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Thursday 31 May 2018 6.30 - 9pm

2018 Awards Evening

This annual event is a highlight of the Graduate School’s calendar and a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the achievements of our students, graduates, and staff. This Awards evening highlights the extraordinary quality of our graduate students across all courses, as well as the many achievements of our staff through teaching,

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia chooses Melbourne experts to transform education

- The Melbourne Newsroom

Thursday 24 May 2018 12.30 - 1.30pm

Developing technology-enhanced learning environments. Where does teacher training stand?

Guest lecture by A/Prof. Neuza Pedro, Professor in Education and Teacher Training, Institute of Education-University of Lisbon- Portugal. An increasing number of ‘Future classrooms’ have been built in many European countries. These spaces are described as innovative learning environments where combining digital technologies and active pedagogies aim to increase the

Federal Budget 2018: Incompatible state, federal governments hold education back (subscription required)

- Financial Review

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Current research projects

CLASS Observation Training program

The CLASS (Classroom Assessment Scoring System) Observation Training program enables participants to develop capacity and confidence in providing feedbac : MGSE

Workplace literacy in the fourth industrial revolution: The literacy 4.0 project

The Literacy 4.0 Project is examining the workforce literacy needs of the workplaces of the future

Life Patterns

A longitudinal research on the patterns in young people's lives to gain understanding of the ways in which two generations of young Australians are responding to a rapidly changing world.

Teacher Artmaker Project

TAP is an international first for Visual Art Education, providing for the first time, longitudinal data on teacher’s participation in art production, perceptions of quality of teaching, and expectations of retention in the profession.

ASQ-TRAK

The ASQ-TRAK is a tool for observing and monitoring the developmental progress of Australian Aboriginal children.

Reconceptualising Mathematics and Science Teacher Education Programs through collaborative partnerships between scientists and educators

ReMSTEP is a three year collaborative project led by the University of Melbourne in association with Deakin, La Trobe and Monash universities that responds to the need for improved competence and confidence in the teaching of science and maths, as a pre-service focus, across the Australian Curriculum

Investigating literary knowledge in the making of English teachers

This project explores the literary education of Early Career English Teachers in order to understand the role that literary knowledge plays in their teaching.

The Innovative Learning Environments and Teacher Change (ILETC) project

The Innovative Learning Environments and Teacher Change (ILETC) project is investigating the value of modern, innovative classrooms and will develop tool : MGSE

Secondary and university mathematics: Do they speak the same language?

This project will examine symbol use, a key aspect of students’ mathematical experience at school and university, and measure its impact on progression rates.

E4Kids

Effective Early Educational Experiences, or E4Kids, is the most extensive longitudinal study ever conducted into the impact and effectiveness of early childhood education and care in Australia, as well as outcomes for children who do not attend programs.

Assessment for Graduate Teaching

The project aims to develop a Teaching Performance Assessment that can be implemented in all Australian Initial Teacher Education (ITE) institutions.

Realising the potential of Australia’s high capacity students

This project, known as REAP, involves exploration of the trend of students in the upper quartile of student achievement not showing learning gains at the same rate as their peers.

Assessment and Teaching of Foundational Skills for Diverse Learners: The Students with Additional Needs Program

This program of research commenced in 2007 at the Assessment Research Centre under the leadership of Professor Patrick Griffin, and since then has drawn on the collaborative work of many educators, researchers, and administrators who share a commitment to supporting every student's right to learn.