Western Australian Institute for Educational Research 24th Annual Research Forum at Edith Cowan University, Building 17, Mt Lawley Campus Forum 2009 Schedule Presentations on Saturday 1 August [ Abstracts ] [ Forum Invitation ] [ Contents of Proceedings ]

The Forum activities are in Building 17. We recommend car parking on the northern side adjacent to the Central Avenue entrance, and near Building 17, as parking in other areas of the campus may be congested by other activities - see ECU Campus Maps (select Mt Lawley). Saturday parking is free.

9.30-10.00	Registration and Coffee and Muffins in the Foyer of Building 17 [ Refreshments will be available ongoing ]		Foyer
10.00-10.15 Plenary	President's Welcome in Lecture Theatre 17.203		17.203
Time	Session presenters	Title	Room
10.20-10.50 Parallel 1	Rosemary Evans	The use of personal meaning mapping to explore understanding of scientific literacy	17.123
	Lee Partridge, Sally Sandover, Wayne McGowan	ULTRIS: Undergraduate students and the scholarship of teaching and learning	17.125
	Rosalind Hewett	Student interaction with culturally and linguistically diverse staff members beyond the classroom	17.203
	Zarin Salter	Greening behaviour: Impact of whole school sustainability education on students and families	17.218
	Amir Zaman and R.A Farooq	Cost benefit analysis of private and public schools in district Malakand of NWFP, Pakistan	17.219
	Gillian Kirk	Kindergarten teacher's pedagogical styles and their students' social and emotional development	17.220
10.55-11.25 Parallel 2	Christine Howitt and Emily Upson	It's a mystery! A case study from the Collaborative Science Project	17.123
	Pragnya Jagadish	International students' perceptions of their interactions with staff outside the classroom	17.125
	Emma McIntyre	Motivation and engagement of undergraduate students in their relation to lecturers outside the classroom	17.203
	Chris John	Teacher discourse according to gender	17.218
	Catherine Pearce	Implementation of an outcomes focused approach to education: A case study	17.219
	Elaine Lewis	Little green fingers	17.220
11.30-12.00 Parallel 3	Jennifer Pearson	Evaluating pre-service primary science education: Self efficacy and beliefs	17.123
	Lilly Brown	Nurturing relationships within a space created by Indigenous ways of knowing	17.125
	Ying Yi Siow	Geographical diversity and faculty interaction in the Law School	17.203
	Melanie Susinetti	Motivational goals and assessment preferences of students in a senior secondary classroom	17.218
	John Bednall	Measuring value adding: A qualitative approach	17.219
	Becky Holtham and Kate Abbott	Gender inclusivity in early childhood science teaching	17.220
12.05-12.35 Parallel 4	Amir Zaman and M. Munir Kiyani	Developing and analysing a multiple choice test in physics for Pakistani secondary schools	17.123
	Isabel Da Silva	Commodification in higher education and its effect on staff-student interaction beyond the classroom	17.125
	Coral Pepper	Using narratives as a research strategy in educational leadership	17.203
	Justina Li	Year 4 Students' attitudes toward exercise at school	17.218
	Gregory Hine	Exploring the development of student leadership potential within a Catholic school: A qualitative case study	17.219
	Elaine Blake and Christine Howitt	How do children under 5 years of age engage in scientific thinking?	17.220
12.40-1.30	Lunch in Cafeteria
1.35-2.50 Plenary	Presentation of Postgraduate Awards Presentation of WAIER Fellowships Presentation of Early Career Award		Lecture Theatre 17.203
2.55-3.25 Parallel 5	Chrissy Gamble and Susan McKenzie	Acceleration: An interpretive study of gifted students within a primary school setting	17.123
	Wayne McGowan and Lee Partridge	Student perceptions: Engagement beyond the classroom	17.125
	Karen Murcia	Interactive whiteboard technology: Integrating e-learning with e-teaching	17.203
	Anneli Strutt and Tyler Fuller	'Out of class, out of mind': In class learning and out of class communication	17.218
	Lauren Cooper and Renae Cirillo	Effective strategies for teaching problem solving in early childhood mathematics	17.219
	Susan Beltman	Educators' motivation for continuing professional learning	17.220
3.30-4.00 Parallel 6	Lesley Newhouse-Maiden	The philosophy and practice of middle schooling for the education of young adolescents	17.123
	Rachel Dennis	Perceptions of how email affects student staff interactions beyond the classroom: Expectations and criteria	17.125
	Jennifer Pearson	Climate change: Creating online education in Western Australian primary schools	17.203
	Marzia Zamir	Disabled university students' perceptions of staff-student interaction outside the classroom	17.218
	Deanne Johnston	Constructivist teaching strategies in upper primary mathematics: An evaluation of three textbooks	17.219
	Lisa Paris	Reciprocal-mentoring residencies: Better transitions to teaching	17.220
4.05-4.35 Parallel 7	Angela Evangelinou-Yiannakis	A qualitative study of the teaching of Greek as a second language	17.123
	Jess McColl	Perceptions of undergraduates and their teachers on the opportunities for interaction beyond the classroom	17.125
	Louise Vanderplas	The benefits and challenges of using technology in the classroom	17.203
	Christine Glass and Geraldine Ditchburn	Making space: Exploring alternative pedagogies in teacher education	17.218
	Naif M. Alsulami	Utilising collaborative learning methodology in the mathematics classroom: An auto-ethnography	17.219
	Diana van Straalen	Authentic learning and assessment: 'Voices' within professional learning in teacher education	17.220
4.40-5.30	Post Conference Happy Hour		Foyer

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