1. Issue 29 of SaMnet’s monthly newsletter
This Month’s Question: Have
you an initiative, project or interest to share with the community in order to
get feedback or disseminate your work? Contact samnetaustralia@gmail.com.
2. Conferences & publication
The University of Hong Kong, 14-15 May, 2015
The conference aim is to provide a platform
that brings together all our partners and stakeholders – higher education
experts, scholars, researchers, educators, and students – to share visions on
assessment and feedback in higher education.
Abstract Submission Deadline Extended to December
5, 2014
The University of Helsinki, Finland, 31
August-4 September, 2015
The theme of the conference is Science
Education Research: engaging learners for a sustainable future.
Abstracts due 31 January, 2015
IJISME is looking to release two special
issues, both which involve members of the SaMnet community as guest editors.
Inquiry
and Problem-Solving in the Undergraduate Science Curriculum
– Abstracts due 5 December, 2014, Manuscripts due 20 February, 2015
Assessing
Laboratory Learning in Undergraduate Science
– Abstracts due 10 January, 2015, Manuscripts due 13 April, 2015
3. Connections/Events
Future: National
Summit on Distributed Leadership – 1 December, RMIT Melbourne
Registration closes 21 November.
Contact Sandra Jones for more information.
Register here.
December
discipline-based conferences
Australian
Institute of Physics Congress | 7-11 December, Canberra
Royal Australian Chemical Institute National Congress | 7-12 December, Adelaide
Royal Australian Chemical Institute National Congress | 7-12 December, Adelaide
CUBEnet Forum 2014 | 11-12 December, Canberra
SaMnet Leadership Development
Workshops – February 2015
(Brisbane/Melbourne/Adelaide/Perth/Sydney)
Dates to be
confirmed in December Newsletter
4. SaMnet activity
SaMnet HQ is preparing for the 2015 SaMnet
Leadership Development to be held in capital cities in February. Leaders from
amongst the community are being contacted to take on the role of hosting a
workshop. Should you wish to assist in the co-ordination of a 2015 SaMnet
Leadership Development Workshop, please contact samnetaustralia@gmail.com.
5. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) (Edited
by - Emma Bartle, UQ & Matt Hill, USYD)
Rick
Reis, from Louise Poulson and Mike Wallace “Learning to Read Critically in
Education Leadership and Management”.
Don’t have the time or money for a
large research project? Maybe you have the opportunity to supervise an honours student
in discipline-based education research. Contains issues to consider, and why
small-scale research is still valuable.
Rick
Reis, from Nicholas Walliman’s book in the Sage Study Skills series
Coming from the science disciplines,
we talk less explicitly about philosophy. But “the alternative to philosophy is
not no philosophy but bad philosophy” (emphasis added). Have a
read of this quick guide to philosophical attitudes that you may hold in
research.
6. Leadership insights (Edited
by Matt Hill & Will Rifkin, USyd)
Lisa M. Baird,
through Mary Bowerman, The Chronicle of Higher Education
This account details the real process of
implementing a grant to introduce more female professors in an institution. It
helps us see how to lead and initiative, the factors affecting women in STEM
areas in the US and understand more about interdisciplinary programs across
STEM fields as well as career challenges and opportunities for female
academics.
The Chronicle
Review, The Chronicle of Higher Education
“The Chronicle Review asked 12 scholars what
nonfiction book published in the last 30 years has most changed their minds –
not merely inspired or influenced their thinking, but profoundly altered the
way they regard themselves, their work, the world.”
Editors Warning: After reading this article I
immediately purchased one of the books on the list, so read with care.
7. Initiative in Focus:
Have you an initiative, project or
interest to share with the community in order to get feedback or disseminate
your work? Contact samnetaustralia@gmail.com.
8. Classifieds
Domestic
post-graduate research scholarship available: Investigating
the origins of students’ alternative models of forces.
The School of Engineering and Information Technology at UNSW
Canberra is offering a scholarship for a Masters by Research Candidate to
undertake the project. The project will require collection and analysis of
quantitative and qualitative data. The successful applicant, subject to admission,
will be awarded a SEIT Masters by Research Scholarship with an annual tax-free
stipend of $27,049. The successful applicant would be expected to be available
to commence their studies in Session 1, 2015.
Supervisors: Dr Kate Wilson and Dr Tim Turner