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Innovating A New Future For Learning: Finding Our Path, Valerie Hannon

2009 - 2019 ACER Research Conferences

This keynote paper makes the case that the pursuit of ‘school improvement’ is insufficient to address the challenges facing us if the world is to make available equitable, effective learning systems for all its citizens. A set of drivers of change are explored. It is argued that a ‘split screen’ approach is needed by system leaders and policy makers in which, while school improvement must continue to be pursued, simultaneously a ‘learning ecosystem’ should be created. Such a mutually supportive system would engage a much wider range of partners and players, and would locate learning in a new variety of …

The Neighbourhood Just Got Bigger : Schools And Communities Working Together For Change, Michele Lonsdale, Sharon Clerke, Michelle Anderson

2009 - 2019 ACER Research Conferences

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Professional Practice Research: Ensuring Teacher Development Through A Critical Approach To Professional Learning, Tania Aspland, Ian Macpherson

2009 - 2019 ACER Research Conferences

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Teachers Are The Key : Strategies For Instructional Improvement, Lynette Virgona

2009 - 2019 ACER Research Conferences

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Targeting The Things That Matter, Ben Jensen

2009 - 2019 ACER Research Conferences

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Building Teacher Capacity And Raising Reading Achievement, Kathryn Glasswell

2009 - 2019 ACER Research Conferences

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Developing And Implementing An Explicit School Improvement Agenda, Michele Bruniges

2009 - 2019 ACER Research Conferences

School improvement is a high-stakes enterprise, as difficult as it is important. While the broad agenda of school improvement is unassailable, the concept has become entangled with debates about the use of standardised assessment data for the purposes of public accountability. The risk of this is that data per se are devalued in the eyes of teachers. Effective use of data by teachers is, however, the crux of school improvement. For student outcomes to improve, teachers need an accurate understanding of individual students’ strengths and weaknesses. Moreover, they need the capacity to translate this understanding into improved conditions for teaching …

Effective Teaching Practices : Lessons From Mathematics, Mike Askew

2009 - 2019 ACER Research Conferences

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A Personal And Collective Commitment To A Focus On Improvement, Mark Campling, Stephen Savvakis, Jane Sedgman

2009 - 2019 ACER Research Conferences

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Effective Strategies For Implementing Differentiated Instruction, John Munro

2009 - 2019 ACER Research Conferences

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Improving School Practices For Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Students : The Voices Of Their Parents And Carers, Brian Giles-Brown, Gina Milgate

2009 - 2019 ACER Research Conferences

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Lessons For Improvement From International Comparative Studies, John Ainley

2009 - 2019 ACER Research Conferences

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The Influence Of Teaching Strategies On Student Achievement In Higher Order Skills, Patrick Griffin

2009 - 2019 ACER Research Conferences

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Building Professional Capability In School Improvement, Helen Timperley

2009 - 2019 ACER Research Conferences

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Walking The Walk : The Need For School Leaders To Embrace Teaching As A Clinical Practice Profession, Stephen Dinham

2009 - 2019 ACER Research Conferences

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Transforming Education Through The Arts : Creating A Culture That Promotes Learning, Brian Caldwell, Tanya Vaughan

2009 - 2019 ACER Research Conferences

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Differentiated Classroom Learning, Technologies And School Improvement : What Experience And Research Can Tell Us, Kathryn Moyle

2009 - 2019 ACER Research Conferences

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Improving schools with technologies

Using Data To Drive School Improvement, Helen Wildy

2009 - 2019 ACER Research Conferences

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