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WAIER Forum 2021: Awards
These photographs illustrate Award conferrals at the 36th Annual Research Forum, Saturday 7 August 2021, at Notre Dame University, Fremantle. The Award conferrals included 2020 recipients who had not received a formal ceremonial presentation because Forum 2020 became an online only event on Saturday 1 August [ Forum 2020 ], owing to Covid-19 event restrictions. |
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WAIER Postgraduate Awards The Western Australian Institute for Educational Research presents a number of Postgraduate Awards annually. The aim of these Awards is to recognise excellence in postgraduate student research in the field of education. The Faculty, School or Department of Education from participating WA universities selects an outstanding student researcher to whom this prize will be awarded [ Postgraduate Awards ]. | |
WAIER Postgraduate Awards 2020 | |
| Jane Kirkham The University of Western Australia |
[no photograph available] Best postgraduate publication: Kirkham, J., Chapman, E., Wildy, H. (2019). Factors considered by Western Australian Year 10 students in choosing Year 11 mathematics courses. Mathematics Education Research Journal, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13394-019-00277-y |
| Dr Portia Odell Curtin University |
[no photograph available] PhD thesis Low carbon schools: Reducing carbon emissions & fostering intergenerational change http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/80112 |
| Dr Barbara Sherriff Edith Cowan University |
[no photograph available] PhD thesis How exemplary teachers promote scientific reasoning and higher order thinking in primary science [https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/2246/] |
| Dr Janene Leesa Sproul Murdoch University PhD thesis, Visual light hypersensitivity, classroom digital media and inclusive pedagogy: Untangling the maze https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/57292/ Photo with Marilyn Pratt from Teachers Mutual Bank, Awards sponsor [ TMB ] |
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WAIER Postgraduate Awards 2021 | |
| Dr Julie Boston Edith Cowan University PhD thesis, Learning in a digitally connected classroom: Secondary science teachers' pedagogical reasoning and practices https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/2275/ Photo with Marilyn Pratt from Teachers Mutual Bank, Awards sponsor [ TMB ] [Presentation abstract] |
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| Dr Saul Adam Karnovsky Curtin University PhD thesis, Learning the emotional rules of teaching: A Foucauldian analysis of ethical self-formation in pre-service teacher education http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/81668 [Presentation abstract] |
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| Dr Johanne Klap Murdoch University PhD thesis, Supporting and transforming school principals' wellbeing and leadership https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/61495/ Photo with Marilyn Pratt from Teachers Mutual Bank, Awards sponsor [ TMB ] [Presentation abstract] |
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| Dr Lucie McCrory The University of Notre Dame PhD thesis, Perspectives of Year 12 students from five Catholic secondary schools in Western Australia towards teaching as a career https://researchonline.nd.edu.au/theses/299/ Photo with Marilyn Pratt from Teachers Mutual Bank, Awards sponsor [ TMB ] [Presentation abstract] |
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| Dr John Mortimer The University of Western Australia Best postgraduate publication: Mortimer, J. (2020). Research on the construction of geography as a senior secondary school subject. Education Research and Perspectives, 47, 104-130. https://www.erpjournal.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/05_ERPV47_Mortimer.pdf Photo with Marilyn Pratt from Teachers Mutual Bank, Awards sponsor [ TMB ] [Presentation abstract] |
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WAIER-Fogarty Foundation Postgraduate Student Research Prize In 2020 and 2021 WAIER partnered with the Fogarty Foundation to offer a postgraduate student research prize of $5000. The aim of the prize is to support educational researchers studying at an approved higher education institution who are conducting research directly relevant to early childhood, primary, secondary or tertiary education. The winners of the Postgraduate Student Research Prize 2020 and 2021 are: | |
| 2020: Felicity Roux Curtin University In 2020 Felicity was a PhD candidate in the Curtin University School of Public Health. Felicity's research focused on developing and trialling a school-based ovulatory-menstrual health literacy program centred on the whole person. Felicity presented at Forum 2021 [Presentation abstract]. Photo with WAIER Past President Dr Susan Beltman. |
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| 2021: Jane Kirkham The University of Western Australia Felicity presented at Forum 2021 [Presentation abstract]. Photo with WAIER Past President Dr Susan Beltman. |
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WAIER Early Career Award 2022 The Western Australian Institute for Educational Research has presented the Early Career Award annually since 1989. The aim of the Award is to recognise excellence early in an academic/research career and to encourage continuing contributions to research of excellent quality. It is offered to a researcher who has completed a doctoral degree in education in the last five years. Winners of the Early Career Award are announced at the Forum [ Early Career Award ] | |
| ECA 2020 winner: Dr Kirsten Hancock UWA Centre for Child Health Research |
Dr Kirsten Hancock is an Adjunct Research Fellow at the UWA Centre for Child Health Research. Previously she obtained her PhD from the School of Population and Global Health, The university of Western Australia, with thesis titled Does the reason make a difference? Assessing school absence codes and their associations with student achievement outcomes. https://research-repository.uwa.edu.au/en/publications/does-the-reason-make-a-difference-assessing-school-absence-codes- Although Kirsten could not attend Forum 2021, she presented at Forum 2019. [Presentation abstract Forum 2019] (no photograph available). |
| ECA 2021 joint winner: Dr Sonja Kuzich Curtin University [Presentation abstract] |
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| ECA 2021 joint winner: Dr Fiona Mayne The University of Western Australia [Presentation abstract] |
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| WAIER Fellowship Award Fellowships are awarded on the basis of leadership and length of service to WAIER, and contribution to the community of educational research within Western Australia. WAIER Fellows are invited to submit a portfolio of 10 years active service in WAIER, including a sustained contribution to the leadership and administration of the Executive Committee, participation in the achievement of the objects and aims of WAIER, valued and sustained performance in a management role on the Executive Committee and a significant contribution within the community of educational research in WA. The Award is conferred by unanimous vote of the WAIER Executive Committee. |
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