REDI Events and news

Methodology on Fridays

Friday 5 October, 2.00 pm—3.30 pm
Deakin Downtown, and all other campuses via VMP 39322

Hosted by Deakin University’s strategic research centre in Education, Research for Educational Impact (REDI), the Methodology on Fridays series aspires to be a forum for discussion and argument about research. We focus on methodology conceived in the broad sense of the structure and process of inquiry: from questions and theory through to ethics and the techniques of data collection and analysis. Each session will begin with a unique ‘provocation’, intended to set the tone of the session by identifying and articulating a research issue which the members of the group can debate. For some sessions the provocation will aim at a synthesis of issues raised in previous sessions, and may involve a reading to further the discussion.

Researching Public Pedagogy – the Possibilities of Posthumanist Readings in the Public Space – Associate Professor Mary Dixon

Posthuman readings open up new positionings and readings of the world. The ‘posthuman’ itself is fluid dynamic and full of matter. In engaging with a research project in public spaces and places I am immersed in this mattering. The engagement however presents confronting methodological dilemmas as the dynamic intra action of knowledge, space, place, people, objects and time are called to make pedagogical account to public bodies.

Pre-reading: Posthumanism as research methodology: inquiry in the Anthropocene. Jasmine B. Ulmer. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09518398.2017.1336806

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How to Get Published – REDI ECR Capacity Building Series

Monday 15 October, 2.00 pm—4.30 pm
Deakin Downtown, and all other campuses via VMP 39322

“Publish or perish!” is a commonly heard admonishment to Higher Degree by Research (HDR) students and Early Career Researchers (ECR’s). The pressure to publish good work in high quality journals seems to be increasing, and the ability to publish appears to be a key criterion for jobs and grants.

But how does one publish their work? When is a paper “good enough”? What kinds of outlets and avenues are appropriate for an education researcher? How much do journal prestige, impact factor and the h-index really matter? What about the move to assessing impact and engagement? We discuss these questions and more at an interactive panel session aimed at HDR and ECRs undertaking research in education.

Panellists Alfred Deakin Professor Jill Blackmore, Associate Professor Phill Dawson and Dr Emma Rowe will share their wisdom on publishing – both from the author and editorial perspective, and within traditional journals and more contemporary outlets.

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Victim, Aggressor and Bystanders: the Cyberbullying Triangle. Romanian Data from the EU Kids Online project 2018

Monday 22 October, 3.00 pm—5.00 pm
Deakin Downtown, and all other campuses via VMP 39322

In the summer of 2018, Romania participated in the second stage of the EU Kids Online data collection. Given that previous data from numerous research projects indicated Romanian children were some of the most bullied in Europe, a special focus was placed on cyberbullying, not only with respect to victims and aggressors, but also in order to see positions held by cyber-bystanders.

So, who witnesses cyberbullying episodes and what do they do about it? How empathetic are these cyber-bystanders towards the victims and how prepared do they feel to take a step forward in that situation? Could they have also been victims or aggressors in similar episodes?

Dr Anca Velicu (Institute of Sociology, Romanian Academy) will address these questions and more, based on data collected from the EU Kids Online questionnaire.

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Unpacking Student Self-Assessment Processes: Theory to Practice

Tuesday 23 October, 9.30 am—10.30 am
Deakin Downtown, and all other campuses via VMP

While student self-assessment (SSA) is recognised as an important skill which can benefit student achievement and assist in developing lifelong learning, there are also significant practical and conceptual gaps in the SSA literature. Join Associate Professor Yan Zi (The Education University of Hong Kong) as he discusses a series of studies conducted to address these gaps, including interventions for promoting SSA.

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Sexism, Ableism, Racism and More: How do Educators Become Responsible for Inclusion?

Thursday 25 October, 10.00 am—3.00 pm
Deakin Burwood

In this writing workshop, Associate Professor Susanne Gannon (Western Sydney University) asks participants to consider the processes by which we become and go on being subjectified as inclusive educators. What are the potential constitutive effects of dominant inclusive discourses, and how do these operate as part of multiple material-discursive formations? How are these discourses materially realised by localised practices, and how are they resisted?

We hope that papers will emerge in this collaborative space and we particularly welcome the participation of teachers, Higher Degree by Research (HDR) students and Early Career Researchers (ECRs).

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Finding Their Voice: Using Action Research and Autoethnography to Purposefully Engage Teacher Candidates in Inclusive Education

Monday 29 October, 3.00 pm—5.00 pm
Deakin Downtown, and all other campuses via VMP 39322

Dr Bethany Rice (Endicott College, Massachusetts, USA) highlights the research being conducted as well as discusses the challenges faced when combining the tools of autoethnography and action research to fill a void in the field of inclusive teacher preparation in order to improve inclusive practices in the classroom and the broader school community.

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Human Rights and Political Feeling in Education

Tuesday 30 October, 10.00 am—4.00 pm
Deakin Downtown, and all other campuses via VMP 39322

We invite researchers engaged with questions of human rights and political affect in education to this one-day workshop with Michalinos Zembylas, Professor of Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies (Open University of Cyprus). This workshop is aimed at researchers at all stages of their careers— higher degree by research (HDR) students and early career researchers (ECRs) are especially invited to apply to participate.