Past Events

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Science Technology Engineering Mathematics and Environmental Education Research Group

Re-imagining futures in STEME

Past Events

The events listed here have concluded.  If you see anything that you are interested in please contact the Deakin STEME Group member who hosted the event.

 

1 May 2024

Climate Change Education Forum

The Centre for Regenerating Futures, Sustainability Victoria, and the Department of Education are co-hosting the Climate Change Education Forum. Located at Deakin Downtown, this event brought together more than 140 students and teachers from 15 schools …

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24 November 2023

Gender and STEM Summit – Rethinking an issue that refuses to resolve

Date: Friday 24 November 2023, 9.00 am—4.30 pm AEDT Venue: Deakin Downtown, Level 12, Tower 2 Collins Square, 727 Collins Street, Docklands and online (Zoom) Cost: $100 pp in person (fully catered, $75 pp for AARE members and students). $20 pp online D …

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20 November 2023
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21 November 2023

2023 Contemporary Approaches to Research in Mathematics, Science, Health and Environmental Education Symposium

Monday 20th – Tuesday 21st November 2023 Blended (online as well as located in-person) Symposium   Register online for the CAR Symposium. Download the Contemporary Approaches to Research Symposium 2023 flier to share with your colleagues/HDR stude …

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17 November 2023

STAVCON – Keynote Presentation “Science Education – Fit for the Future?”

STAVCON – Science Teachers Association of Victoria Conference – keynote is on Friday 17th November Science Education: Fit for the Future? By Russell Tytler and Peta White The major crises associated with the Anthropocene – climate change, mass extincti …

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10 November 2023

Modeling Chance Processes Assists Students’ Ecological Investigations

Professor Richard Lehrer (Professor Emeritus of Education, Vanderbilt University) The work of ecologists includes differentiating between random and causal sources of variability in accounts of ecosystem functioning (Albert et al, 2010). We introduced …

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3 November 2023

Articulating a Learning Progression: Measuring and Visualising Space in K-5 Mathematics

Professor Richard Lehrer, Vanderbilt University Friday 3 November 2023 Free event – in person and online Learning progressions research has encouraged the consideration of learning from a long-term point of view, one that addresses how earlier forms of …

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2 November 2023
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Aiming Higher: Improving science education in Victorian Schools

With the Victorian Government recently announcing free places for prospective teachers in tertiary education and training courses, it’s clear there’s a crisis in this essential profession that warrants special measures. Certainly, participation and com …

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1 November 2023
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Southern Cross University Deans Lecture…. by Russell Tytler

Material and embodied perspectives on STEM learning: Supporting students and teachers There has been continuing interest in the multimodal nature of learning in science, including the embodied and material nature of scientific epistemic practices centr …

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12 October 2023

Motivation and STEM Research: A collaborative webinar discussing the enhancement of motivation in STEM and STEM education

There is concern in Australia and internationally about shortages in STEM fields which contribute significantly to economic growth, and are seen as fundamental to many of the fastest growing occupations. Stagnant or declining participation in STEM has …

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13 April 2023
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13 April 2023

Family Science Games Night

Families are welcome to join in the playing of science board games. We have a variety of games for science enthusiasts of all ages. Come along to learn new games and to learn interesting science.


24 November 2022
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25 November 2022

2022 Contemporary Approaches to Research in Mathematics, Science, Health and Environmental Education Symposium

Thursday 24th – Friday 25th November 2022 Blended (online as well as located in-person) Symposium Register online at CAR Symposium and see the Deakin event page. Download the Contemporary Approaches to Research Symposium 2022 flyer to share with your c …

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20 April 2022

Family Science Games Night

Come along to this free event to play science board games with your family! We welcome science enthusiasts of all ages.  Come to the Burwood Campus from 6.30pm (till 8.30pm if you like) to play board games with a science flavour! Link for registration: …

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21 October 2021
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23 October 2021

National Summit on Teaching Out-of-field

You are invited to attend the online 2021 National Summit on Teaching Out-of-field (TOOF). Generally speaking, teaching out-of-field refers to when teachers teach subjects or year levels they are not qualified to teach. The out-of-field phenomenon is a …

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OOF-TAS COllective symposium
13 September 2021
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14 September 2021

8th International OOF-TAS Collective Symposium

The 8th symposium for the OOF-TAS Collective will be held online. The theme for the symposium is: International perspectives on management of teaching out-of-field Find out more here: https://ooftas-collective.org/2021-symposium Key dates: Submissions …

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28 November 2020
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29 November 2020

Education for sustainability

International Seminar of Science Education (ISSE), Dr. Peta White    


28 November 2020

Tasks of English Education for Digital Natives

Modern English Education Society, Dr. John Cripps Clark


28 November 2020
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29 November 2020

STEM Education Research for sustainable development

International Seminar of Science Education (ISSE) Professor Russell Tytler  


19 November 2020

14 October 2020

Launch of the Girls’ Future-Our Future, The Invergowrie Foundation STEM Report 2020 Update

Campbell, C., Hobbs, L., Millar, M., Ragab Masri, A., Speldewinde, C., Tytler, R. & van Driel, J. (2020) Girls’ Future – Our Future. The Invergowrie Foundation STEM Report – 2020 Update. Invergowrie Foundation.


29 August 2020
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30 August 2020

7th OOF-TAS Collective Online Symposium

The theme for the symposium is: Out-of-field teaching across the teaching disciplines and contexts This theme welcomes research and commentary relating to the out-of-field teaching phenomenon in primary, secondary and tertiary education, and in all sub …

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17 August 2020
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19 August 2020

Family Science Games Night – 2020 CANCELLED

We regret to inform you that we have cancelled the Games Night this year – due to Covid-19 restrictions  on gatherings. We hope to be back in action for 2021   Deakin University – STEME Eduction Team is hosting three Family Science Games Nights at …

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4 May 2020

Energy Research and the Circular Economy Symposium

The Institute for Frontier Materials (IFM) at Deakin University hosts the StorEnergy Training Centre. Researchers in the centre focus on a range of issues and development opportunities exploring the circular economy and battery storage. This open/publi …

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12 December 2019

Assessing Science Inquiry Skills

Developing strategies to map science inquiry skills and assess students learning outcomes. How can I assess science inquiry skills? How can I develop practical activities to focus on planning investigations? Science inquiry skills have always been an i …

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6 December 2019
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10 December 2019

2019 Cultural-historical & Activity Research Summer School

The AARE SAT SIG Summer School is an opportunity for research students and researchers using cultural-historical, socio-cultural, and activity theories facilitated by senior researchers in the fields to spend five days living and eating together in the …

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5 December 2019
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6 December 2019

Art, Visualisation and the Cosmos in Education

The combination of perspectives from art and science are increasingly acknowledged as powerful approaches to both fields, and to education and public outreach. These interdisciplinary innovations reflect new understandings of the role of visualisation …

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2 December 2019
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2 December 2019

Cultural Historical Activity Research for a Socially Just World: A Video Conference Symposium

The SAT SIG would like to invite contributions to a symposium we will be running at the 2019 AARE Brisbane Conference. You do not have to travel to Brisbane (or pay any membership or conference fees) All you have to do is submit a three-minute video in …

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1 November 2019

Cultural-Historical & Activity Research reading group

This month we will read and discuss González Rey, F. L. (2015). Human Motivation in Question: Discussing Emotions, Motives, and Subjectivity from a Cultural-Historical Standpoint. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, 45(4), 419-439. doi:10.1111/ …

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1 November 2019

4th Secondary Mathematics and Science Teaching Forum

Addressing the pedagogical challenges of producing the next generation of secondary mathematics and science pre-service teachers We are all doing some fantastic work with our students but we rarely get the opportunity to share our initiatives and chall …

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29 October 2019

Film – Education – Philosophy Group: October Meeting

We are a gathering of scholars who are involved in education and who are passionate about researching intersections between film (we are passionate about movies) and philosophical ideas, and the links to education and education research. To make the gr …

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12 August 2019
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15 August 2019

Family Science Games Night – 2019

Deakin University – STEME Team is hosting three Family Science Games Nights during National Science Week. Come along to an exciting evening playing science board games. Have fun with family and friends and learn some science. Each Deakin University cam …

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12 July 2019

Climate Change Education Forum

This day is dedicated to explore current state of Climate Change education in Victoria and to help create a vision for the future of climate change education in the state. The day will be delivered through a range of workshops from 10am to 4pm. Worksho …

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11 April 2019

Integrative Ecology Symposium

Integrative Ecology Investigates the Living Environment. Deakin University’s Centre for Integrative Ecology (CIE) combines the study of ecology, evolution, and ecological physiology. This symposium, hosted in collaboration with Deakin University’s stra …

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13 July 2018
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17 July 2018

Family Science Games Night 2018

Come along to an exciting evening of science games! Each Deakin University campus will be hosting a Family Science Games night where families can play a range of science educational games. Find the right species in Go Extinct, learn about the body in O …

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13 July 2018

Nano-technology: the science and the social implications

Bringing together key Deakin University scientists (each researching different aspects of nanotechnology) and teachers who are interested in representing this contemporary science and its implications in school classrooms, this FREE symposium is not to …

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23 February 2018

Applying Bourdieuian thinking to disciplinary settings: The case of teacher education research and (the field of) field experience

Visting Scholar Seminar   Professor Kathleen Nolan draws on the conceptual tools of Bourdieu’s social field theory in the context of a research study on the role of university supervision in teacher education field experience (school practicum). T …

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12 February 2018

What Works? Developing a Scientific Agenda to Inform Teaching and Learning Policy and Practice

The widely promoted policy-oriented ‘what works?’ agenda aims to offer advice to teachers and schools based on a scientifically generated evidence base. It has been criticised by educational research for several decades but remains a preference for pol …

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19 October 2016

2016 STEM Education Forum

Putting STEM Education Under the Microscope Download the promotional flyer Keynote Speakers Professor Julian Williams Professor of Mathematics Education University of Manchester   Situating STEM within a Funds of Knowledge perspective on problem s …

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27 May 2016

VRiE seminar series 2016

Disentangling Modes of Social Interaction in Student Collaborative Problem Solving by Dr. Esther Chan, Research Fellow at the International Centre for Classroom Research, University of Melbourne Abstract This presentation reports research conducted in …

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27 March 2015

VRiE seminar series 2015

March 27  – Prof. David Clarke The role of video in methodologically distinct research designs by Prof. David Clarke, University of Melbourne. Friday 27 March, 2015 3pm – 5pm Meeting Room 3, Melbourne City Centre Level 3, 550 Bourke Street Video confer …

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17 March 2008
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18 March 2008

SiMERR Forum 2008

‘Charting futures for Science, ICT, Mathematics Education in Rural and Regional Victoria’ A forum sponsored by SiMERR Australia and the Victorian Department of Education and Early Childhood Development 17 and 18 March 2008, Geelong. The aim of the foru …

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