About the AARE Conference 2010

28 November to 2 December 2010
The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Melbourne, Australia

Conference convenor:
Professor Jan WrightUniversity of Wollongong

About the conference

Australian Association for Research in Education's annual conference has been the primary forum in Australia for supporting and disseminating research across a wide range of educational fields. In this the aim has always been to ‘make a difference’ – to the quality of schooling, to teachers’ work and lives, to students’ experiences and more recently to the quality of education beyond compulsory schooling. AARE has always been motivated by a strong social justice agenda and acknowledged the diversity of students, teachers and forms of schooling. The research presented at AARE Conferences has been at the edge of new ideas, new ways of understanding the educational experience and new forms of practice.

AARE encourages researchers from Australia and our international colleagues to bring local, national and global perspectives to engage with the theme Making a Difference, by addressing issues of inclusion and diversity through new approaches to teaching and learning, innovative forms of leadership and management and new approaches to meeting challenges in research methodologies, production and publication.

About the venue

Melbourne is an ideal city for a conference emphasizing diversity and inclusion. It is home to one of the world’s most harmonious and culturally diverse communities. Since 2002, Melbourne has been consistently ranked amongst the World’s Most Livable Cities. It is a city known for its vibrant energy, its outdoor lifestyle, restaurants, café-filled laneways, cool bars, unbeatable galleries and spacious parks. The University of Melbourne is situated in the centre of Melbourne, close to the Botanical gardens and the culture and cafés of Brunswick and Lygon Streets.

Established in 1853, The University of Melbourne is the oldest University in Victoria and the second-oldest in Australia. One of the world’s top universities, it is a hub for scholarly inquiry and research innovation, and continues to attract the best and brightest students.

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