Melbourne Graduate School of Education

Dean's Lecture Series 2009

Free Public Lectures - All welcome

All lectures in the Dean’s Lecture Series are free and open to the public and we encourage you to register online.

A flyer detailing all events in the Dean's Lecture Series is available.  Alternatively you can access a detailed flyer for each of the lectures in the table below.

The presenters in the Dean’s Lecture Series for 2009 are certain to attract a vast and wide-reaching audience.  To ensure you have a seat we encourage you to register your attendance for events you will attend. 
Parking is available on campus at a cost of $5.00 for all lectures in the 2009 series (coins required).
Please enter via Gate 1 from Swanston Street (opposite Elgin Street).

For further information contact 8344 8412, or email Levina Cridge at: Education Events.

Date

Speaker

Topic

Venue

 

Wednesday 27 May

Dr Ron Ritchhart, Research Associate, Harvard Project Zero

Understanding and Assessing Classroom Culture

Theatre A, Elisabeth Murdoch Building (Building 134)

Download a Recording and Lecture Notes

Wednesday 3 June

The Hon Bronwyn Pike MP, Victorian Minister for Education

Victoria’s School Reform Agenda

Theatre A, Elisabeth Murdoch Building (Building 134)

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Wednesday 24 June

Associate Professor  Tomas Hojgaard: Associate Professor of Mathematics, The School of Education, Aarhus University, Denmark

Competencies and the Fighting of Syllabusitis: A Matrix Structuring of Teachers Work and Development

Theatre A, Elisabeth Murdoch Building (Building 134)

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Wednesday 12 August

Professor Pat Thomson, Director of Research in the School of Education at the University of Nottingham

Why and How School Context Matters.

Theatre A, Elisabeth Murdoch Building (Building 134)

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Wednesday 7 October

Professor Malcolm Swan, Professor of Mathematic Education, University of Nottingham

Improving Learning in Mathematics

Theatre A, Elisabeth Murdoch Building (Building 134)

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Wednesday 28 October

Professor Brent Davies, Professor of International Leadership Development, University of Hull

Developing Strategic Leadership and Strategic Talent In Schools

Theatre A, Elisabeth Murdoch Building (Building 134)

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Thursday 3 December

(please note date & venue change from 11 November, Prince Philip Theatre)

Professor Peter Dawkins, Victorian Education Department Secretary

Improving Educational Outcomes in Victoria

Theatre A, Elisabeth Murdoch Building (Building 134)

6pm to 7pm Refreshments provided

 

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