Events Calendar 2009
August |
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| 4 - 6 | NZ Graduate Information Sessions |
12 |
'Why and How School Context Matters'Presenter: Professor Pat Thomson, Director of Research in the School of Education at the University of Nottingham When: 6.30 - 7.30pm (Refreshments provided) Free and open to the public - all welcome. Register your attendance to secure your seat. |
16 |
Open Day 2009Further details coming soon. |
October |
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7 |
'Improving Learning in Mathematics'Presenter: Professor Malcolm Swan, Professor of Mathematic Education, University of Nottingham When: 6,30 - 7.30pm (Refreshments provided) Free and open to the public - all welcome. Register your attendance to secure your seat. Email: education-events@unimelb.edu.au |
28 |
'Developing Strategic Leadership and Strategic Talent In Schools'Presenter: Professor Brent Davies, Professor of International Leadership Development, University of Hull When: 6.30 - 7.30pm (Refreshments provided) Free and open to the public - all welcome. Register your attendance to secure your seat. Email: education-events@unimelb.edu.au |
November |
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11 |
'Improving Educational Outcomes in Victoria: Implementing the Blueprint for Education and Early Childhood Development'Presenter: Professor Peter Dawkins, Victorian Education Department Secretary When: 6 - 7 pm (Refreshments provided) Free and open to the public - all welcome Register your attendance to secure your seat. Email: education-events@unimelb.edu.au |
19 - 21 |
The Centre for Equity and Innovation in Early Childhood’s
9th Annual International Conference
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Biographical Notes:
Professor Barry McGaw is half-time Director of the Melbourne Education
Research Institute at the University of Melbourne where he is Executive Director
of the Cisco-Intel-Microsoft Assessment and Teaching of 21st Century Skills
project. He is Chair of the National Curriculum Board.
Prior to returning to Australia at the end of 2005, he was Director for Education
at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). He had
earlier been Executive Director of the Australian Council for Educational Research
(ACER), Professor of Education at Murdoch University, Head of the Research and
Curriculum Branch in the Queensland Department of Education and originally a
science teacher in Queensland secondary schools. He holds BSc, DipEd and BEd(Hons)
from the University of Queensland and EdM and PhD from the University of Illinois.