Representative Symposia Scholarship

Each year AARE is invited to send a representative symposia to the British Educational Research Association (BERA) and the American Educational Research Association (AERA).

Purpose: Such symposia are intended to showcase the quality of Australian education research and the selected symposium team should see themselves as ambassadors of AARE.

Funding round: annual for each conference

Applications due: varies, please refer to the call for applications notice

Status of funding round: Closed

Amount: Up to $1,000 per presenting group if virtual or up to $5,000 if attending face to face.

Participants receiving the funding must be financial members of AARE at the time of receiving the reimbursement. Payment will happen after the conference has been held.

• Emma Rowe, Deakin University
• Elisa Di Gregorio, University of Melbourne
• Anna Hogan, Queensland University of Technology
• Greg Thompson, Queensland University of Technology
• Meghan Stacey, University of New South Wales
• Nicole Mockler, University of Sydney
• Discussant:
  John O’Neill, Massey University
• Donnie Adams, Faculty of Education, University of Melbourne
• Pauline Thompson, Faculty of Education, University of Melbourne
• Camilla Highfield, Faculty of Education and Social Work, University of Auckland
• Professor Peter Anderson, Indigenous Research Unit, Griffith University
• Dr Thu Pham, Indigenous Research Unit, Griffith University
• Dr Angela Baeza, Carumba Institute, Queensland University of Technology
• Dr Levon Blue, Carumba Institute, Queensland University of Technology
• Melanie Saward, Creative Writing, Queensland University of Technology
• Dr Congcong Xing, Queensland University of Technology
• Rhetta Chappell, Relational Insights Data Lab (RIDL), Griffith University

Symposium title: ' Dreams for Digital Spaces:
What Shapes the Worlds of Children, Educators and Researchers? '

Presenting and non-presenting authors

Discussant

Presenters

Introduction

Sarah Healy, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne

Kathryn Coleman, Melbourne Graduate School of Education , The University of Melbourne

Amanda Belton, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne

Paper 1: The role of imaginaries in (co) creating digital futures with children

Aleesha Rodriguez, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child, Queensland University of Technology

Rebecca Ng, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child, University of Wollongong

Paper 2: Can AI be an ethical collaborator in educational research?

Sarah Healy, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne

Amanda Belton, Melbourne Data Analytics Platform, The University of Melbourne

Karen Thomson, Me lbourne Da ta An alyt platform , The University of Melbourne

Paper 3: The metaverse as a virtual site of research

Kathryn Coleman,Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne

Amanda Belton,Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne

Jessica Laraine Williams,Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne

Neda Sajadi,Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne

Paper 4: Pandemic Parenting in the Metaverse

Xinyu Zhao, Australian Research Council Centre of the Digital Child, Deakin University

Jessica Laraine Williams, Australian Research Council Centre of the Digital Child, Deakin University

Sarah Healy, Australian Research Council Centre of the Digital Child, Deakin University

Rebekah Willett, Australian Research Council Centre of the Digital Child, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Symposium title: 'Framing a program of research with/for/of the digital child in a digital era'

Presenting and non-presenting authors

Professor Susan Danby, Queensland University of Technology

Discussant

Professor Annette Woods, Queensland University of Technology

Presenters

Introduction

Professor Susan Danby, Queensland University of Technology

Paper 1: Fostering critical media literacy with young children

Professor Michael Dezuanni, Queensland University of Technology -

Ms. Amanda Levido, PhD candidate, Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology

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