This presidential keynote talk explores the nature of education as a vital part of human knowledge. The talk addresses the implications of conceiving education, and its contribution to knowledge,...
The ½¿É«µ¼º½ ECR Network warmly welcome you to attend their ‘Breakfast Session’ at the ½¿É«µ¼º½ Conference 2019. The focus for 2019 will be on ‘Struggles and Successes in the Post-PhD Phase’ and...
This Keynote will take the form of a conversation between two researchers who have the honour of being awarded John Nisbet Fellowships this year. Coincidentally, we have also worked closely...
This session aims to encourage debate about the current state of educational studies as an academic field – its strengths, limitations, constraints and challenges. I use my own career as a...
The panel consists of: Dr Craig Whitsed, Curtin University, Australia Dr Carine Ullom, Ottawa University, US Dr Krishna Bista, Morgan State University, US Dr Shyam Sharma, Stoney Brook...
Our review of the CP archive showed a preponderance of case study research (Thomson, Coles, Hallewell, & Keane, 2014). Some of this used surveys, but almost all of it was interview (including...
This presentation will describe several research studies that have looked at characteristics of creative people, creative processes, and creative environments. For each empirical study, the...
In this talk, I will use Anna Craft’s possibility thinking to explore how we can find new positive outcomes to explore for creativity research. So much current work looks at how creativity may...
Tim Ingold’s (2013) account of the art of inquiry begins with the relation between thinking and making, a relation that ‘allow[s] knowledge to grow from the crucible of our practical and...
From the outside, one might assume England’s education system is tolerant of diversity, welcoming and pluralistic. The truth is, to some extent it is. There are several thousand teachers from...
In Australia, as in many parts of the world, early childhood education has become the subject of much scrutiny, generating a great deal of attention in research, policy and practice. With...
A consistent finding of research on education’s civic effects is that it fosters liberalism, respect, tolerance, and social responsibility. The growth of educational participation, according to...