tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54635214710547932202024-03-14T14:27:32.480+11:00Leading CurriculumHi, We're just getting started. There is a note on the national symposium below but we'll have lots more up and running about how we can lead change in curriculum and pedagogy in the era of an Australian (National) Curriculum.Rosiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11668315393028408017noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463521471054793220.post-79409259536575872512011-08-22T09:46:00.000+10:002011-08-22T09:46:41.997+10:00Re-Moralising the Modern UniversitySteven Schwartz of Macquarie uni has been on a very public campaign to help us remember that "Education is, or should be, a moral enterprise."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5463521471054793220.post-63894962019860367742010-06-30T14:04:00.004+10:002010-08-13T15:37:24.235+10:00National Symposium: Building bridges for historical learning.<!--StartFragment--> <p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family:verdana;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "></span></b></p><b><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: 'Garamond Premr Pro'; ">A National Symposium</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: 'Garamond Premr Pro'; "></span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "></span></b></p><b><p class="MsoNormal" style="display: inline !important; "><b><i><span style="font-family: 'Garamond Premr Pro'; ">Building Bridges for historical learning: connecting teacher education and museum education.</span></i></b></p></b><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: 'Garamond Premr Pro'; ">28-29 March 2011<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: 'Garamond Premr Pro'; ">University of Canberra Convention Centre<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Garamond Premr Pro'; "><a href="http://www.canberra.edu.au/faculties/education/teacher-ed/historical_learning">http://www.canberra.edu.au/faculties/education/teacher-ed/historical_learning</a></span></p></b><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" face="verdana"><span style=""><o:p><a href="https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0Bwzk4585Txd8MmUyNzc1ZDYtOTBhMC00MGM1LTliMWEtNWNlNDQzZDdiMDk4&hl=en"> View & comment on the draft discussion paper</a><a href="http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0Bwzk4585Txd8NjRhNGY1ZTMtNDkzNS00OWMzLWE0ODMtMjRjNDYxODY5MTA5&hl=en">.</a></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" face="verdana"><!--StartFragment--> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Garamond Premr Pro';"><b><br /></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond Premr Pro""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond Premr Pro"">Theme;<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond Premr Pro"">This symposium will start a conversation between teacher educators and museum educators. It is founded upon two premises:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><ol><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Garamond Premr Pro'; font-size: 15.8333px; ">There is still work to be done in the understanding of history education.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>While we now know a lot about historical literacy and historical thinking, how we transfer these to the classroom is still not fully understood.</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Garamond Premr Pro'; font-size: 15.8333px; "></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Garamond Premr Pro'; font-size: 15.8333px; ">Teacher educators and museum educators have traditionally not shared knowledge, even though they both work to promote historical learning.</span></li></ol><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond Premr Pro""><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond Premr Pro"">The Symposium will:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"></p><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15.8333px; "><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Garamond Premr Pro"">Facilitate connections between Museum Education and Teacher Education</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15.8333px; "><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Garamond Premr Pro"">Share how each sector goes about teaching historical skills and understandings</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15.8333px; "><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Garamond Premr Pro"">Understand how historical literacy and thinking are taught</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15.8333px; "><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Garamond Premr Pro"">Improve the understanding of history education and its purpose</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15.8333px; "><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Garamond Premr Pro"">Understand how artefacts are used to develop historical understanding</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15.8333px; "><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Garamond Premr Pro"">Assist with decoding the discipline of history</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15.8333px; "><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Garamond Premr Pro"">Assist with the development of the signature pedagogy of history</span></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15.8333px; "><span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:"Garamond Premr Pro"">Improve the quality of history education provided by schools, museums and other cultural institutions.</span></span></li></ul><p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond Premr Pro""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond Premr Pro"">Who should attend?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond Premr Pro"">Teacher Educators, Museum Educators, Interpreters and others interested in this topic are invited to prepare papers around this broad theme.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond Premr Pro""><o:p> </o:p></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Garamond Premr Pro'; font-size: 15.8333px; ">All papers will be grouped according to cross-disciplinary themes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>It is anticipated that a selection of papers presented at the Symposium and arising from it will be invited to contribute to an edited book on the topic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15.8333px; "><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond Premr Pro"">Due dates:</span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond Premr Pro"">Submission of abstracts (no more than 400 words): Friday 17<sup>th</sup> December. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond Premr Pro"">Full papers for refereeing (up to 4000 words): Friday 4<sup>th</sup> February<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond Premr Pro"">Full Papers (Non refereed - up to 4000 words): Friday 18<sup>th</sup> February<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15.8333px; "><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond Premr Pro"">This symposium is proudly supported by:</span></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond Premr Pro"">Museums Australia Education National Network, Interpretation Australia Association, History Teachers Association Australia, Donald Horne Institute for Cultural Heritage</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond Premr Pro""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <!--EndFragment--> <p></p> <!--EndFragment-->Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17093950276317288168noreply@blogger.com0