News & Events
The School of Education actively promotes learning and professional development within the education community by sponsoring and hosting short courses, symposia and conferences relevant to the issues faced by schools and teachers today. Below is a list of recent events which the School was involved in:
2010
2010 Summer Institute on Language Teaching
2009
2009 August Winter Partnership Conference
The National Symposium on Assessing English as a Second/Additional Language or Dialect in the Australian Context
The Inaugural Summer Institute on Language Teaching
2008
2008 Partnership Conference - Learner Diversity in the Classroom
External Conferences
- 11th Asia Pacific Conference on Giftedness: Thinking Smart: Effective Partnership for Talent Development 29 July – 1 August 2010, Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour
- Redefining “TESOL” for the 21st Century, Australian Council of TESOL Associations (ACTA)
- 2009 International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation (ICERI)
- 2010 AERA Annual Meeting (Denver, Colorado)
- 2010 AAAL Annual Conference (Atlanta, Georgia)
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On 18 March (Thursday), Professor Stephen Marshall will present a seminar sponsored by the prestigious Australian College of Educators (ACE). This presentation will focus on performance development for leaders of learning and teaching in higher…
Posted: 11th March 2010 -
Starting Semester One, all courses offered by the School of Education will be using Blackboard 9 (BB9), which replaces the old Vista e-learning portal. This new online learning system contains a variety of teaching tools catering to the needs of a…
Posted: 20th February 2010 -
Prof Chris Davison, Head of the School of Education, UNSW and an Honorary Professor at the University of Hong Kong celebrates the culmination of 5 years of research and development into school-based assessment in English language teaching in…
Posted: 18th February 2010 -
Prof Miraca Gross was recently featured in Margaret Throsby's radio show in ABC Classic FM. In the show, Miraca talks about gifted education in Australia and how gifted and talented children develop within schools, families and other social contexts.…
Posted: 5th February 2010 -
As the 2010 Summer Institute on Language Teaching draws to a close, we would like to congratulate all the participants for a wonderful job. This year's Summer Institute drew participants from different countries, some coming from as far as the United…
Posted: 5th February 2010 -
We would like to congratulate our researchers in cognitive processes and instructional design in the School of Education for being named as one of the world’s top 20 most productive research institutions for educational psychology in 2003-08…
Posted: 25th September 2009 -
If you are partway through your maths, science, English or teacher education degree and considering your career options, a scholarship will help you turn your degree into a challenging and rewarding career as a NSW public school teacher.
This…
Posted: 25th September 2009 -
September 2009
A/Prof. Alan Watson started his involvement with educational reform projects in Tanzania back in 1998. At the time, his involvement focused on getting young children to complete their primary education. Eleven years later, he is still…
Posted: 16th September 2009 -
The School of Education would like to congratulate three students who have recently received honours from the University.
First, we would like to congratulate Jae Yup Jung, a third-year PhD student who will soon be submitting his thesis, for winning Th…
Posted: 7th June 2009 -
In 2010, there will be a range of new and exciting Masters courses for postgraduate coursework students. Some courses will be available in intensive mode in January (15 hours mornings or afternoons Jan 18-22, 2010, followed by 3 x 3-hour online and/or…
Posted: 30th May 2009
