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PROGRAM

Araluen Arts Centre Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia
1-4 October 1997


 

WEDNESDAY 1 OCTOBER 1997

 

OPENING CEREMONY - Araluen Arts Centre

  • Elders from Alice Springs
  • Leaders from Indigenous Organisations in Alice Springs including the Institute for Aboriginal Development
  • Larumba Traditional Women's Dance Group
PANEL INTRODUCES THE MAIN THEMES OF THE CONFERENCE - Araluen Arts Centre
  • Courtney Cazden, Bill Cope, Jim Gee, Mary Kalantzis, Gunther Kress, Joseph Lo Bianco, Sarah Michaels, Martin Nakata
GARDEN CHATS - Araluen Arts Centre
  • Joseph Lo Bianco- sculpture garden
  • Mary Kalantzis - peppercorn tree

WORKSHOPS and PAPERS

MORNING

Criss Jones Diaz, Lecturer, Early Childhood Education, Faculty of Education, University of Western Sydney.
Moving beyond maintenance: Bilingualism and biliteracy for young children. (45min Paper)

Dr James Bell and Jane Pearce, School of Education, Murdoch University, WA.
The Social Contexts of Learning: Re-reading the Wheel. (90min Workshop)

Assoc. Professor Eleanor Bourke and Alwin Chong, Aboriginal Research Institute, Faculty of Aboriginal and Islander Studies, University of South Australia, SA.
Indigenous Dimensions in Australian Higher Education. (90min Workshop)

Anneke Silver, Senior Lecturer Art and Design, Vincent Campus, James Cook University of Northern Queensland.
Overseas Parcels. (45min Paper)

Professor Desmond Cahill, Professor of Intercultural Studies, Dr Ian Fry, Lecturer in TESOL, Faculty of Education, Language and Community Services, RMIT, Bundoora Campus, Victoria.
Immigration and Schooling in the 1990's. (90min Workshop)

Susan Lee-Walker and Dr Grace Masselos, Faculty of Education, University of Wollongong, NSW.
Children's Literature Review on Humour: The Development of Humour and Incongruity in Young Children and Implications for Learning. (45min Paper)

Michelle Collins, Associate lecturer, Ctr for Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander Participation, Research Development, James Cook University, QLD.
Some Dilemmas of Literacy Teaching in a Cross Cultural Context. (45min Workshop)

Chris Corbel, Manager, Computer Literacy Centre, AMES Victoria.
Working Effectively Online - A Text-based Approach to Developing Online Literacy. (45min Paper)

Susi Woolf and Charmaine Silove, Institute of Languages, University of NSW.
The Need for Cultural Diversity Training (CDT) for Newly Arrived Migrants Within the Context of the ESL Classroom. (45min Paper)

Assoc. Professor Dawn Francis, James Cook University, Cairns Campus.
The Use of Meetings in a Multicultural Institution. (45min Paper)

Didamain Uibo and Jane Anezark, Senior Education Officers, Australian Indigenous Studies T-12, Board Services Division, NT Board of Studies.
Does This Mean Some White Teacher's Gunna Teach My Kids Culture? (90min Workshop)

Betty Weeks, Curriculum Officer - Early Years, Department for Education and Children's Services, SA.
Literacy as Social and Cultural Practices: Implications for Teaching and Assessment. (90min Workshop)

Jeannie Herbert, Director, Centre for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Participation, Research and Development, James Cook University of North Queensland, QLD.
Do We Have a Choice? (45min Paper)

Barry Malezer and Jean Searle, Gumurrii Centre, Mt.Gravatt Campus Griffith University, Qld.
Cultural Self-Determination for Education: - Dilemma, Practice and Productivity - "Indiga-nice". (45min Paper)

Dr Jo Milne-Holme, Registered Psychologist/Lecturer, Coordinator of the Grad Dip Ed/M Teach Secondary Prog., Faculty of Education, University of Western Sydney, NSW.
Secondary Students and Principals' Aspirations for Youth in Trinidad and Tobago. (45min Paper)

Diane Wroge, Literacy Liaison Coordinator for the Summer Institute of Linguistics in Papua New Guinea.
Multiliteracies in Melanesia - Operating Enclosed Borders. (45min Paper)

Dr Wally Moroz, Edith Cowan University, WA.
The Need for New Information Technologies in the Society and Environment Learning Area. (45min Paper)

Ann Morrice, Hornsby Heights Public School, NSW.
The Literacy/Language Program of Hornsby Heights Public School. (45min Paper)

Gayle Morris, PhD Candidate, Department of Vocational Education and Training, University of Melbourne.
Blurring the Boundaries: Adult Literacy, English as a Second Language and the ESL Literacy Learner. (45min Paper)

LUNCH - Araluen Arts Centre - with singer/songwriter Bob Randall

GARDEN CHATS - Araluen Arts Centre
  • Gunther Kress - sculpture garden
  • Bill Cope - peppercorn tree
VISIT TO BATCHELOR COLLEGE, ALICE SPRINGS

WORKSHOPS and PAPERS

AFTERNOON

Postgraduate Research Forum - Research Basics: Issues of Purpose and Methodology (90mins)

Veena Gollan, Aboriginal Education Worker Kathy Horan, Consultant, and Sue Sifa, Secondary Curriculum Consultant, Aboriginal Education Team Catholic Education Office.
Aboriginal Perspectives of South Australian History. (90min Workshop)

Robyn Heras, Principal, Bankstown AMES (Adult Migrant English Service), NSW.
An Arts Approach to Indigenous Studies in ESL. (90min Workshop)

Leonie Jones, Senior Project Officer Cross-Cultural, HRD Ludmilla Primary School, and Ruth Rawnsley, Project Officer Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Educators Support Unit, NTDE.
The Northern Territory Department of Education's Cross-cultural Awareness Training Program. (90min Workshop)

Carolyn Millard, Curriculum Officer: English R-12, Department for Education and Children's Services, SA.
Deconstructing Rosy Dock: A Critical Approach to Teaching Text. (90min Workshop)

Judith Miralles and Delia Bradshaw, Adult Educators, Adult, Community and Further Education Board, Victoria.
Further Education. Rethinking Curriculum. (90min Workshop)

Silvana Murphy, Curriculum Officer, Teaching and Learning Team, Department for Education and Children's Services, Adelaide, SA.
Using Information Technology to Improve Student Learning Outcomes. (90min Workshop)

Christine Riddell, Senior Lecturer, Department of Education, Victoria University of Technology.
The Silent Medium: The Importance of Non-verbal Communication in Intercultural Communication and How to Address this in the Classroom. (90min Workshop)

Mark Rose, Principal, KODE Campus, Glenroy, VIC.
Koorie Open Door Education. (45min Paper)

Tina Sharpe, Consultant, The Association of Independent Schools of NSW Ltd.
Teaching Literacy Through Technology. (45min Paper)

Janet Saker, Senior Project Officer, ESL Section, LOTE, ESL and Multicultural Education Branch, Schools Program Division, Department of Education, VIC.
The ESL Curriculum Project: Planning for English Language Learning in Schools in Victoria. (90min Workshop)

Evelyn Schaber, Coordinator Management Training Program, Institute for Aboriginal Development, NT.
One Step Ahead: Aboriginal Perspectives in Management Education. (45min Paper)

Elizabeth Dieter, Consultant, Association of Independent Schools of NSW.
Learning and Information Technologies: The Internet, Multimedia and Learning to Access Information. (45min Paper)

 

PLENARY SESSION - Araluen Arts Centre

Ambigapathy Pandian, Peter Kell, Gracelyn Smallwood, Mignonne Breier

 

THURSDAY 2 OCTOBER 1997


Trip to Yuendumu 

GARDEN CHATS - Araluen Arts Centre
  • Jim Gee - sculpture garden
  • Martin Nakata -peppercorn tree
PLENARY SESSION
  • Mary Kalantzis, Jim Gee, Martin Nakata
WORKSHOPS and PAPERS

MORNING

Dr Jennie Bickmore-Brand, Director of the Adult Literacy Network Node in WA, Curtin University of Technology.
First Year at University: 'Now you are at University, you'd Better Know How to Learn'. (45min Paper)

Melissa Coles, Community Education Program, IAD, Minnie Sultan and Sybella Turner, Languages in Schools Program, IAD.
Critical Skills Learning in Aboriginal Community Education Contexts. (45min Workshop)

Chris Corbel, Manager, Computer Literacy Centre, AMES, Victoria.
Office 97 and the "recent print-based past". (90min Workshop)

Susan Cornish, Program Support and Development Services, NSW Adult Migrant English Service.
Wanyaarri - Indigenous Australia in the ESL Classroom. (45min Workshop)

David Dickson, Language Australia, Victoria Office.
Aboriginal Literacy and Multimedia. (90min Workshop)

Myra Joan Dunn, University of New England, PhD Student, Honorary Fellow, Teacher, Dept of School Education, NSW.
Literary Research in an Aboriginal Community: What Can it Tell Us Teachers? (45min Paper)

Louise Finch, Principal Education Officer, Social Education, Curriculum Branch, NTDE, Darwin.
Studies of Society and Environment: What Should Everyone be Learning? What the Northern Territory is Doing in the Compulsory Years T-10. (45min Paper)

Steve Georgopoulos, Institute Multicultural Education Coordinator, Hunter Institute of Technology, TAFE, Newcastle Campus, NSW.
Case Study: The Hunter Connection - Getting Ethnic Communities Online. (45min Paper)

Dr Stephen Greymorning, College of Indigenous Australian Peoples, Southern Cross University, NSW.
Observations on Student Receptiveness Towards an Indigenous Teaching Style and World View Perspective in the Classroom. (45min Paper)

Professor Bernard T. Harrison, Dean, Faculty of Education, Edith Cowan University, WA
Claiming and Reclaiming an Education: The Experiences of Multilingual School Students in Transition from Primary to Secondary Schools. (45min Paper)

John Hobson, Koori Centre, Old Teachers College, University of Sydney.
Where are all the Aboriginal Homepages? The Current Indigenous Australian Presence on the WWW. (45min Paper)

Marilyn Kell, Learning Support Teacher, William Ross State High School Townsville, QLD.
Another Chance! The Application of Vygotsky's Theories of Language and Learning to Low-Literate Adolescents' Acquisition of Literacy. (45min Paper)

Dr Kaye Lowe, UWS Nepean.
Humanizing Literacy Learning. (45min Paper)

Gido Mapunda, Ph. D. Student, Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies, James Cook University, QLD.
Qualitative Research in Indigenous Business Enterprises: A Personal Reflection. (45min Paper)

Dr Peter Ninnes, Learning Development Centre, University of Western Sydney.
Internationalisation, Knowledge and Techniques of Power in the Academic Acculturation of International Students. (45min Paper)

RAlec O'Halloran, Senior Training Consultant, Life Design Australia, NSW.
The Facilitator's Coaching Role in Workplace Change Programs. (45min Paper)

Maj-Lis OÕRourke and Barry Malezer, Gumurrii Centre, Mt.Gravatt Campus Griffith University, Qld.
Indigenising Mainstream - A Lesson of Learning, an Experience in Values and Broadening Perspectives for Training Teachers. (45min Paper)

LUNCH - Araluen Arts Centre - Country Bumpkins with Darryl Kantawarra

GARDEN CHATS
  • Denise Newfield - sculpture garden
  • Pippa Stein - peppercorn tree
VISIT TO TANAMI NETWORK, ALICE SPRINGS SITE

WORKSHOPS and PAPERS

AFTERNOON

Postgraduate Research Forum - Cultural and Cross-cultural Dimensions of Research (90mins)

Maree Klesch, David Morgan and Ferdi Klesch, Batchelor College, Batchelor, NT.
'Territory Voices' - A Multimedia Resource for Adult ESL Learners in an NT Indigenous Australian Context. (90min Workshop)

Maree Parker and Yolanda Tognini, Equity Unit, Education Queensland.
Under the Skin: Anti-Racism Professional Development for Teachers. (90min Workshop)

Jane Perry and Veronica Volkoff, Faculty of Education, Language and Community Services, Department of Industry, Professional and Adult Education, RMIT Bundoora Campus, VIC.
The Role of Flexible Delivery in Supporting Educational Transformation in South Africa. (45min Paper)

Scott Poynting, Faculty of Education, Greg Noble, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and Paul Tabar, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Western Sydney, NSW.
"If Anyone Called Me a Wog, They Wouldn't be Speaking to Me Alone": Protest Masculinity and Lebanese Youth in Western Sydney Schools. (45min Paper)

Dr Ishak Ramly, Lecturer, School of Education, University Science Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia.
The Teaching of National Language (Malay Language) to Multiracial Secondary School Student Through the Experiential - Appreciation Approach. (45min Paper)

Carol Reid, Lecturer, Academic Coordinator, Aboriginal Rural Education Program, Faculty of Education, UWS, Macarthur.
Towards a Theory of Negotiating Difference in Indigenous Teacher Education. (45min Paper)

Michael Robertson, Volunteer Curriculum Writer, Alice Springs Clubhouse, NT.
Liberating Adult Education and Competency Based Curriculum-The Proposed Paradigm and Praxis at the Alice Springs Clubhouse (Mental Health Rehabilitation Community Project)-Consumer Driven Dream or Bureaucratic Nightmare? (45min Paper)

Maureen Forrest, Curriculum Officer - Early Years, Dept for Ed and Chidren's Services, Fulham Gardens Curriculum Centre, Henley Beach, SA.
Whose Literacy? When? Rethinking Classroom Literacy Practices

Julie Dyer, Asia Education Foundation, State Adviser Victoria and Kay Mitchell, Asia in Schools Project Officer, Asia Education Foundation Adviser, Northern Territory.
Developing and Maintaining Asia Literacy in Schools: The Work of the Asia Education Foundation. (90min Workshop)

Graham Taylor, Curriculum Officer, ESL Policy Support, Curriculum Services, Department of Education and Children's Services, South Australia.
The ESL Teacher and Information Technology. (45min Paper)

Debra Tedman and Bronwyn Ellis, University of South Australia, SA.
Ways of Investigating Variables which Affect Student Learning. (45min Workshop)

Carol White, Co-principal, Selwyn College, Auckland, New Zealand and Susan Gray, Senior Lecturer in TESSOL, Auckland College of Education.
Creating a Culture of Respect: A New Zealand State Secondary School's Journey. (45min Paper)

Metta Young, Lecturer, Management Training Program, Institute for Aboriginal Development.
Bringer's of Light? Constructions of English Literacy in Aboriginal Education. (45min Paper)

Alejandra Martinez and David Richards (Co-author) Educational Resource and Training TAFE NSW, Multicultural Education Unit, NSW.
Professional Development Resources for Anti-Racist Teaching. (45min Paper)

PLENARY SESSION
  • Mastin Prinsloo, Urszula Clark, Sue McGinty

 

FRIDAY 3 OCTOBER 1997

PLENARY SESSION
  • Gunther Kress, Bill Cope, Joseph Lo Bianco
Araluen Arts Centre - Parakeelya Dance Group

Tent City

Local community organisations represented in stalls in the grounds of the Araluen Centre, from 11.30 to 2.00pm.

   GARDEN CHATS
  • Gunther Kress - sculpture garden
  • Joseph Lo Bianco- peppercorn tree
VISIT TO BASSO'S FARM

WORKSHOPS and PAPERS

MORNING

Hajar Bt. Abdul Rahim, School of Humanities, University of Malaysia.
The Impact of Word Processing on Student Attitudes and L2 Literacy. (45min Paper)

Leonie Arthur and Bronwyn Beecher, Lecturers, Early Childhood Education, Faculty of Education, University of Western Sydney. Multiple Literacies, Play and Diversity in Early Childhood. Is it Possible? (45min Paper)

Dr Shanthi Balraj-Amnbigapathy, Chairperson, Radio and Television Program, School of Communication, University Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia.
Multiliteracies for the Coming Century - The Missing Agenda on Media Literacy In Malaysia. (45min Paper)

Lynne Barrington and Brian Lennon, Study and Language Advisers, Burwood Campus, Deakin University.
Equity, tertiary Learning and the Internet: The OnDEC Project. (45min Paper)

Associate Professor Jock Collins, School of Economics and Finance, University of Technology, Sydney,
Dr Chengalian Sim and Basundhara Dhungel, Multicultural Education Unit, NSW TAFE. Vocational Education and Training and Ethnic Small Business. (45min Paper)

Veronica Dobson and Rosalie Riley, Intelyape-lyape Akalyte.
Intelyape-lyape Akalyte Project. (90min Workshop)

Beverly Driver, Literacy and Numeracy Teacher in Charge, Adult Basic Education, TAFE, Broken Hill, NSW.
Practical Application and Use of Computer 'Games' so Often Dismissed by Educators as a 'Waste of Time'. (45min Paper)

Myra Joan Dunn, UNE PhD Student, Honorary Fellow, Teacher, Dept of School Education, NSW.
Teachers' Changing Attitudes: Essentials for Anti-Racist Teaching. (45min Paper)

Mona El-Ayoubi, Associate Professor Isaac Brown and Ahmat Garling, Faculty of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Northern Territory University.
Exploring Interpersonal Communication Skills in the Classroom. (45min Paper)

Richard Fry, Koorie Education Development Officer, Wathaurong aboriginal Co-op; Larry Kanoa, Koorie Education Development Officer, Ballarat Aboriginal Co-op; Leanne Reynolds, Senior Project Officer, Early Years of Schooling Branch Department of Education; Glenda Strong, Acting Assistant General Manager, Department of Education; Jane Weston, Acting Manager, Koorie Education Development Unit, VIC.
Koorie's Keys to Life (90min Workshop)

Kate Hutcheson, Lecturer, School of Accounting, Curtin University of Technology Perth, WA.
Human Resource Managers Tend to Hire Only Perfect People - and Miss Some Gems! (45min Paper)

Karen Knight-Mudie, Senior Lecturer, Expressive Arts, Faculty of Education, University of Southern Queensland.
Orchestrating Embodiment: Things Outside and Inside the Head. (45min Paper)

Rosemary Livingstone, Chief Education Officer, Educational Policy and Review Services, TAFE NSW.
A Model For Learner-Centred Assessment: Cross-cultural Communication for Small Business. (45min Workshop)

Ken Lountain, Curriculum Officer, Literacy Focus Schools Curriculum Services Group, Department of Education and Children's Services, SA.
'New Practices in Familiar Settings'. (45min Workshop)

Christine Ludwig, Humanities Unit, Education Queensland Australia.
The Embodiment of Precompetence: Participation Structures in Early Literacy Lessons. (45min Paper)

Pauline Baylis, UWS Macarthur, NSW.
Communication Counts: a CD Rom to help vocational trainers integrate language, literacy and numeracy into their training.

Ann Queitzsch, James Cook University, QLD
Disrupting Discourses in Media Texts: How Pre-tertiary Students Learnt the Tools of Critical Analysis.

Barry Golding, Research Fellow, Centre for the Study of Higher Education, University of Melbourne, and Veronica Volkoff, RMIT.
Is There Equity in the Outcome? Some NESB and Rural VET Experiences. (45min Paper)

LUNCH - Araluen Arts Centre - Frank Yamma, singer/songwriter

GARDEN CHATS
  • Bob Morgan - sculpture garden
  • Mastin Prinsloo - peppercorn tree
VISIT TO THE CENTRE FOR APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY

WORKSHOPS and PAPERS

AFTERNOON

Postgraduate Research Forum - Technology: Research In, About and Using Technology (90mins)

Charles Khoo and Tze Ay Chuah, International Student Services Consortium NSW TAFE, NSW.
Cross-cultural Training Strategies. (90min Workshop)

Di Russell, Deputy Principal in a Secondary school in South Australia, SA.
Aboriginal Students can Succeed at Secondary School. (90min Workshop)

Dr Azlina Murad Sani, School of Languages, Universiti Utara Malaysia.
Inferring from Contentious Material - Do Cultural Perceptions Intrude? (45min Paper)

Dr Chenglian Sim, TAFE Multicultural Education Unit, NSW TAFE; Chandrima Mukerjee, Multicultural Education Coordinator, Sydney Institute of Technology; Beatrice Stotz, Multicultural Education Coordinator, North Sydney Institute of TAFE, NSW.
Mapping Multiculturalism in the TAFE Classroom (90min Workshop)

Beatriz Stotz, Institute Multicultural Education Co-ordinator, Northern Sydney Institute of TAFE and Alejandra Martinez, Project Officer, NSW TAFE Multicultural Education Unit.
Teaching Survivors of Torture and Trauma: a Handbook for Teachers. (90min Workshop)

Rob Walker, Centre for Education and Change, Deakin University, Victoria.
A Multimedia Record of a Multilingual/ Multicultural School. (45min Paper)

Chris Weckert, Faculty of Education, The University of Newcastle, NSW.
Writing with Many Voices: Teaching an Understanding of Audience. (45min Paper)

Carolyn White, Co-writer of National Literacy Benchmarks, Curriculum Corporation. DECS Curriculum Services, Adelaide, SA.
The Australian National Literacy Benchmarks. What are they? Who are they for? What do they Look Like?. (90min Workshop)

Ely White and Jenny Brands, Batchelor College in the Northern Territory, NT.
Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Letting Go the Reins: Language and Broadcasting Unplugged. (45min Paper)

Bob Message, Manager, Extension Services, School Community Support, Jane Weston, Acting Manager, Koorie Education Development Unit, Rod Parnell, Senior project Officer, Curriculum Development Learning Technologies Branch, Lindy Stirling, Counter-Racism Project Geography Teachers' Association of Victoria, VIC.
The Development of a Statewide Schools' Counter-Racism Strategy. (45min Paper)

Dr Katharine Panfil, Graduate School of TESOL, University of Canberra, ACT.
Two-Way Bilingual Instruction: Learning From Peers. (45min Paper)

Peter Wilson, Senior Lecturer in Ceramics and Art Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, NSW.
Raku

Jennifer Martiniello, Lecturer, Faculty of Education, University of Canberra, ACT.
Learning Challenges for Indigenous Students Entering Tertiary Study.

PLENARY SESSION - Araluen Arts Centre
  • Bob Morgan, Jeanne Prinsloo, Mike Cole
CONFERENCE DINNER

Chateau Hornsby Winery. Black Storm - band

 

SATURDAY 4 OCTOBER 1997

 

PLENARY SESSION - Araluen Arts Centre
  • Sarah Michaels, Courtney Cazden, Denise Newfield, Pippa Stein
GARDEN CHATS
  • Sarah Michaels - sculpture garden
  • Courtney Cazden - peppercorn tree

 

WORKSHOPS and PAPERS

MORNING

Johan Cedergren, Teacher, Rodengymnasium Upper Secondary School, Sweden.
Baltic Region Knowledge: An Interdisciplinary High School Course for Swedish and Russian Students. (45min Workshop)

Annette Duffy, Guardian Angels Catholic Primary School, Ashmore City, Queensland.
Teacher Status. (45min Paper)

Clare Marie Grant, Education Adviser, Low Incidence Support Centre, Learning Difficulties Services, Education Queensland.
Isn't it Time We Assessed Assessment? (45min Workshop)

Dr Pamela Green, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.
Literacy in Use - Or Is It? The Transition from Primary to Secondary School. (45min Paper)

Henry Harper, Shirley Brown and Nulupani Gayamangu, VET Consultant and Educators, Arnhemland Progress Association, Darwin, Northern Territory.
Dhunupa Rrupia Dhukarr (Clear Financial Paths) (90min Workshop)

Susan Hellmundt, Faculty of Education, University of Wollongong, NSW.
Enhancing Intercultural Communication Skills Among Local and Overseas Students in a Tertiary Setting: Some New Directions. (45min Paper)

Postgraduate Research Forum - Putting Research to Good Use: Application and Evaluation (90mins)

Pip Hodge, Northern Territory Department of Education.
ESL Professional Development for Teachers of Indigenous Students in the Northern Territory. (45min Workshop)

Dr Basil Jayatilika, Edith Cowan University, WA.
Multicultural Music Learning in Australia. (45min Paper)

Jan Kennedy, Senior Education officer, TAFE Multicultural Education Unit, Ashfield, NSW.
Models for Delivery of ESP Courses. (45min Paper)

Jennifer Martiniello, Lecturer, Faculty of Education, University of Canberra ACT.
Building Cross-Cultural Understanding in the Tertiary Learning Environment. (45min Paper)

Dr Grace Masselos, Lecturer and Coordinator of Early Childhood Practicum, University of Wollongong, NSW.
The Role of Disequilibrium in the Play of Three and Four Old Children in Early Childhood Settings: Implications for Helping Young Children Develop Strategies for Conflict Resolution. (45min Paper)

LUNCH - Araluen Arts Centre - Kusha, Rhonda and Tony, songs/instrumentals

GARDEN CHATS
  • Denise Newfield - sculpture garden
  • Pippa Stein - peppercorn tree
WORKSHOPS and PAPERS

AFTERNOON

T. Pascal-Brown, Senior Lecturer, School of Languages, UNITEC Institute of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand.
Case Studies Of ESOL Students Using Language Learning Software. (45min Paper)

Michele Scoufis, Lecturer, Dept of Employment Relations, UWS Nepean, NSW.
How Can University Restructuring, Moves to Flexible Learning and a Customer Service Focus, be Used to Trigger More Student Centred Approaches to Learning? (45min Workshop)

Richard Sohmer, Clark University.
The Architecture of Intersubjectivity: Constructing Identity and Expertise in the Investigators Club. (45min Paper)

Leanora Spry, Centre for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Participation, James Cook University, QLD.
Assimilation or Celebration? An Exploration of Tertiary Literacy for Indigenous Students through the Tertiary Access Program. (45min Paper)

Professor Errol West, College of Indigenous Australian Peoples, Southern Cross University, NSW.
Articulating the Dimensions of an Aboriginal Research Paradigm. (45min Paper)

Dr Alias Mohammad Yatim, School of Educational Studies, University Sains Malaysia, Malaysia.
Language Choice, Socio-Cultural Factors And Economic Policy: A Case In Learning English In A Fast Developing Region. (45min Paper)

Julie Hinde McLeod and Professor Terence J Lovatt, Faculty of Education, University of Newcastle.
Multiliteracies, Multiple Roles. (45min Paper)

Fiona McLoughlin Manager Education and Training, IAD, Rachael Jurra and Maudie Nelson, Jukurrpa Artists.
Visual Literacies. (45min Workshop)

CLOSING SESSION
  • Panel Discussion featuring key International and Indigenous Speakers



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