Below is a timetable of upcoming seminars for 2009. To view past seminars please visit our seminar archive page.
UPCOMING SEMINARS IN 2009 |
DATE |
LOCATION & TIME |
TITLE |
SPEAKER |
November 20th
|
Room 709, Doug McDonell Building, level 7
Commences at 3.15pm
|
Completion Seminar |
Lynda Ball
Mathematics Education
University of Melbourne |
| |
PAST SEMINARS IN 2009 |
| September 28th - October 1st |
5th Annual Conference of the International Society for Design and Development in Education |
|
| October 7th |
Theatre A, Elisabeth Murdoch Building, University of Melbourne
Commences at 6.30pm |
Improved Learning in Mathematics
more information available here |
Professor Malcolm Swan
University of Nottingham
England |
| November 6th |
Room 709, Doug McDonell Building, level 7
Commences at 3.15pm |
Leadership development in maths teaching - Lessons learned from the Oregon Mathematics Leadership Institute (OMLI)
|
Dr Tom Dick
Mathematics and Science Education
Oregon State University |
| Friday August 21st |
Room 709, Doug McDonell Building, level 7
Commences at 3.15pm |
Differential item functioning in TIMSS mathematics items. |
Dr Margaret Wu
Research Assessment Centre
Melbourne Graduate School of Education
University of Melbourne |
| Friday August 28th |
Room 709, Doug McDonell Building, level 7
Commences at 3.15pm |
Interdisciplinary Logic Teaching: our experience at Melbourne |
Associate Professor Greg Restall
School of Philosophy, Anthropology and Social Inquiry
University of Melbourne |
| Friday September 4th |
Room 709, Doug McDonell Building, level 7
Commences at 3.15pm |
An alternative curriculum framework for the (tertiary) chemistry 1 course: Chemical education enabling sustainable development |
Dr John Hill
Department of Chemistry
La Trobe University |
| Friday February 20th |
Room 1018, Doug McDonell Building, level 10
Commences at: 2.15pm |
What makes for great questioning? Application of "Teaching for understanding" principles in pre-service teacher education |
Assoc. Prof. Nadine Butcher Ball
School of Education
Maryville University
St Louis, Missouri |
Friday March 6th |
Frank Tate Room, Alice Hoy Building, level 1
Commences at 2.15pm |
A focus on subject matter teaching in teacher education
|
Prof. Dr. Jan van Driel
Department of Teacher Training |
University of Leiden, the Netherlands |
| Friday March 20th |
Frank Tate Room, Alice Hoy Building, level 1
Commences at 2.35pm |
Things that remain: Reflections on Science Education at Scots School, Albury
|
David Bottomley
Science Education
University of Melbourne |
| Friday April 3rd |
Room 706, Doug McDonell Building, level 7
Commences at 2.15pm |
Competencies, skills and assessment |
Assoc. Prof. Tomas Hogaard
The Danish School of EducationDenmark |
|
| Friday April 17th |
Room 706, Doug McDonell Building, level 7
Commences at 2.15pm |
Understanding the role of mathematics in problem solving |
Dr. Irit Peled
Department of Mathematics Education
Faculty of Education |
University of Haifa |
| Friday May 1st |
Room 706, Doug McDonell Building, level 7
Commences at 2.15pm |
Interpreting And Understanding Student Learning In Integrated Classroom-Field Trip Science Discourses In Kenya |
|
Dr Samson Nashon
Associate Professor of Science Education in the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada |
|
| Friday May 15th |
Room 706, Doug McDonell Building, level 7
Commences at 2.15pm |
Developing a theoretical framework for mathematical literacy to compare Grade 9 mathematics textbook in Iran and Australia |
Abolfazl Rafiepour Gatabi
Mathematics Education
Shahid Beheshti University
Iran |
| Friday June 19th |
Room 706, Doug McDonell Building, level 7
Commences at 2.15pm |
Development and Validation of Mathematical Thinking Assessment Framework |
Tee Yong Hwa
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Malaysia |
The impact of teachers’ beliefs about mathematics on their classroom teaching |
Xaysy Linphitham
Faculty of Education, National University of Laos |
| Friday August 14th |
Room 709, Doug McDonell Building, level 7
Commences at 3.15pm |
The promotion of pedagogical content knowledge in science education through reflective practice |
Dr Anne Hume
Science Education
School of Education
Waikato University |