Making Schools Better Conference Papers 2004
DAY ONE |
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| WELCOME | Professor Kwong Lee Dow, Vice Chancellor, University of Melbourne | ||
| The Hon Dr Brendan Nelson MP, Minister for Education, Science and Training | Speech | ||
| SESSION 1 | KEYNOTE ADDRESS |
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| Professor Eric Hanushek, Stanford University, California | Paper | Presentation | |
| SESSION 2 | SCHOOL PRINCIPALS' FORUM: WHAT MAKES A GOOD SCHOOL | ||
| Ms Helen Paphitis, Principal, Salisbury High School, South Australia | Presentation | ||
| Mr Gary Costello, Principal, Mount Gambier High School, South Australia | This powerpoint is too big to place on the web, contact the Melbourne Institute for a copy | ||
| Mr Stephen Norris, Principal, Launceston Church Grammar School, Tasmania | Paper | Presentation | |
| SESSION 3 | Ms Jenny Macklin MP, Shadow Minister for Education, Employment and Training | Speech | |
| SESSION 4 | SCHOOL PERFORMANCE IN AUSTRALIA | ||
| Dr Ken Rowe, Research Director, Australian Council for Education Research | Paper | Presentation | |
| Dr Gary Marks, Principal Research Fellow, Australian Council for Education Research | Paper | Presentation | |
| Professor Jack Keating, Education Policy and Management, Faculty of Education, University of Melbourne | Paper | Presentation | |
| Additional Paper: Multivariate analysis of performance of Victorian schools, David Johnson, Ben Jensen, Simon Feeny and Ben Methakullawat | Paper | ||
| SESSION 5 | TEACHERS - THE LABOUR MARKET, TEACHER RENUMERATION AND TEACHER REMODELLING | ||
| Dame Patricia Collarbone, National Remodelling Team, England | Paper | Presentation | |
| Dr Beth Webster, Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute | Paper | Presentation | |
| DINNER | Mr Tony Mackay, Australian Adviser on Schools Policy to the UK Government and Director, Centre for Strategic Thinking | ||
| DAY TWO | |||
| SESSION 6 | PUBLIC AND PRIVATE EDUCATION: WHAT IS THE PROPER ROLE OF GOVERNMENT | ||
| Professor Brian Caldwell, Managing Director, Educational Transformations and Professor Emeritus, The University of Melbourne | Paper | Presentation | |
| Dr Mark Harrison | Paper | ||
| Ms Susan Pascoe, Director, Catholic Education Office, Victoria | Paper | Presentation | |
| Professor Peter Dawkins, Ronald Henderson Professor and Director, Melbourne Institute | Paper | Presentation | |
| SESSION 7 | Ms Lynne Kosky MP, Victorian Minister for Education | Speech | |
| SESSION 8 | SOME SPECIFIC ISSUES IN EDUCATION: EDUCATION AND THE COMMUNITY; BOYS' EDUCATION; LITERACY AND PRE-SCHOOL | ||
| Professor Peter Cuttance, Director, Centre for Applied Educational Research (CAER) | Presentation | ||
| Senator Lyn Allison, Australian Democrat Senator for Victoria | Speech | ||
| SESSION 9 | SCHOOL REFORM PRIORITIES - A PANEL DISCUSSION | ||
| Professor Brian Caldwell, Managing Director, Educational Transformations and Professor Emeritus, The University of Melbourne | |||
| Dr Martyn Forrest, Secretary, Department of Education, Tasmania | |||
| Professor Eric Hanushek, Stanford University, California | |||
| Ms Jennifer Buckingham, Schools Editor, The Australian |