Transitions Australasia Research Symposium

Now into its 4th year, the International LEaRN Graduate Research Symposium recognises that graduate researchers bring a wealth of practical experience and new thinking to issues such as this. Registration is open to all and includes a copy of all papers submitted.

The program included keynote address and 12 papers by emerging researchers in the field of learning environments and explored:

• How well are teachers making this transition?
• Are these spaces facilitating any improvement in teaching practices?
• What evidence exists that these spaces are improving student experiences and learning?
• What is needed to help teachers better utilise space as one of their pedagogic tools?

A section of keynotes presented at Transitions Melbourne is available below:

• Chris Bradbeer – Into the great wide open: Navigating teacher opportunity, agency and structure in a collaborative ILE
• Janet Buchan – Learning without boundaries: Reconceptualising the curriculum in Innovative Learning Environments
• Terry Byers – What does teaching and learning look like in different classroom environments?
• Emily Nelson – Socio-spatial entanglements
• Vicky Leighton – Teaching space
• Suzanne Trask – Reconstructing senior science education in flexible learning spaces

Image: Marshland School by Stephenson & Turner JV Hayball. Photo by Paul McCredie