members and educational researchers who were successful in the 2022 ARC DP and Linkage schemes, and commiserations to those whose projects were not funded – preparing these applications is always a huge amount of intellectual and emotional labour. While outcomes according to FOR codes provide a guide to tracking the success of educational researchers in ARC schemes, it is not definitive.

Do we know about your success? Please advise t…

AARE has several special awards for exceptional achievements by members. The following awards were presented at this year’s annual conference in Adelaide. 

A special thank you to all judges who served on the Awards Panels and Selection Committees this year.

Distinguished Contribution Awards 2022 
Radford Lecture
To honour Dr William C Radford’s long record of commitment to promoting research in education and his contribution to the development of the Australian Association for Research i…

The Future of Method and Education Research

When: Friday September 15th, 5pm -7.30pm & Saturday September 16th, 9am–4pm
Where: University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba.
 

Register here by 20th August.
Note: Applications for the Alison Lee ‘Theory in Educational Research’ Scholarship to assist postgraduate students and early career researchers to attend the AARE Theory Workshops are now open.

Workshop Overview

AARE is proud to host the 2023 Theory Workshop for HDR and early career res…

Strong Beginnings, the Report of the Teacher Education Expert Panel was released in July 2023 and has attracted considerable public attention and debate among education researchers and those involved in initial teacher education.

AARE members have been prominent contributors to these discussions.    

AARE and ATEA held a joint online forum on Tuesday 1st August, featuring five distinguished academics responding to the highly anticipated TEEP Report.

Watch the recording

The event brought toge…

The Australian Educational Researcher (AER) is the scholarly journal of the Australian Association for Research in Education.

Editor-in-Chief: Associate Professor Stewart Riddle (University of Southern Queensland)

The journal aims to:

Promote understandings of educational issues through the publication of original research and scholarly essays.
Inform education policy through the publication of papers utilising a range of research methodologies and addressing issues of theory and practice.
Pr…