Monday 27 August 2012

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2012
Monday, August 27th
8:00 AM

ACER Research Conference Proceedings (2012)

8:00 AM - 8:00 AM

The papers are also available individually from the session listing.

8:30 AM

Welcome and Acknowledgement of Traditional Landowners

8:30 AM - 8:45 AM

Welcome to Country will be performed by Walangari Kantawarra and the Diramu Aboriginal Dance troupe.

9:00 AM

Continual improvement through aligned effort

Geoff N. Masters, ACER

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Keynote 1 - A framework for school improvement

10:15 AM

Morning tea

10:15 AM - 10:45 AM

10:45 AM

Differentiated classroom learning, technologies and school improvement : what experience and research can tell us

Kathryn Moyle, Charles Darwin University

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

Concurrent Session Block 1

Improving schools with technologies

Transforming education through the Arts : creating a culture that promotes learning

Brian Caldwell, Educational Transformations
Tanya Vaughan, Educational Transformations

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

Concurrent Session Block 1

Walking the walk : the need for school leaders to embrace teaching as a clinical practice profession

Stephen Dinham, University of Melbourne

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

Concurrent Session Block 1

Building professional capability in school improvement

Helen Timperley, University of Auckland

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

Concurrent Session Block 1

Using data to drive school improvement

Helen Wildy, University of Western Australia

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

Concurrent Session Block 1

Conversation with a keynote

Geoff N. Masters, ACER

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

Concurrent Session Block 2

12:00 PM

Lunch

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

1:00 PM

End game : a self-improving school system

David Hargreaves, University of Cambridge

1:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Keynote 2

2:15 PM

Afternoon tea

2:15 PM - 2:45 PM

2:45 PM

Effective strategies for implementing differentiated instruction

John Munro, University of Melbourne

2:45 PM - 4:00 PM

Concurrent Session Block 2

Improving school practices for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students : the voices of their parents and carers

Brian Giles-Brown, Dare to Lead
Gina Milgate, ACER

2:45 PM - 4:00 PM

Concurrent Session Block 2

Effective teaching practices : lessons from mathematics

Mike Askew, Monash University

2:45 PM - 4:00 PM

Concurrent Session Block 2

Lessons for improvement from international comparative studies

John Ainley, ACER

2:45 PM - 4:00 PM

Concurrent Session Block 2

A personal and collective commitment to a focus on improvement

Mark Campling, Department of Education and Training (Qld)
Stephen Savvakis, Trinity Bay State High School (Qld)
Jane Sedgman, Ascot State School (Qld)

2:45 PM - 4:00 PM

Concurrent Session Block 2

The influence of teaching strategies on student achievement in higher order skills

Patrick Griffin, University of Melbourne

2:45 PM - 4:00 PM

Concurrent Session Block 2

Conversation with a keynote

David Hargreaves, University of Cambridge

2:45 PM - 4:00 PM

Concurrent Session Block 2