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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.
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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.
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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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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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
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 …
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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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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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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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 …
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 …
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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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 …
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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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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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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 …