"...a platform for flexible and inclusive learning..."
After the success of the inaugural Doing School Differently conference we are back in 2018 to give you another opportunity to advance the national conversation on practice and research in flexible and inclusive education. Doing School Differently is an exciting Australian conference for everyone who is interested in this area. The conference will bring together educators, researchers, policy makers and young people who are committed to developing and sustaining successful educational opportunities and pathways for young people who have experienced barriers to education. Join us on the Gold Coast on June 28 and 29, 2018 to add your voice to the conversation. Download the Conference App today!
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Pam Snow
Is Head of the Rural Health School at LaTrobe University in Victoria. Pamela’s research has focused on the language skills of high-risk young people, and role of oral language competence as a protective factor in childhood and adolescence.
Russell Bishop
Is Emeritus Professor for Maori Education at the University of Waikato in New Zealand. Russell’s work focuses on culturally responsive relational pedagogy and how this can improve educational achievement.
Nathan Wallis
Nathan’s background includes early childhood teacher, child therapist, social service manager, university lecturer and neuroscience trainer.
Tom Brunzell
Is Senior Advisor Education with the Berry Street Childhood Institute. Tom presents internationally on trauma-informed practice, wellbeing and the application of positive psychology, and effective school leadership.
Youth+ is the arm of Edmund Rice Education Australia that focuses on young people disenfranchised from traditional education pathways and offers education and wellbeing services that are trauma informed in flexible, inclusive learning communities. Youth+ operates a National Network of Flexible Learning Centres supporting thousands of young people. Find out more here: www.youthplusinstitute.org.au
The Berry Street Childhood Institute is a Knowledge-into-Action centre for improving childhood. Through knowledge building and sharing, we seek to strengthen the capacity of practitioners, services, systems and the community so together we can enhance outcomes for children and young people who have experienced trauma and disadvantage.
Find out more here: www.childhoodinstitute.org.au
The Peter Underwood Centre is built on the vision of the late Peter Underwood AC (as Governor of Tasmania) that education is the passport to a better life. The Centre is partnership between the University of Tasmania and the Tasmanian Government in association with the Office of Government House. Find out more here: http://www.utas.edu.au/underwood-centre