| 9.30 am | Registration commences on Level 3 - collect name badge, Program Booklet, etc. | Level 3 |
10.00-11.20
Plenary
session | Opening: President of WAIER, Dr Sian Chapman
Panel Presentation: Chaired by Dr Sian Chapman.
Panellists: Dr Jian Zhao (The University of Western Australia); Phillip Paioff (Paioff Consulting); Sophie Karangaroa (Curtin University); A/Professor Susan Beltman (Curtin University)
[ Details and photos ]
| Level 4, Room 4.003 |
| 11.20-11.50 | Morning tea | Foyer |
| Time | Session presenters | Title | Room |
11.50-12.15
Parallel 1 | Ren-Hao Xu and Andrew Norton | University missions and financial incentives: The response of universities to Australia's Job-ready Graduates policy | Room 3.002 |
| Julia Robertson, Cindy Smith and Sonja Kuzich | Investigation of the impact of e-mentoring on the motivation and engagement of underachieving gifted students | Room 3.028 |
| Janean Robinson | Through the ages: An educational ethnographic research journey with WAIER | Room 3.030 |
| Maria Outtrim | Challenges faced by female principals in Catholic composite and secondary schools in Western Australia | Room 3.032 |
| Adrianne Evans and Siobhan Unwin | Microsoft Teams: Building an interactive learning community | Room 3.034 |
12.15-12.40
Parallel 2 | Silvana Ilievska | Classic grounded theory methodology: How 35 to 55 year old women navigate undergraduate studies in an Australian university | Room 3.002 |
| Maryam Alyousef, Cindy Smith and Meg Gerry | Mentoring programs for gifted students: Practices, perceptions, and a proposed model | Room 3.028 |
| Evalena Lowe, Benjamin Piggott, Caroline Bulsara and Michael Down | A study on physical, emotional, and verbal aggression towards teachers by students in Western Australia | Room 3.030 |
| Amy Austen | Vision statements according to principals | Room 3.032 |
| Yogi Saputra Mahmud, Jennifer Shand and Mark Pegrum | From screens to classroom scenes: Teacher agency in post-pandemic digital teaching | Room 3.034 |
12.40-1.05
Parallel 3 | Christa Snyman, Wendy Cumming-Potvin, Kirsten Lambert and Sangay Wangchuk | Crossing borders: Narratives of migrant teachers in times of shortage | Room 3.002 |
| Tahnee West, Cindy Smith and Carly Steele | Empowering girls in science, technology, engineering and mathematics through youth mentoring | Room 3.028 |
| Thomas Quinlivan, Grace Oakley and Jennifer Shand | The missing human link in The Australian Professional Standards for Teachers | Room 3.030 |
| Nimi Mammen | The hunt is on... CALD leaders in Australian schools: A review of the literature | Room 3.032 |
| Phan Phuong Thao Nguyen | Informal digital learning of English: Experiences of Vietnamese EFL learners | Room 3.034 |
1.05-1.30
Parallel 4 | Larysa Chybis | Ukrainian migrant teachers' professional transition experiences in Australia: "How do non-native speakers manage to become teachers?" | Room 3.002 |
| Shyam Drury | Australian primary teachers' experiences of overcoming mathematics teaching anxiety | Room 3.028 |
| Sandi Fielder, Alison Hilton and Helen Dempsey | Lessons to be learnt: Connecting present conditions for permission to teach across two Australian jurisdictions | Room 3.030 |
| Olivia Johnston | Class ability grouping practices in Australian secondary schools: Characterising changes to practice from 2023-2025 | Room 3.032 |
| Bobby Victoria Cooper, Cindy Smith and Sonja Kuzich | The engaging online learning environment in higher education | Room 3.034 |
| 1.30-2.15 | Lunch | Foyer |
2.15-2.40
Parallel 5 | Allison Bell | Reframing art history: Allyship, reconciliation, and the global significance of ancient Australian art | Room 3.002 |
| Richard Gordon, Wendy Cumming-Potvin, Lauren O'Mahony and Kin Eng Chin | The travails and opportunities of mixed methods recruitment in research: Field-based insights, ethics and innovation | Room 3.028 |
| Ali Hayes | Refugees' experiences of accommodation and discrimination: Implications for learning environments in tertiary settings | Room 3.030 |
| Sandi Fielder and Ben Jamieson | Connections that support early career transition: Navigating the realities of the workforce shortages while supporting initial teacher candidates | Room 3.032 |
| Kim Andreassen, Lauri Parr and Charlene Carlisle | Creating mentally healthy futures for WA youth | Room 3.034 |
2.40-3.05
Parallel 6 | Rikki James | Why media literacy is more important today than it has ever been for our 21st century learners | Room 3.002 |
| Fatema Razmin | Teachers' perceptions and practices of individualised teaching for students with learning disabilities in Bangladesh | Room 3.028 |
| Thi Ngoc Man Nguyen, Natasha Anne Rappa and Lauren O'Mahony | Vietnamese migrant women in Australia: Perceptions and experiences of English language competence | Room 3.030 |
| Sophie Eddie, Cindy Smith and Darren Bryant | Identifying barriers to parental engagement with early intervention services: Insights from parental perspectives | Room 3.032 |
| Jeannine Wishart, Janene Sproul and Liana Luyt | Nature cuddle books as therapeutic literacy tools in childhood cancer care: A multidisciplinary investigation | Room 3.034 |
3.05-3.30
Parallel 7 | Tamara Reads | Tortured poets and rap battles: A Spotify-wrapped approach to exploring poetry for English teachers | Room 3.002 |
| John Shenton, Cindy Smith and James Churchman | An investigation into the impact of participation in educational activities and its effects on long-term prisoners' mental well-being | Room 3.028 |
| Katherine Stevens | Student wellbeing and primary to secondary school transition | Room 3.030 |
| Kathryn Dehle, Helen Dempsey and Liana Luyt | Pulse checks: A method to connect past experiences to present recollections to inform future teacher preparation | Room 3.032 |
| Salvatore De Luca | The perceptions of Year 11 students in Catholic secondary schools towards Christian service-learning | Room 3.034 |
3.30-3.55
Parallel 8 | Emily Lockhart | Discussion based teaching in health education | Room 3.002 |
| Kim Andreassen | What is included in consent? Accessible consent education for young people with disability (12-16 Years) | Room 3.028 |
| Karen Nociti | Feminist pasts, presents and futures in early childhood education | Room 3.030 |
4.00 onward
Sundowner | [WAIER Postgraduate Awards], [Early Career Award], [ACER WAIER Research Grant], [WAIER-Fogarty Foundation Postgraduate Student Prize], [WAIER Fellowship Award] | Foyer |
